Lou Gramm

I do not remember ever mentioning in this blog that one of my all-time favourite singers is Lou Gramm. He is possibly best know for his work with Foreigner (And a little bit among followers with Shadow King). I am a huge Foreigner fan but what always led me on was Lou's voice. I have all his records both with bands and solo.

His latest project is the Lou Gramm Band. They have published an excellent Christian rock album. I have bought it today at amazon. I have also bought Foreigner's album  with Kelly Hansen, a great singer.

I must confess that I like all Foreigner singers. I loved the "Unusual heat" album with Johnny Edwards and I also love "Can't slow down" with Kelly Hansen. Lot of talent and savoir faire.

Weather vane

This is my latest project: It's a weather vane. It's not (made to be) functional. It's just a decoration, made out of pure hobby.  I designed and made it last August. I put it in place today. I'm uploading several pictures for you to see the whole process. I hope you like it. I really love it.

And yet another nephew!!!

My nephew Ibai was born today. I'm really happy and excited about it. I can't wait to meet him.

Favourite chicks

There are 5 chicks altogether but my nephew chose his favourite two and named them: Blackandwhite and Whiteandblack

Blackandwhite

Whiteandblack

(One of many) Miracles of life

Today I have witnessed another miracle of life. Five little chicken hatched in my incubator after the scheduled 21 days. Last year I tried different types of eggs but without any result. This year I have done it. Success!!! Look at the pictures.

One year blogging

I have been checking the webpage for mistakes because during this summer I intend to update it a bit. Especially the mirror site which is completely out of date. So this is what I am going to be up to during the following months.

And guess what? I have realised that the first blog entry at weebly was in June 2009, exactly one year ago. So happy blogday!!!

Now I need to go out for a while, ride my bike and breathe some fresh air.
I suppose this is my traditional farewell  until autumn. I may occasionally publish some new entries during summer but it's not very likely. See you soon.

Enjoy!!!

TLCL - The Linux Command Line

 This past week I have been so focused on this new book I got that I've hardly had time to think about anything else. This awesome masterpiece was written by William E. Shotts, Jr. An expert in teaching linux at the CLI (Command Line Interface). You can visit his website at http://linuxcommand.org or follow his blog at http://lcorg.blogspot.com

When I started learning linux back in 2004 I read his entire website and I even downloaded a copy of the site to keep it as a reference when I was offline. It helped me a lot. Most of all to be able to understand how commands and scripts worked. At that time I was only able to  read and understand some very simple scripts. I had trouble compiling from source and so on and so forth. A typical linux newbie thing lol

In time I have learnt some more things. I can  use the command line to carry out several tasks like editing configuration files or do some more complex admin work on servers but most of all I know my way around a Linux system much better. Now after such a long time, revisiting his writings has encouraged me to try new things like for example building an all-text workstation (Though I have to admit that the example being a Debian system has helped me a lot to decide to do it) I have also tried to write very easy and simple scripts. They might look a bit silly or naive or something of the kind to real linux experts. But they -these scripts- help me a lot in my everyday system admin tasks. Especially when it comes to backing up important data.

And last but not least, though this might sound even sillier, I have taken into consideration the idea of writing a book!!! No, wait wait, don't get me wrong. I do NOT by any means imply that if Mr. Shotts has been able to write and publish a book then every man can, no no! What I mean is that it impressed me that he has managed to write an extraordinary book in a very professional fashion by simply using some of the tools that we all have at hands reach like openoffice. That together with a lot of talent and imagination.

I should get down to work and start writing that book. The only problem is what about!!! Well don't worry those of you who know me are aware that I'm a very stubborn person both in its positive and negative meaning. It's all a matter of time until I find the inspiration and time to start work.

Thanks William E. Shotts, Jr. for being there, for teaching us all so well and for your inspiration and encouragement. Keep up the good work!!! I still haven't finished reading the book but I am already looking forward to your next one. What about TLCL part 2?