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next bglug meeting – 25 oct at 1900 (7p) – @collexion hackerspace
Topic is yet TBD – but the time and place are set: 25 Oct 1900 Collexion hackerspace Come join us!
on Eschewmenical
I am a contributor on Eschewmenical – the blog for Christianity.SE. My first contribution is my testimony of being saved.
fingerprints
The final stage of bureaucratic folderol to endure is Thursday when we get our fingerprints done for the USCIS check. Root for a smooth day 🙂
rebooting the bglug
It’s been several months, but we are planning to have another Bluegrass Linux User Group meeting next month! It looks like there’s a good space to meet near downtown, so while the exact Saturday has not been picked yet, we are looking to reboot the LUG in a few weeks. If anyone has suggestions for …
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a new blog!
My wife and I have just started a new blog together, Growing in Faith and Family, to document the process of adoption which we have just started. We have chosen Ethiopia as our source country, and have begun the 15-20 month process (including wait time) to enlarge our family via adoption. We would be happy …
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on twitter and the police
Dave Winer had an interesting take on the recent Twitter-NYPD flare-up. Personally, the thought of any government organization demanding records without a warrant is abhorrent. However, since the entire point of Twitter is to make your tweets public … then what is there to subpoena? They’re all out there – visible to the world… Unless the user …
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digital preservation
I have been an active member on the Stack Exchange family of sites [nearly] since StackOverflow started a few years ago. Recently a new proposal has been made for Digital Preservation. Many of the proposed questions are interesting (including one of mine) – and I would strongly encourage anyone interested in the topic to check …
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groupon is no good!
I think I might have to boycott Groupon: a few months back they had a deal for an introductory flight, first ground school time, and pilot log book for about 50% off the normal rate from the local flight training company, NexGen Aviation. I arrive at the airport a little before 1400 for my flight …
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nclb – you know, unless you’re in one of these 10 states…
Pick your slant report – Huffington Post or Fox News: it has been reported that President Obama’s administration will be issuing waivers to 10 states with regard to compliancy with No Child Left Behind (which, in my opinion, is one of the biggest debacles in public education ever). If the point is to “leave no child behind”, why …
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a new website
I’ve had a domain sitting [basically] unused for several years, but have finally found a purpose. Along the lines of freshnews, I have launched an rss aggregator/launch service at datente.com. There are several categories of feeds (imperfectly broken-up, but it’s what makes sense to me) that display in quasi random order. And on the front …
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gaming expense reports? really?
At various stages in my career, I have traveled extensively – yet never even thought of “gaming” the expense reproting system the way it has been recently reported by CNN. Being terminated over charging a movie to your room? Seems harsh (getting the $9.95 back from the employee would seem to be easier) – but breaking the rule …
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preliminary update on kirk’s crash
All who knew Kirk Aragon are still in shock over his sudden and tragic loss Sunday. The N&O called me this week for a brief interview, and some of what I had to say is in an article published today by Aliana Ramos, along with the following preliminary information about the crash: The private-plane crash …
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apple should buy sprint
According to The Street, Sprint-Nextel is at a 52-week low with today’s closing price. Their market cap is $10 billion. Apple as $70 billion in cash on hand. Google is buying Motorola. I think Apple should buy Sprint. And they should stop distributing the iPhone via Verizon and AT&T in the US. guarantee a distribution …
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changing hosts
After several years of being hosted at tektonic, it has come time to move hosts. My current web server is running 32-bit CentOS 4.9. Eek! That is old. Since upgrading to a new release of CentOS is now becoming more urgent, and upgrading is really reinstalling a new OS, I’ve started to look at new hosts. …
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nj man suing the port authority
From NBC New York, “NJ Man Sues Over Toll Hikes, Claims Bias“. A New Jersey man has filed a federal lawsuit in New York over the Port Authority’s toll increase. Yoel Weisshaus of New Milford claims the increase is an abuse of power and discriminates against him because he is poor. Cash tolls on the …
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bglug meeting move!
Due to an unforeseen circumstance, the 1430EDT BGLUG meeting today will be at the Tates Creek Public Library. The library can be found at 3628 Walden Drive Lexington, KY 40517
bglug meeting – 17 september – topic: data center automation
The September meeting of the Bluegrass Linux User Group will be this Saturday, 17 Sep. We’ll be meeting at Collexion’s facilities in Lexington at 2:30p. I will be presenting on data center automation, specifically on HP’s Server Automation platform (the tool I use on my day job). Some [limited] history of HPSA is available on the Opsware …
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new SE site!
There is a new Stack Exchange site called “Christianity” now active. I’m user 69.
new connexions collection available
I have been working on my Connexions submissions again recently, and have a collection ready for use (it will be growing as time goes on): “Debugging and Supporting Software Systems” I realize there are some small typos in the current text, but I will be addressing that in a upcoming revision 🙂 I’d love to …
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lightsquared attacking gps manufacturers
The LightSquared situation keeps getting more interesting. InfoWorld has another story on them attacking GPS manufacturers for not being more careful about filtering adjacent frequency bands (per a DoD recommendation from 2008). LightSquared is at loggerheads with makers and users of GPS (Global Positioning System) over interference between the navigation system and its planned cellular LTE (Long-Term …
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the fcc decides to intervene on lightsquared
I’ve taken an interest in LightSquared recently. Today InfoWorld reports that the FCC “won’t allow LightSquared’s proposed mobile broadband service to interfere with GPS signals, even though the potential interference would be caused by GPS receivers picking up signals outside of their designated spectrum”. So, the devices are in error, but the FCC is going to prevent LightSquared from …
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lightsquared
I’ve been hearing about a new company called LightSquared a lot recently. Both arstechnica and alarm:clock have both had interesting articles on the company in the last week. The goal of LS is to create from scratch a nationwide 4G wireless network – and funder Philip Falcone thinks they can do it for about $15B. That’s a pretty …
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new layout
Thanks to the myriad WordPress developers and contributors, themes are widely available. I just switched to “Dragonskin 1.5 by Angelo Bertolli” from “veryplaintext”. Go go gadget community!
about time :)
Saw in a tweet from David Pogue that someone has finally implemented a DVR-for-radio. Only took three years for someone to build 🙂 I haven’t started playing with DAR.fm yet, but it looks pretty cool!