2 posts tagged “apple”
Ned Yost, the current (and one of the best) managers the of the (my hometown Milwaukee) Brewers, is, according to Brewers.com, a "tech geek".
He also owns an iPhone. Which, is pretty sweet. While it seems the local sports media goes nuts and calls for his head whenever the Brewers lose a game, I think Yost is one of the best ever to manage (not coach, thats an important difference in baseball) for the Brew Crew. I wouldn't mind seeing him end up coaching in Milwaukee for 10 or 15 years, like some managers in some teams.
What the local sports radio guys seem to forget, is that the Brewers haven't finish above .500 for a season in 15 years, and are currently in first with 3 wins above .500.
Ned was one of my favorite Brewers team members, and one of the best managers. His status has a 'tech geek', like me, has only solidified this. I am now a Ned Yost defender.
Go Brewers.
Well, I promised a Linux run down, so here it is.
I'm running Ubuntu v6.10, its pretty awesome. At first, I was pissed off because I couldn't figure out how to get it to run in 1600x1200 (resolution), I mean, I've been running that in Windows on my 21" LCD, and after over a year of that, 1024x768 looks HORRIBLE on a 21". I had to get my hands dirty and work in the command line, and THAT was cool. I mean, getting something to work in that command line is a total high for computer nerds.
But, now, the contraversal bits. Linux, even Ubuntu is not user friendly. I mean, when I have to help my cousins fix their computers (I'm the tech support guy for my family, its a bummer) they know how to run a simple installer (Download the .exe, and hit "Next" throughout all the dialog boxes), but they would never be able to use Ubuntu.
I mean, you can teach people who run Apple computers that "You are on a Mac. When you want to install something, you have to look for the special Mac link," and they get it, but, after talking with my friends Chris and Mark (who have set up Linux on family computers) people don't seem to get that Linux is different from Windows.
But, Linux is still teh l33t for us old computer nerds. ;)
