The last Texas Linux Fest I attended was all the way back in 2014, which means it had been a full 10 years since I’d been. I was supposed to speak at the event in 2020, but no one spoke in 2020...
https://princessleia.com/journal/2024/04/texas-linux-fest-2024/
For spring break (and an extra week) we decided to head out to Philadelphia to visit with the family, and have me do a couple side trips for Poughkeepsie and CPOSC. Unfortunately, for the first w...
https://princessleia.com/journal/2024/04/spring-break-2024-in-philly/
On April 7, 1964 the IBM System 360 was launched, with much fanfare from (and risk to) IBM. I’ve recently been reading the biography on Tom Watson Jr. (The Greatest Capitalist Who Ever Lived) a...
https://princessleia.com/journal/2024/04/celebrating-60-years-of-mainframe-in-poughkeepsie/
Regional open source conferences are so important. I’m reminded of this yet again as I come home from another Central Pennsylvania Open Source Conference (CPOSC), which for the second year in a...
Back in August, Adam and I came across a mechanical calculator while picking up my freshly repaired IBM Selectric II from Berkeley Typewriter. I knew mechanical calculators existed, but I didn’...
https://princessleia.com/journal/2024/04/an-electromechanical-calculator/
Following my trip down to Pasadena for the Southern California Linux Expo, I had three days of work and then a couple days off which I spent with the kids while we prepared for a visit to Philade...
https://princessleia.com/journal/2024/03/hamantaschen-and-flight-delays/
The last conference I went to before the COVID-19 pandemic began was the Southern California Linux Expo, which I wrote about here: SCALE 18x. Being on the cusp of the pandemic, it was a surreal e...
Valentine’s Day this year was pretty focused on the kids. MJ was traveling for work and the kids have really been getting into the idea of holidays lately, so it’s been fun to decorate with t...
https://princessleia.com/journal/2024/03/another-refrigerator-the-exploratorium-and-a-movie/
Back in November I got to type on my first Oliver 9 at a type-in, and I mused about it: It was lovely and fascinating, and given how much I’ve thought about it since meeting that one, I’m qui...
https://princessleia.com/journal/2024/03/resurrecting-an-oliver-9-typewriter-part-1/
Aaron and I recently went to San Francisco to see an aunt who was in town visiting, and he was really disappointed about not being able to go on a cable car. Adam was at school at the time, but h...
https://princessleia.com/journal/2024/02/just-ride-around-in-buses-and-trains-and-cable-cars/