Tue 14 Nov 2006
shipping: A few months back, we asked a partner of ours (who will remain nameless) for some test equipment. We wanted to make sure that Fedora worked well on that set of hardware and machines. They...
View ArticleWed 15 Nov 2006
elections (board): I am not running for reelection this year. After being on the board for the past five years, I wanted to step down before people start clamoring for term limits.More seriously, I...
View ArticlePassages
meta: It has been a long time since I’ve written anything. Being a father has taken its toll on my free time, and I got out of the habit of writing. As has happened every time I have hit a dry spell...
View ArticleEdmund James Blandford
life: Edmund James Blandford was born November 15, 2007 at 4:01 PM EST. He was exactly eight pounds heavy and twenty inches long at birth. Mother and Son are doing well. We aren’t sleeping for...
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trees: Neat! It looks like google street views has extended all the way to Westford, MA. They even have a picture of my favorite tree.
View ArticleGNOME 3
*tap* *tap* Is this thing on? It’s been too long since I blogged, but this is a great reason to post. I am so proud of everyone who put this release together. Everyone worked so hard on everything,...
View ArticleChanges…
Today is my last day at Red Hat. I’ve been here for almost fifteen years, and it’s been a heckuva ride. I’ve seen GNOME and the Linux desktop grow from from pretty minimal beginings to what it is...
View ArticleEndless and GNOME
Hello! Long time, no post. Credit to Georges Stavracas As you may have heard, Endless joined the GNOME Foundation Advisory Board last week. We appreciate all the kind words of welcome we have received...
View ArticleGNOME POPULUM EST
I gave a talk on the History of GNOME for GUADEC 2017. (Slides are available here, and hopefully the video feed will be posted soon.) It was a great trip down memory lane, and I really enjoyed putting...
View ArticleIntroducing GNOME Crosswords
Howdy folks! I want to announce a game for GNOME that I’ve been working on for a few months. I’ve always enjoyed solving Crossword puzzles. It’s something I grew up doing as a kid, and we continue to...
View ArticleCrosswords 0.3
I’m pleased to announce Crosswords 0.3. This is the first version that feels ready for public consumption. Unlike the version I announced five months ago, it is much more robust and has some key new...
View ArticleCrosswords 0.3.3: Double Dutch
It’s time for another GNOME Crosswords release! This time we had a focus on I18N support. I also got patches from another new contributor – Philip – who added some nice improvements, dutch-language...
View ArticleGUADEC Notes
GNOME Birthday Cake It was really lovely to get back to GUADEC. I loved being around old friends and meeting the new faces within the project. The venue was stellar and I thoroughly enjoyed a lot of...
View ArticleCrosswords 0.3.5: Border Styles
It’s time for another GNOME Crosswords update. We’ve been busy since GUADEC and have managed to add quite a few user-visible features. We also fixed a bad bug where undo would break autosaving and...
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View ArticleCrosswords: Puzzle update
Happy New Year, Crossword-lovers! This is a minor update in preparation for a bigger release in the next few weeks. We’ve done a lot of exciting work on Crosswords over the past few months that’s...
View ArticleCrosswords 0.3.7: Adaptive Layout, Animations, and Arrows
Howdy folks, It’s GNOME Crosswords release time again! This is a big release with a lot of changes. Most importantly, I was able to find some time over the holidays to do some long-overdue refactoring...
View ArticleCrosswords 0.3.8: Change Management
It’s time for another Crosswords release. This is a somewhat quieter release on the surface as it doesn’t have as many user-visible changes. But like the last release, a lot happened under the hood in...
View ArticleCrosswords 0.3.11: Acrostic Panels
Long time, no release. When I last blogged about GNOME Crosswords, I had a design plan to improve the editing API. It’s been a busy summer since then. The crosswords team rewrote large chunks of code...
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