Shawn Holwegner's Blog

lather. rinse. repeat.

Yeah… I know.

Trust me, I know.

I don’t update this site too much. I am well aware of that; it’s been over eight months. The truth is: Blogs are for people who have something worthwhile to share – or people who think they do. I have no such pretentions. Heck, if I didn’t have to listen to myself...

I decided to bite the bullet and get up to date with OpenSUSE 11.2, which, after the issues with 11.0, should show that I still have an occasional ‘redline’ tendency.

I followed the 11.1-11.2 update procedure outlined here, and here’s what I ran into:

  • Kernel was updated, but GRUB menu was no...

When I was young, I had a fascination for raccoons. Thus, my family would always buy me raccoon items. I had several plush raccoons, several wood and resin items, and even pictures.

As a younger child, I obtained my first Intellivision gaming unit from a garage sale. I saved up all of the cans I c...

Woohoo.

Being a merchant who processes online, there are many security implications you need to be aware of. Just passed Type 5 SAQ-D, which is required for anyone who actually stores data for ANY period of time, which differentiates it from a Type 4.

This is one of the most difficult to attain...

I’ve owned Dells since, well, since I’ve owned Macs and Sun equipment. In 2001 I finally decided I was sick of buying, and parting together a machine with no real warranty – when I could buy one much cheaper which would generally do what I wanted.

My last few machines, all laptops, in successive o...

Matt may be off galavanting about the planet – but he certainly didn’t call it in – this mix has to be my favorite yet.

Nocturnal 205 really takes the whole thing back to its’ essence. Give it a go if you’re into trance/dance. His show’s quite brilliant, and 205, well, sublime.