Warm Weather Weekend Updates

And without much warning, summer seems like it is here. While I know this weekend's 80-degree weather will not be the norm for the remainder of April and most likely May, it serves as a nice kick in the ass to get me outside.

Time for a hit-list:

• I spent all of yesterday outside: darn near "the perfect Saturday:" it was warm, sunny, a little breezy, but all around inviting. I started the day with a bike ride on the Towpath Trail, then made a trip out to Grand Rapids to walk, then took a walk in Sidecut Metropark. All in all, a very tiring day physically.

• I am helping to organize a very informal weekly meeting of people who share a common interest in creative writing. The people thus far interested in this are mostly interested in fiction over poetry. It looks like every Saturday evening, sometime after 6pm, we will be gathering in Bowling Green or Perrysburg for a light dinner and a workshop and discussion about pretty much anything we feel is relevant to our ongoing creative writing careers.

• Form time to time I do a write-up on the latest Ubuntu release, but this time I can keep it short and to the point: the spring Ubuntu release, 9.04 - Jaunty Jackalope, is pretty damn amazing. I've been running it on my desktop PC for a few days now and I find Ubuntu better than ever - the Compiz-Fusion desktop effects work well in Gnome, programs install well via Apt, and out-of-the-box support for the most-used applications is apparent. Even better. As usual, I will fully support anyone who chooses to use Ubuntu for their main computing operating system, with both hardware and software support as it is needed.

I have a hard week of work coming up, followed by a weekend of working in Findlay to get some awesome overtime put in. After that, who knows...

B3 out.