Lazy Reading for 2012/09/02
I hope you like your links eclectic this week. DragonFly is a popular project name, but this is unrelated to DragonFly BSD. Russian Tea HOWTO. I know there’s at least a few vigorous tea-drinkers in...
View ArticleAn education in Python and maybe OLPC
This is mostly unrelated to DragonFly: I need to get more Python experience in the next few months, mostly around the OLPC project. I’ve only messed with Python when needed to get an existing script...
View ArticleHey, NYC readers
This has nothing directly to do with DragonFly, other than this is a result from my trip to NYCBSDCon last year… I know I have a few New York City readers. I’m possibly making a short trip to NYC...
View ArticleEarly morning distraction
Perhaps it’s not early morning where you are, but: if you go to Google’s 2013 Google I/O site, clicking on the I and O in particular patterns take you to various easter eggs. (see after break for...
View ArticleRSS reader recommendations
Google Reader, which is what I use to track as much BSD stuff as possible, is being retired as of July 1. I need a new RSS reader – any recommendations? Something that I can access from multiple...
View ArticlePRISM, privacy, and what you make yourself
If you’ve been reading the Digest for a while, you’ve seen me talk about the value of hosting or running your own services. It’s not too much of a surprise in my case; if you are working on an...
View ArticleWanted: a Mailman patch
One of the most-requested items for the DragonFly mailing list archives is reverse sorting by date. Mailman, which is what’s being used now for archiving, doesn’t have a ‘native’ way to do that. Has...
View ArticleI’m hiring
This has nothing really to do with DragonFly. I’m hiring a report developer for work. Here’s the Craigslist job posting. I consider it very unlikely that there’s a local reader of this blog that...
View ArticleHoliday shopping guide 2013
For those of you doing last-minute holiday shopping – like me: see previous years of gift links. There’s also a number of comics lists, book lists, and game guides. And of course, donations.
View ArticleOpen source classes at RIT
Normally I’d save this for Lazy Reading, but I’m indirectly involved: the Rochester Institute of Technology now has a minor in Open Source and Free Culture. Here’s the press release. I taught one of...
View ArticleHiring a syadmin
I’m hiring a sysadmin at my workplace: http://rochester.craigslist.org/sad/4400416990.html
View ArticleCongratulations, Matthew Dillon!
Matthew Dillon hasn’t committed anything to DragonFly in several days… cause he just got married! Congratulations to the newly married couple.
View ArticleA DragonFly laptop for me
I’m saving up for one of those Acer c720p Chromebooks that people seem to be enjoying. If you have enjoyed the Digest for a long time and want to help, please do. Of course it’s to run DragonFly....
View ArticleApril Fools Day; disbelieve everything
Today’s the annual Bad Tech Joke, also known as April Fools Day. I don’t do those here, cause I think of them like this. This is your public service announcement to ignore most of what you read for...
View ArticleDIY RSS feed reads
Here’s one of the reasons to have your own permanent server: The New York Times has a daily feature called, not surprisingly, “The Daily“. It’s a short 15-20 minute news segment, ready by 6 AM. It’s...
View ArticleNot a BSD book reading, tonight
Michael W. Lucas is reading from his ‘git commit murder‘ book tonight at 7 PM, in Clawson, Michigan.
View ArticleUnrelated: GPS Rollover soon
Unrelated to BSD: GPS rollover is happening a few days from now. This affects most people very little, and a few people a lot, but I mention it also to make you think about the systems that underpin...
View ArticleVintage Computer Festival this weekend
Mentioning it here because it’s timely: the Vintage Computer Festival Midwest is happening this weekend, and if I wait until the normal day I would post this – Sunday in Lazy Reading – it will be too...
View ArticlePatreon followup
If you enjoy reading my posts, whether the DragonFly-specific material during the week or the weekend rollups, I have a Patreon account where you can effectively tip me. I’m not trying to turn this...
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