Man, how times change. I remember paying nearly $200 for a 2GB USB flash drive in 2006, and having people “oooh” and “ahh” about the amount of storage space available

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The technical analog to “Management by Shiny Object” would have to be “Upgrading by Deep Dependency”. I am usually very quick to speak highly of Gentoo Linux as both a Linux distribution

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In my review of Ubuntu Linux 6.06 the other day, I mistakenly gave credit to the Ubuntu Team for the “Networking” applet (a.k.a. network-admin) I enjoyed so much. While it is probable

Continue readingCorrection: network-admin in Ubuntu

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

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

Continue readingMount an SMB/CIFS Share via Linux Automount

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!