Cannot talk to klauncher I’ve been updating my KDE 3.3 libraries for SUSE 9.2 and had some problems. Trying to run konqueror in file management mode as root gave the message: "Cannot talk to klauncher" The solution is to delete /root/.DCOPserver_*__0 Switch off autorun Every time I put a CD Read more…
Grethe and I ran the Kaiser Permanente Half Marathon in San Francisco yesterday. Over six thousand runners took part on a bright morning, which began cool but which was warm in the sunshine. We both ran personal bests (Grethe: 1:32:22; Owen: 1:17:49) – no doubt in part because the course Read more…
Stephen Grey has shown great courage in spending a great deal of time in Iraq during and since the war. His journalism about Iraq, which you can read here on his website, is powerful and vivid. (Full disclosure: Stephen is an old friend.)
Tony Judt has an excellent article in the 10th February edition of the New York Review of Books, discussing the economic, social and cultural evolution of the US and Europe. As a Brit living in America, and loving it, this is of course interesting to me. The article includes some Read more…
Nelson Mandela made a very good speech in Trafalgar Square today, in an effort to galvanise young people. For me, the key passage in this speech is this: Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of Read more…
RC has a blog which claims, about the Iraqi elections, I was naïve, perhaps, in believing that all anti-war liberals could put aside their hatred for Bush and his policies for just one day and recognize the critical importance of the Iraqi experiment with democracy. … For war supporters, the Read more…
The initial news from Iraq is very encouraging: media reports are talking about a turnout of more than 70 percent. This would be an excellent step towards a representative government in Iraq. I very much hope the elections in Iraq do turn out to be as successful as these reports Read more…
The US Government published new dietary guidelines on January 13, 2005. These guidelines are updated every five years. The Government did not take on the sugar industry by recommending that people should eat less sugar. Instead, the pitifully vague conclusion is that we should choose foods with "little added sugars Read more…
We went to see Hotel Rwanda – a film about a hotel manager who saved more than a thousand people during the Rwanda genocide, by sheltering them in the Hotel Mille Collines. It is a very good film: both moving and, as far as I know, reasonably accurate in its Read more…
In case you wonder why we like living in California (as if), the following two pictures may help to explain. Yesterday in Times Square, New York The Ferry Building in San Francisco, today See more photos from today's bike ride. With warm thoughts to those living on the other Read more…