Every-Packet's Changing... my Keane Parody

This is for all my friends, colleagues & fellow human-beings who ended up working in IT... and loving it.

Every-Packet's Changing (sung to the tune of Everybody's Changing by Keane)

You say you wonder your own LAN

When I think about it, I don't see how you can

You route add, you netstat

And I can't see the Ping that you tried

Says Every-Packet's changing and I don't know why

So little time, try to understand that I...

Try to log a call just to stay in the game, I

Try to stay awake and remember my frame-rate
Every-Packet's changing and I start to go insane

You're gone from here, soon you will disappear
Fading into tri-colored light
Cause Every-Packet's changing and I don't feel right

So little time, try to understand that I...

Try to log a call just to stay in the game, I

Try to stay awake and remember my frame-rate
Every-Packet's changing and I start to go insane

So little time, try to understand that I...

Try to make a patch just to stay in the game, I

Try to stay awake and not go init zero
Every-Packet's changing and I don't feel the same

Ooooh, Every-Packet's changing and I report abends...

I was at Computex 2009 too!

Yup, I was there from 3-6 June earlier this month... due to my traveling schedule and procrastination, well... mostly procrastination, I end up posting this "me too" post 2 days before the end of June.

Anyway, I hereby present some SUSE highlights, photos and a video of the event from my perspective:

1) With our close collaboration with Intel on Moblin, we are 1 of 2 software vendors allowed to have a booth on the traditionally hardware vendor ONLY show floor.



2) On display are SUSE Studio (beta) and a whole string of Netbooks from Acer, MSI and ASUS loaded with openSUSE 11.1 with Moblin GUI. Really sweet!



3) I found some time to go up to the 83 or 85th floor on the famous Taipei 101... what a view of the city!



4) Finally, a picture of all the hardworking Novell folks (hackers, managers, sales, marketing) who pulled this first-of-its-kind presence at Computex. Also in the picture are attractive promoters and a dude who was in a Geeko suit.



Speaking of mascots, here is a video of a Computex mascot mixing it up with our SUSE Geeko... looks like we'll need to hire the guy (or gal) in the Computex mascot to our Geeko suit for next year... Enjoy!

Linux for housewives; XP for geeks?

No, you did not read the title wrong... This is a sign of the times... very interesting article on ZDNet -> http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=342

It references a quote from Taiwanese retailers from Nikkei Electronics Asia (an online report):
"...novice PC users there, like students and housewives, tend to buy the Linux version of the Eee PC701, while geeks go for Windows XP."

What is even more interesting is one of the comments left a Mr Flude, his research into the definition of the word "Geek" and in relation to the statement above... had me laughing my head off and (seriously) rolling on the floor... here goes:
"geek
Pronunciation: \ˈgēk\
Function: noun

1 : a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken or snake
2 : a person often of an intellectual bent who is disliked
3 : an enthusiast or expert especially in a technological field or activity
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/geek

"Retailers and contract manufacturers in Taiwan say that novice PC users there, like students and housewives, tend to buy the Linux version of the Eee PC701, while geeks go for Windows XP."

The Taiwanese are referring to groups 1 & 2."

Our new support engineer...

We'd like to welcome our new colleague who just started with us today.



We're all very impressed with its dedication and deep technical skills in SUSE Linux Enterprise...

The last picture is our senior technical manager providing on the job training to the newbie