tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333582652011-04-21T20:50:31.774-04:00The Adventures of Linux's beloved penguin TuxGregory Duckworth IInoreply@blogger.comBlogger201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33358265.post-79425614408189904552008-07-01T17:12:00.002-04:002008-07-01T17:37:49.505-04:00

Tux is kindly pestering his friend for the day "Jeremy who works for Google"

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Tux has been going on his adventures despite the fact that the webmaster (i.e. me) to his site has been slack to the point that little tux thought about penguin small claims court. I settled out of court with a large sum of fishies however. Here is tux at the Statesville Hot Air Balloonfest, where he met up with one of his favorite local celebraties Mike Redding. Mike has a similar, albeit more

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While we were in the Outer Banks we also got the opportunity to see where human flight was born. From this spot, which isn't much to look at, humans learned they were able to fly. Wilbur and Orville Wright who were born in Ohio hand picked this spot in NC to build their flyer and make history.

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Tux got to see the breathtaking sights of Jokey's Ridge Sand Dunes in Kill Devil Hills NC.We got lucky too, because as we showed up we saw some of the largest kites ever made. They had to be stamped into the dunes with a handful of spikes, because a human could not have held them in place.

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Tux is back from an extended road trip. With a desire to see the sea and the changing autumn leaves, he left the confines of the city. He has a lot to share so more is on the way.Tux at Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Outer Banks NC:Tux knew he was on the small side, always looking up at things that are larger than him. However, he had never seen something so large and grand as the Cape Hatteras

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Tux found a new friend the other day at our annual Festival in the Park. He is pretty well known too.Lizzard: Well Tux ol' buddy, me and you are quite a like you know?Tux: (Puzzled look)Lizzard: We are both "trusty" advertising icons.Tux: (Nods)Lizzard: I can 'elp people wif their car insurance, and you.. well you elp em' wif betta alternatives to Windows of course.

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Tux likes to make fun of me for running WindowsXP. But I run XP to be able to do things I can not in Linux, iTunes for example. I was pretty excited about the new iTunes 7 after watching the Apple "Showtime" event, where they showed off new iPods and a list of other new shiny Apple goodness. However, iTunes started doing some really weird stuff right after installing. Songs started playing

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It feels like it was just yesterday. I'm sure 40 years from now I will feel the same way. The disbelief, the sadness, most notably the anger. There was also confusion on what exactly was going on. The World Trade Center had been attacked, the Pentagon had been attacked, but were there more to come? Reports of evacuations, car bombs, and other planes hijacked, was every city going to be bombed?

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Tux is a TiVo lover. There are many different flavors of DVRs (Digital Video Recorders) out there. Most of them run Linux too. However, for Tux, none of them can compare to the simplicity and function TiVo provides. He likes how TiVo will suggest programs for him, as long as he "rates" shows with a Thumbs-up or Thumbs-down. It's something the other DVRs can not reproduce. When a penguin related

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During our Labor Day travels with Tux, we went to a small town festival in Matthews, NC. They call the festival "Matthews Alive!" now, but the locals still like to refer to it as it used to be known, "The Stumptown Festival". It was a hot day, but a nice way to cap off the Labor day weekend. We saw a few bands, smelled the funnel cakes and gyros being cooked, and visted a number of tents filled

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HAPPY LABOR DAY! For our day off we took Tux on his first cache hunt. It's called geocaching, a kind of hidden treasure game/sport using GPS. You are given a general idea of where you are going to start looking along with a set of coordinates. You then use your GPS device to find exactly where the final cache is. Sometimes the cache is a big box like this ammo box, sometimes its a tiny little

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Tux made it to the city referred to as "The Land of the Sky" (Asheville, NC). He was a little motion sick from the winding mountain roads, but he loved what he saw once we arrived. A bustling city, full of eclectic people bouncing around with a carefree aura. Friendly faces, artists, buskers, and small shops that offer everything from hippyware to America's best chocolate.We talked about how

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Today we stopped by uptown to check out the Panther's lair. Football season is officialy starting soon, and Tux is as ready as anyone. He got scared of the panther statues at the Bank of America stadium though. We assured him that they would not eat him... as long as he didn't make any sudden moves.

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I told Tux all about my guild on World of Warcraft today. What followed was a very long conversation about Linux's ability to play the latest games. He conceded that a lot of games don't support linux..... yet. He told me that it is possible to play WoW on Linux, but not natively. Then we had fun looking over all the cool games on: http://www.linuxgames.com

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Tux tagged along with me to the barber. He lifted everyone's spirits, but they told him penguins don't need haircuts.

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Out and about we had to stop by Target to pick a few things up. While we had to hit a few different isles to gather the provisons we seeked, Tux made a b line to his favorite part of the store.... the electronics section. When we finally caught up with him he was slumped over, amazed and flapper-gasted at the price of XP.

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Tux shows off his climbing skills, in a real life metaphor to point out the struggles he has to overcome to make it to the top of his domain. As he climbs upward he sees many routes he can take. He knows there is a "fast" route, but is it easier? Should it be? Either way, it's hard to tell in the midst of a climb. But he knows that he has great collection of friends at his base to help guide him.

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Tux woke up early today. He was done with breakfast, and all ready to go before my alarm went off. He likes to be an early bird.

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Tux came to the store with us today. Here he is getting a good sniff of fresh air.

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Tux at work with me.

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