I have a Linux desktop and a Linux laptop at work and need to know a bit more about it since I'd like to install jabber2d on it to evaluate IM technology for the enterprise. No, I didn't have a point.

Posted by: jslicer at June 22, 2005 06:58 PM

Hey Wil did you hear there's a new Star Trek Movie coming out?

http://firstfolio.blogspot.com

Posted by: Scribe at June 22, 2005 07:33 PM

Yea man, Primus totally sucks. I feel you pain. I bought their Hellucino-Genics Live 2004 DVD and I must say it sucks too. You should check it out. They play the entire Frizzle Fry album as the second set.

Posted by: Meeker at June 22, 2005 07:46 PM

Uh oh, sounds like Wil's Getting Things Done...

Posted by: aplumb at June 22, 2005 08:31 PM

When I moved back home to Ohio a few years ago, I must have thrown away 2 or more Dumptsers worth of old computer parts, printers & just Junk I had accumulated from the office/friends when we did upgrades and stuff..

I guess we all have a bit of *Pack Rat* in us... hehe

Rock on Wil !!..

Posted by: Keith L. Dick at June 22, 2005 08:32 PM

Kiss Me x3? Please tell me you still listen to The Cure. Like a fine wine, I think it only get better with age. They get such a rap for being dark and "gothic", but really they weren't. Besides, there was much darker back in those 80s.

Posted by: Schmutzig at June 22, 2005 09:08 PM

Did you ever check out Claypool's little side project, Sausage? If not, grab the "Riddles are Abound Tonight." It kicks off with a killer track called "Prelude to Fear" and rocks all the way through

Posted by: Matthew Cox at June 22, 2005 09:23 PM

REM? My brother - the biggest Stipes, et al, fan in the world - will love you.

Come to think of it, he just acquired two gay roommates and lost his girlfriend, so in short time he may really love you.

I once went out to buy a Primus CD at the advice of a friend. I looked for a quasi-metal disc with a strange cover and ended up buying a Green Jello CD by mistake. Never really noticed, though. I'll stick with Fountains of Wayne for now.

Posted by: dgbellak at June 22, 2005 09:24 PM

gah, I'm totally wrong in recalling it as a side project..I'll let Apple put it correctly:

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/com.apple.jingle.app.store.DirectAction/biography?artistId=1293584

Posted by: Matthew Cox at June 22, 2005 09:27 PM

I can't really respond to this although I'm sure I could try. That whole attempt to connect yourself with other people through common experiences stuff. However, I just met some new people yesterday and I found someone else who reads WWDN. It was so cool! Thought I'd let everyone know. I thought it was pretty cool.

Posted by: Jackie at June 22, 2005 10:18 PM

Obviously today was "delve into the deep recesses of our personal past" day. I, too, fought, and lost to, nostalgia as I sorted through some stuff. Was it just us, or was it a national event and I just didn't get the memo? Who am I kidding... I know what coincidence is!

Posted by: copiecat at June 22, 2005 10:21 PM

You mention Linux so positively all the time, but your story about how you tried it and bailed and then tried again later successfully is actually part of what's keeping me from it!!! Some friends have suggested that I try Ubuntu, but I'm just too chicken, and I just got my mac back, and Tiger is so pretty, and there's so many stories like yours, and I just hear the phrase "well, yeah it makes sense, but you just have to know how Unix works" way too many times...

OSX/Linux...it's all Unix under the hood...

Posted by: naiah christine earhart at June 22, 2005 11:50 PM

Wil, if you're into Primus you may wish to check out an British outfit called Toupé who are just about to put out their second album. Very similar vibe but with more bass players and less guitarists.

http://www.toupe.co.uk/

And I'm not at all biased because one of them is my brother.

Or jealous.

Oh no.

Posted by: looptron at June 23, 2005 02:19 AM

completely unrelated to this entry, but a couple entries back you mentioned something about needing new t-shirts. i know you bought some from thinkgeek, but have you ever heard of threadless?



at the moment, i particularly reccomend the dark side of the garden.

Posted by: jkiggins at June 23, 2005 03:53 AM

Jerry was a racecar drive....

PRIMUS does indeed suck (Courier makes that look perfect btw)...

I saw PRIMUS at Woodstock '94, where, when they did 'My Name Is Mud' , things got a bit out of hand. One of the few things I remember from that long weekend. *cough*

Nice to see you getting re-grounded again Wil, keep the faith and keep it up. You rock!

Posted by: seedoubleyou at June 23, 2005 04:32 AM

Thanks, Wil, for reminding me what I *need* to do with a couple of my Linux boxes at home.

At work I do manage to keep them kinda sorta organized (although a _Canticle_For_Liebowitz_ type archaeologist would get a great peek into my mind). At home, well, the filesystems are kinda like the layers of an onion.

Have to check out the music you mentioned, althought I do tend more towards blues music these days.....

Posted by: fgw_three at June 23, 2005 05:43 AM

Totally OT, but did anyone catch WFS on the AFI award for George Lucas Monday night? That was hilarious. He actually did well and didn't overact for once.
I only watched because I knew the TKs that were up there with him. Dancing in armor is hard work! lol. It was really funny stuff though. Even though I'm not the biggest fan of GL right now, watching Carrie Fisher get up there and totally roast him was great.

Posted by: MaraJade at June 23, 2005 07:14 AM

Is this cleaning spree illness contagious? If so, would it be possible for you to spend some quality time with my husband? Thankfully, I've been able to contain his mess, but the minute it shows up in any other room besides the one that we've designated as "HIS", it's fair game and it goes in the trash! This has happened in the past. He has learned.

Posted by: VeronicaKnight at June 23, 2005 07:24 AM

Pointed my iPod to "Pork Soda" immediately after reading this post. I forgot how much I enjoyed this album.

Primus sucking?!?! I really enjoy lots of Les Claypool's stuff and Primus is no exception. Okay, there has been some less than spectacular albums.

Posted by: jeffx at June 23, 2005 07:30 AM

I just had to sell my Pork Soda CD because I'm really broke but now I sort of regret it! ::SOB::

Posted by: Allstarme at June 23, 2005 07:46 AM

Primus was teh roxor until "Herb" left. Herb, how could you?

Posted by: ttrentham at June 23, 2005 08:38 AM

Delete function needed. Ugh. Post looked awful without the embedded HTML. Beg mercy.

Posted by: jslicer at June 23, 2005 09:40 AM

This is sort of random, but for the next time you're sorting through the disasterous virtual desk (mine is insane, so I sympathize!), you might want to look into doodle). instead of the fun of locate. Doodle not only indexes files, but builds a quickly-searchable database using documents' metadata, which means you have a lot more useful info available to you when looking for/through stuff - there's even a Debian package available :)

(Ok, so it's a shameless plug for some increasingly popular free software my husband wrote, but I actually think it's kind of neat, and it's incredibly helpful when you're sorting through the mountain of filecrap. ;)

Posted by: K. Grothoff at June 23, 2005 09:48 AM

it almost makes you wonder what the hell you were thinking when you bought them!?

Posted by: hellion at June 23, 2005 09:52 AM

http://www.flickr.com/photos/taxidriver/5007773/

Posted by: joann at June 23, 2005 10:11 AM

Wow, Kiss me "cubed." Lots of memories. Just Like Heaven? Thanks for your work, Wil, keep trucking.

Posted by: Aerron at June 23, 2005 11:39 AM

Primus sucks! Actually anything by Les rocks! Primus, Oysterhead, Flying Frog Brigade, Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains and it looks like there's going to be a new one ... the Electric Apricot!

Posted by: mbogucki at June 23, 2005 11:58 AM

Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me was my 2nd CD purchase, following only The Joshua Tree.

Posted by: pnuttiest at June 23, 2005 12:19 PM

I have been saying for years that I'm going to orginize all my files and delete the dupiclates "one of these days."

Posted by: flodge01 at June 23, 2005 03:00 PM

Ah dinnieken why you gadges prefer The Cures vairsion o "jist like heaven" whin Dinosaur Jrs cover blows it ootay the water. Amur sure that the original is good, but you goat tae be pure radge tae think its better than DJ.

Posted by: Rab at June 23, 2005 03:17 PM

WTG on the cleaning Wil!

p.s. I love REM!

Posted by: Katie at June 23, 2005 03:33 PM

I won't ask why you deleted your entry "put out the fire..." but I suppose you have your reasons. Anyway, I'm not sure what to say about it... best entry I've read from anyone in a long while though. Thanks.

Posted by: corwin at June 23, 2005 04:56 PM

In the old days I was so addicted to software that burned myself a copy of Japanese J++...just in case I might need it one day. Do I qualify for geekhood?

Posted by: dappermapper at June 23, 2005 06:02 PM

I caught Primus many years ago in the West Palm Beach Auditorium...you could pick out the show newbs by their dropped jaws when the "Primus Sucks" chants started...

Naiah, I would definitely give Ubuntu a looksee, it's one of the more complete and friendly versions of Linux around. When my normal compy was on the fritz, I was still able to function by running an Ubuntu live CD on a machine with no HD...talk about "network appliance"

Posted by: Matthew Cox at June 23, 2005 07:31 PM

why don't you drop by the primus bull board and say howdy to all the others who feel the same way you do regarding the suckiness of said band?http://www.primusville.com/frames/fbull.html
fun times to be had by all participants!!! plus there's always lots of discussion about *new* music that's available...and y'might find something to your liking.

Posted by: swoonsaloon at June 23, 2005 08:00 PM

I love finding old CDs. Just the other day I found my old Rolling Stones CDs. Needless to say I've been listening to them nonstop since. :)

Posted by: junebug at June 24, 2005 09:21 AM

Primus Sucks! I still test anyone wearing a T-Shirt of Primus by saying that.

As much as I liked Pork Soda, I loved the previous two LPs (no I'm not counting Suck on This!). Les Claypool has always been a fav (a few comments already mention several of his side-projects). I remember seeing Primus at the Kaiser (Oakland) with Public Enemy and Anthrax, that was nice (or weird).
Damn, I'm just rambling.

Robert Smith is always great to listen to :-)

Posted by: Masterofoneinchpunch at June 24, 2005 04:34 PM

you know how you get in ruts and only listen to some of your music over and over? well, best thing about getting an ipod for me was going through my millions of cds to load 'em on the thing -- got me listening to stuff i had not pulled out in too long. like pork soda.

great cd. and hey -- gotta listen to something besides oingo boingo all the time, right? (-;

Posted by: rie at June 25, 2005 12:39 PM

omgosh...i saw primus open for u2 back in... oh... it was quite a while ago. when they did the zootv tour. i think that was in '91...?

Posted by: girlpoet at June 25, 2005 01:32 PM

Exodus, Pork Soda and Sailing the Seas of Cheese are ALL some of my fave CDs of all time too!!!! You can NOT be bummed-out with those CDs on, it can't be done.

"We'll always have Primus"

Posted by: Veggie_gurl at June 26, 2005 07:02 AM