I’d like to point you to a couple of URIs that form the background for the thoughts to follow:
Firstly, here’s a fun video from Novell, Inc. which is a bit of a departure from the image that most of may have of the Novell-types: stodgey.
Secondly, here’s a (more…)
He was with us at LinuxNewbie.org and JustLinux.com.
Bone marrow cancer claimed his life on 2004.08.25.
“Google First. Ask questions later.”
You will find him under the name of ‘mdwatts’. He was Michael D. Watts.
We miss you, Mike.
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Hello my dear,
I saw you tiptoing your way through the website today; and that, you’re using that travesty (xp) to get wireless connectivity at school. (more…)
Submitted by warren on Thu, 08/24/2006 - 04:55. Other
An article was posted on the Mepis forums (link); a reply to which I have reproduced below.
The reply falls into the category of background static, with respect to the thread of conversation.
Now, I have my own advocacy practices which, I believe, work well; and, considering the fact that I have absolutely no interest in the mortgage industry, I really have nothing substantive to add to the thread itself, except dealing with the following “flyer” posting. Doing so within the thread of origin, would be disruptive, so I’ll amuse myself with addressing it here (more…)
There is a new article, complete with pictures, available for your perusal and comment.
Life has been so busy this summer as to make productions, like the one linked-to above, a bit impractical to accomplish; but the times are changing (as they always seem to do), so you should see more of the same in the future.
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It is 01:15 on Sunday morning and, my eldest/our second-eldest daughter is, at this very moment, on a Delta Airlines flight to Atlanta, Georgia; this being the first-leg of her journey to University, in Florida. In a scant 45 minutes or so, she will telephone me after she lands in Atlanta, to let me know how things are going, and to try to sense in me that I miss her more than I have allowed her realize. (more…)
OK. I’m posting the contents of a page to which I’m linking to from things like sig-lines, and to which I’m pointing others in my quest to make generally known the needs of a family in Austin, Texas. It’s a ‘for the sake of completeness’ type of thing, because of a couple of points that I hadn’t raised earlier, just in case you’re wondering about the obvious repetition. (more…)
The situation which has prompted this entry is tragic and, for your reference, I’m going to bracket the antecedent interval of concern with a couple of links to pages that I urge you to read fully; then give serious consideration to the matter of helping a member of the Linux Community, Ken Starks (aka: Helios).
First link: http://blog.lobby4linux.com/index.php?/archives/2005/09.html
Second link: http://blog.lobby4linux.com/index.php?/archives/2006/08.html
…and now, for those who are loathe to read the linked pages, I’ll give you a bit of a thumbnail sketch of what is going on with Ken. (more…)