[d] enclosed in brackets chaotic perfectionist for hire

Wow, I hadn't realized how long it's been since I posted... anything.

I've been around though, don't worry. Of course, I only have a half-dozen readers, so I'm not too worried - I talk to most of them on a regular basis. Here's what I've been working on lately:

Ubuntu
I have a desktop and laptop running Xubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04), and another desktop running Ubuntu Hardy Heron Server. The more I use Ubuntu, the more I like it. It just seems like there's a lot more that I can do with less work... compared to Windows. This isn't going to turn into a review, but check it out - you can run it as a Live CD (no install needed), or even install it like a program in Windows.

del.icio.us
If you check out my del.icio.us page, you can see what I've been bookmarking. I've added something at the end of this post to show the last fivepages I've bookmarked.

dropcase.com
It's time for another upgrade, and I'm making the move into version 6.2 of Drupal. I'm a little lacking in the updates category, but nothing serious... it's more a matter of getting more functionality and usability in place. I also want to do a total redesign, but I'm not sure where to start.

aStore
So I decided to play around with Amazon's aStore, just to see how it works. Don't worry, I'm not trying to push anything (although I won't stop anyone from getting something either), I just want to know what people think of it in general. Does anyone else use affiliate links for Amazon? I'm still not sure how I feel about them.

Knitting
Yes, knitting. There are two projects to start on: first, I'm getting ready to embark on the road to socks. I've been reading up on them and trying to find a pattern, and I think I'm going to go toe-up this time, so I can get a feel for how much yarn I need. Project #2 is a muffler for my wife. She got me some really nice yarn for it, and I want to make sure to do it justice...

Everything Else
Yes, very vague, but true... and if you'd like to know, feel free to ask. Between work and home with two kids and three cats (and my wonderful wife, of course), I wonder how I have time to get anything started, much less completed...

So you've all heard of del.icio.us, right? I did too, and signed up for an account about 18 months ago... and let it just sit there. At the time, it didn't pull me in, but that was then.

For some reason, I decided to give it another try (probably because of Sean) about a week or so ago, and now I'm plowing through my 1900+ bookmarks to find the gems and weed out the garbage. It would be nice to be able to tag multiple links with the same tags (not just rename them). Of course, I really like the FireFox extensions and the ability to work with the bookmarks in the sidebar.

This isn't my first foray into social bookmarking (and won't be my last): I used Simpy for a while, but then stopped for some reason. Looking at it again today, it's got some cool features that I forgot about.

What do you use, and why? I know del.icio.us and Simpy and RawSugar, but have only used the first two. Looking at it, there may be another signup in the near future...