Written by
Aaron Springer on August 25, 2008
First, the story idea for today:
Nanotech makes us immortal. Immortality makes us lethargic. Human race grinds to a halt out of apathy.
Second, today is my mother’s birthday. Suffice to say, she is older than me. That is the only age I will give. Happy birthday, Mom!
I’d like to say a few words about my mother. She started her life in Ohio, and learned music and drama through her experiences at school and abroad. She met my natural father, became pregnant with me, and got married when she was pretty young, though she survived it. My natural father, well, let’s just say it is best that it turned out no worse than it did. She married a good man, one Robert Springer, who adopted me and is my Dad. (Hi dad! He reads the Wog.) She returned to college and got her degree in journalism. She went into technical writing, which can be a very interesting, if demanding, field.
She is one of the most creative and intelligent people I know, and I love and respect her.
Third, it has been six months since I took the leap and moved to Ubuntu on my laptop. It has since become my primary system out of choice. In fact, my big desktop will be soon relegated to a server, also Linux based, as soon as I get my PVR finished.
All in all, I have had a very good experience with it. Will write more about it soon.
Fourth, Obama has selected Joe Biden to be his running mate. Although Biden is not top of my list of people I like, I think it was a smart move of Obama’s part.
Tags:
Barack Obama,
Birthdays,
Conversion to Linux,
Joe Biden,
Linux,
Mom,
Politics,
PVR,
Ubuntu,
Writing Ideas