SemiAntics
Installing LaTeX on GNU/Linux
Here are the steps I take to get my LaTeX setup correctly on Ubuntu.
Makin’ Apple Cake
We tried out a new recipe this Christmas. It was a little ironic because the recipe is supposed to be a Hannukah recipe. Anyways…we tried our hands at making Apple Cake.

Zoom, Zoom, Zoom…
Well, it happened. One of our old junk buckets from 1994 finally gave out. Nathaniel’s Mazda is no longer with us. Now we have a nice shiny 2007 Mazda6!

Raven Rock State Park

We visited Raven Rock State Park on June 20th. The park is about an hour south of Raleigh near Lillington, NC.
Asheville NC 2009
We recently took a quick trip to the wild wooly mountains of western North Carolina. We took some photos, and we also want to highlight the highlights of our trips in case anyone else wants to duplicate our efforts.
What happened to Dell?
Dell used to be a decent company. What happened? Grace got a Dell Photo 924 printer as a present a few years ago. It’s a rebranded Lexmark X615 (I have heard, but obviously nobody is confirming this!) It doesn’t have drivers for GNU/Linux (or Mac). It’s described as an expensive paperweight by some people, and accurately too. To get to the point, the power adapter went bad on it, so I thought I would get a new one and sell it so that we could have one that works on GNU/Linux. To my surprise, the new adapter from Dell is $50.
Rated R
Would you rather have your kids see a movie with (possibly explicit) scenes of people killing each other, or with (again, possibly explicit) scenes of people making love to each other? Think about it. I’m not the first to ask this question, and I hope I’m not the last.
Goodreads
I just found about a site that is great for book readers. It lets you keep track of, rate, and find new books to read. You can see my profile here. It’s kind of like something you might find on Facebook, but for those of us who don’t use Facebook it’s nice. There is also a way to add a plugin to Wordpress, but I haven’t quite gotten that set up yet.
