Slashdot | Disillusioned With IT? I usually keep a dichotomy between my work life and my blogging life, primarily out of self-defense. Blogging about the latest that’s going on at work, generally speaking, is a fast-track ride to not having a job at all. However, this article on Slashdot not only spoke to me, but [...]

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IT Conversations | OReilly Open Source Conference | Eben Moglen Wow! I’m only 20 minutes into this presentation, and Eben Moglen as already tore Tim O’Reilly a new one for championing Open Source rather than Free Software. Worth a listen if you’re into the whole Open Source vs. Free Software discussion. Great points from Eben, [...]

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Ubuntu Hardy Heron was released this morning into the wild. Get a copy while it’s hot! Congratulations to all of the hard working folks who made this release possible. I’ve checked out the pre-release versions, and they’re fantastic!

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Happy Earth Day, everyone! This is a time where we do our part to help Mother Earth to help sustain life. Go out and give Mother Earth a great big hug by lying on the ground (preferably on one of those busy freeways that are strangling poor Mother Earth) and putting your arms around her. [...]

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Whew! What a weekend! Penguicon was this weekend, and it was a complete blast. I had a lot of fun meeting people I’d only known online, as well as meeting other people whom I hadn’t met before. It was a real treat to talk to Jono Bacon, and I was astonished that he remembered my [...]

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Happy Birthday, Elizabeth! Hope you’re having a great birthday!

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Psychics are ready to predict the future on new radio station I predict utter, dismal failure for CBS. It’s nice to know there’s no place for musical diversity on the radio, but plenty of room for a 24 hour psychic station. Maybe it can garner the same dismal ratings as 97.1 “The Ticket”, which is [...]

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Last night I ran through my “Beginner’s Baptism to the UNIX Command Line” presentation that I’ll be presenting at Penguicon in a few days (April 19th at 6pm in Northfield B). I first started with a live studio audience (picture) and then presented to JoDee in her semi-tired state. JoDee had some good feedback, and [...]

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JoDee took some awesome Pictures of the storms that rolled through on Friday evening. They were pretty intense storms; the kind that make you wonder if we should have found someone’s place that had a basement with somewhere to hide rather than staying in the house. Also, JoDee and I checked out Umi prior to [...]

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JoDee and I don’t eat fast food much, so we’ve been blissfully unaware of Wendy’s “256 ways to personalize a hamburger” campaign. For those of you who are also blissfully unaware of such advertising, here’s a picture taken from the Wendy’s bag. Now, I must say I didn’t pay much attention in my math classes, [...]

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