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Tag Archives: operating systems
The Masses Don't Exist
Some food for thought: If Linux/open source is so great why hasn’t it reached the mass market? It’s an interesting question, especially for someone like myself who wants the open source/software libre movement to succeed both socially and economically. This … Continue reading →
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Tagged adoption, free software, Linux, masses, operating systems
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Task Logs – Managing Fragmented Time
As promised last week, an update to my self-experiment. After a week of battle testing, consulting with Lina (my university counsellor) and observing myself, I can report success in with my self-experiment. But first, lets backtrack to the “theory” behind … Continue reading →
Posted in Time Management
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Tagged activity log, design, operating systems, switching, task, task log
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Self-Experiment: Fast Personal Context Switching
Time for a self-experiment, where I get to play the part of the guinea pig. And you get to observe the final results. Speaking of time, this university semester I felt rushed and busy like never before. I found myself … Continue reading →
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Tagged context, experiment, multitasking, operating systems, switching, task logs
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Recovery!
Its been while since I’ve been online. There is a real good reason for that. I recently had a few issues with Kubuntu. Basically I started modding my setup a good bit. Things basically started not working, and I couldn’t … Continue reading →
Posted in Linux
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Tagged backup, fdisk, file system, Gentoo, grub, kubuntu, Kubuntu 5.10, operating systems, partitions, XFS
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Finally Peace?
Hehe I hope so. The peace part I mean. Err… I’m getting ahead of myself… Finished my second exam today, this one being for Programming Languages. Not pleasant, since there was a good degree of Scheme on it. I actually … Continue reading →
Posted in Career, Computing, University, Writing
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Tagged Andrew Tannenbaum, APA, Beneath My Icy Cloak, C++, exams, Gentoo, Linux, minix, ML, MLA, no FTL, no warp, novel, operating systems, programming languages, Prolog, Scheme, science fiction, StudentABC, Ubuntu
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Easter… and Life After School
Happy Easter! I would say more, but it seems awkward. I’m try not to flow all over the place with emotions if I can (Yeah, whatever dude one glance at your blog is like listening to a emo-kid.), and so… … Continue reading →
Posted in Career, Philosophy, University
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Tagged bioinformatics, car wrecker, Christ, dating, development, Easter, exams, G.K. Chesterton, Kat, Keith, meditation, novel, operating systems, Orthodoxy, prayer, programming, Rudy, Saturn, University, Writing
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Here’s Some Snow For You to Eat, Mister Groundhog
It decided to snow yesterday night. Which meant the first thing I did this morning was shovel the driveway and sidewalks. Apparently something got messed up, since on Groundhog’s Day the prediction was that spring was to occur the next … Continue reading →
Posted in Career, Computing, Life, University, Web and Cloud Technologies
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Tagged Albert, Arnold Rosenbloom, computer science, Datasphere, G. Scott Graham, go-kart, Groundhog's Day, operating systems, Prolog, punk kids, Richard Kruger, Rudy, Scheme, scouts, Shelly, tasks, volunteer, web programming, weed, winter, work-study
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