PSA: paid time extension

If you have a paid account (but not a permanent one) or had one during June, and/or if you were considering buying paid time in the next week, read this announcement.

It also links to information about why LJ has been sucking recently for the curious.

One more Gmail invite

I have one Gmail invitation... no, wait, make that two. (Edit: Both gone now.)

Any takers? Comment or email me with first name, last name, and email address.

(I don't know whether the names have to be real, but there does have to be two components to the name or it won't let me submit the invitation.)

I'm still clueless as to how many you get… I got six the first time around, then one, and now I see the one has turned into two. Maybe I'm not using the account enough :p

[baby] Birth preparation course, part the sixth

( A visit to the delivery room and a film )

Happy new month, everyone!

Happy new month :)

Sae dal e bog manhi badeuseyo – shingetsu omedetou – frohen neuen Monat – joyeux nouveau mois – gelukkig niuewmaand

The things you learn from reading Wikipedia: etymology of "Debian"

Ever wondered where the name "Debian" came from?

I suppose I never really did until reading about it in the Wikipedia article:

Debian was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock, then a university student, who wrote the Debian Manifesto which called for the creation of a Linux distribution to be maintained in an open manner, in the spirit of Linux and GNU.

He chose the name Debian by combining his first name and the first name of his then-girlfriend (now wife) Debra[1], i.e. the word is a portmanteau. The word "Debian" is pronounced as the corresponding syllables of these names are in American English: /deb' ē ən/.