I can’t sleep, so what do I do? Hit the Google Machine, and begin wasting time, hoping I’ll get sleepy, and go back to bed. During my time wasting, I come across an old article (5 months old) about the top four alternatives to Ubuntu Linux. Of course, everyone who reads the article are going [...]
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: The ONLY purpose Internet Explorer serves, is to download Mozilla Firefox. I subscribe to Bruce Schneier, leading expert on security. His articles and publications are always well written, and he brings so much to the table in terms of security. Well, the latest entry on his [...]
After about 4-5 hours last night, and early this morning, I finished creating a board book for my 15-month old daughter. Of course, what better topic to choose than that of operating systems? So, I settled with GNU/Linux, UNIX and other operating systems as the main categories for the book, and it turned out great! [...]
Yesterday, Evan released version 0.7.0 of the Laconica microblogging software. He also pushed it out as an update to the growing Identica. There have been some new features added to the site, and I’ll be covering them here. First, however, last night, Levi and I were chatting away in #utah on Freenode about the protocols [...]
Quick reminder for the US Teams Mentoring Project. There will be a meeting in #ubuntu-us on irc.freenode.net. The time is scheduled for 8pm EST, and will probably last about an hour, maybe more depending on who shows up. The agenda can be found on the wiki page. All are welcomed to attend. See you then.
I’ve always been one for reducing my carbon footprint on the environment. Politics aside, I think we can all agree that CO2 emissions on the atmosphere is more harmful than good. As a result, I’ve been conscious of my contributions. So, when my wife and I bought our home, I began setting out what I [...]
For those subscribing to my blog via RSS/Atom, I’ve moved my feeds from the Feedburner servers to Google, seeing as though Google acquired them some time ago. As such, the URI for my feed has changed. You will be automatically forwarded to the new feed, however, if you would like you can update it now [...]
I’ve grown more and more accustomed to that phrase. Being on IRC, blogs, forums, mailing lists, and other forms of digital social gathering, it still never ceases to amaze me the responses that come out of people these days. Case in point? The tragic ending to what should have been a happy one. I’m referring [...]
I was faced with an interesting challenge tonight. But first, why I was faced with the challenge to begin with. I had been teaching Linux to system administrators for more than a year before taking my current job as a system administrator myself. During a couple of the courses, the students had the chance to [...]
Chuck, I read your post regarding Jono and the EFF choosing Twitter over Identi.ca, and ask the same questions you are: “If you’re about Freedom and Liberty, then why choose a proprietary standard when an open one exists?” However, at the bottom of your post, you mention that you don’t mind proprietary software, saying that [...]
Well, after a bit of nagging from family and friends, coupled with a bit of curiosity, I’ve gone social. I’m now part of the Web 2.0 bubble that seems to be all the rage. I have Identi.ca, Facebook, FriendFeed, Last.fm and Ping.fm accounts. Trying to restore Twitter as well (I left Twitter when Identi.ca came [...]
DISCLAIMER: This works on Debian testing, Debian unstable, Ubuntu 8.04 and Ubuntu 8.10. I have not verified it to work on other systems. If you hose your box, because you gave it a try, and it didn’t work, don’t blame me. You’re the stupid one for trying it out on a production machine. If you’re [...]
Well, today was the completion of Day 2 on the job. As many of you are aware, I was laid off from my job as a Linux instructor for Guru Labs last month. There is no doubt in my mind that being a Guru was the best job in the planet, so losing that job [...]
For those looking to put their CPU to work on their computer, I have the perfect job for you: Distributed.net! There’s no doubt that many of you already are participating in some distributed computing project, such as SETI@home, or Folding@home, BOINC, or others. I have joined different distributed computing projects in the past, and currently, [...]
I was hanging out in ##linux on Freenode this morning, willing to help anyone out who needed it, and I came smack into the middle of an argument about why Gentoo is the best distribution in the world, and Debian is the worst. As the conversation progressed, it was clear that the one running Gentoo [...]
