As many already know, I am a die-hard Gentoo Linux user…I use it at work, at home, and anywhere else I have machines used (primarily by me) to “hack“. Lately I’ve been

Continue readingKicking the Tires on Ubuntu Linux 6.06

There are several tools and processes I’ve been wanting to make the subject of Weblog posts, but keep I forgetting about them until something comes up that makes me wish

Continue readingfavicon.ico Creation and Screen Captures on Linux

I spend a fair amount of my commute time reading. Mostly just catching up on a seemingly endless pile of magazines covering topics of interest to me professionally and personally.

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BCP, or Business Continuity Planning for long, is the art practiced to insure that when disaster strikes, your business doesn’t crumble. It can, and should include such things as site evacuation plans,

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The time has come ’round once again where I will be regularly presenting information to hungry graduate students. This last Saturday marked the beginning of my second year teaching a

Continue readingLinux, Laptops, and Projectors…Oh, My!

There is nothing more ergonomically and functionally annoying than to have to use two machines sitting next to each other, and having to switch between keyboards and mice to control

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I have to admit, I love thinking that others read my weblog posts, and actually find them semi-useful…but realistically, I write them to leave my increasingly feeble mind breadcrumbs for

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I managed to give the latest Gentoo Linux a whirl just in time to rave about it at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in S.F. next week. I tried out a lot of the

Continue readingGentoo Linux 2004.2 Rocks!

When I was in B-school pursuing my MBA, one of my professors asked us all a haunting question. “Are leaders born, or are they made”? Before anyone could formulate a

Continue readingLeaders: Born or Made?