Floyd Turbo's Journal: Heavy Sigh

So, after nearly a year off, I'm trying to get back into this.

Not much to report; life goes on (for most of us, anyway).

I saw this, and resolved on the spot to begin a gradual but irreversible process of freeing myself from any and all use of Microsoft software. If you haven't read that article, you really should. (Don't take my word for it, the article was recommended by Bruce Schneier in the November issue of "crypto-gram", his email newsletter.) There is a bit of excessive rhetoric in there, but enough fact to give anyone pause. Bottom line: Microsoft is determined to have control over every computer running Windows.

So with that motivation, I've finally gotten around to setting up an old PC as an OpenBSD firewall. Full migration to Linux or BSD desktop is in the offing; I'm already using OpenOffice for my word processing needs at home and will buy a PS2 or gamecube for entertainment.