Category Archives: Commentary

Compiz Fusion Skydomes 4096×1024

Posted on March 8, 2007 by Patrick Yaeger

My frequent trips to the Ubuntu forums often bring me in contact with posts about the visual wonder that is the Beryl composite window manager (now known as Compiz Fusion). I decided to take the plunge and see if my experience lived up to all the hype. In short, it has. I now find working with a regular desktop window manager limiting. Though I love the Gnome desktop environment, 3D desktops are so freeing it’s difficult to go back to anything less… Continue reading →

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Limburger Virgins and Puttanesca Whores

Posted on December 12, 2005 by Patrick Yaeger

Today out of curiosity I bought a block of Limburger cheese. I was shopping for the ingredients of Pasta Puttanesca with the requisite capers, anchovies, garlic cloves, linguine, etc. Also, as it’s that time of year, I bought some Chestnuts. … Continue reading →

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Gay People Are Not From Mars

Posted on October 16, 2005 by Patrick Yaeger

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The Gay Lesbian Civil Rights Movement’s most important success will be that of creating an environment in which gay people feel free and welcome to express their basic core humanity without regard to their sexuality. The energy that out gay people now must expend in order to make their place openly and honestly… Continue reading →

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Hate Crime, Statistics and Apathy

Posted on August 4, 2005 by Patrick Yaeger

As it stands, Federal hate crime legislation sends a powerful signal to the states that the assumptions on which hate crime statutes are based are fundamentally accepted as correct… Continue reading →