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My observations and opinions about IT are based on 40 years of use in science and technology and lately, in education. I like IT that is fast, cost-effective and reliable. My first use of GNU/Linux in 2001 was so remarkably better than what I had been using, I feel it is important work to share GNU/Linux with the world. Now that I'm retired I still use GNU/Linux on every computer in my home except the smartphones which run Android/Linux.Lately, I've been giving lots of thought to the world I inherited and which I will leave to my descendants. I'm planting grass, trees, flowers and vegetables in my large lot and I've ordered a Solo EV. I plan to charge my Solo by means of a tracking solar array. Life is good if you have a purpose. I do.
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Daily Archives: June 19, 2014
John C. Dvorak, Educational Luddite
The Luddites were folks who tried to destroy new technology threatening their old ways of doing things.“When tech enters the classroom, the usual result is money squandered. This was obviously the case with PLATO and it is quite apparent today … Continue reading
Posted in Linux in Education, Teaching, technology
Tagged desktop, education, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, government, small cheap computers, tablets
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Freshmeat Became Freecode But Now Frozen
“Effective 2014-06-18 Freecode is no longer being updated (content may be stale)” Sometimes great ideas just don’t catch on. Freecode which was Freshmeat, an huge index of FLOSS didn’t survive evolution and has been frozen. For people like me, using … Continue reading
Cyber-terrorism
All the best plans of mice and men go awry…“At this point we took action to take control back of our panel by changing passwords, however the intruder had prepared for this and had already created a number of backup … Continue reading