I probably glance down at my system’s status displays way too often; surely graphs are addicting. But it really is handy to know what’s going on all the time. If I’m ever on a machine without this info, I just feel lost. Oh, if only my Android had one! I’ve been able to make faster [...]
I just started in on the Kauffman Foundation’s TechVenture program, being facilitated by Steve Morris at OTBC to about 10 of us entrepreneurs. This was the first session, with a really useful focus: why, not what — at least that’s how I digested it. I’ll try to record my learnings here from the class over [...]
If I’m going to have a productive day, it usually means spending it in a shell. I use GNOME Terminal as my xterm clone of choice, simply because it’s a default. If you don’t know what terminal you’re using, it’s probably gnome-terminal if you’re running GNOME. I recently started making some productivity tweaks to my [...]
A look at automating setup for every new Ubuntu; and maybe even a meme. Linux distros these days tend to be pretty minimal in their default install mode. Many of us used to be in the habit of checking the “Install Everything” box in the earlier Red Hat days. But then the box disappeared, and [...]
Contrary to the notion that books are dead, I’ve recently been making great use of my local library. While I agree that learning is best accomplished by doing, I still like to start exploring subjects by amassing a bunch of relevant dead-tree books. I like to prop back in an old La-Z-Boy and get real [...]