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A New Hope
Ok, I just had to take that title. While I’m not a huge Star Wars fan, light sabers and X-wing fighters are cool. So why the title? And why the enthusiasm? First, I have a job! Thats right, I now work as a software consultant for VisionMAX Solutions. I get to build neat web applications…
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No Recent Grad Open Source Jobs for Non-Rockstars
As I continue my job search, I realized the difficulty of finding open source jobs for recent graduates. Especially if you aren’t a rockstar programmer. Unless people know you, and you worked on a high profile open source project, there seems no real way of working in the open source business. Open source businesses have…
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New Obsession: Adept 3.0
I wanted to get involved with an interesting existing FOSS project related to Kubuntu. Adept the deb package manager caught my eye. Now anyone who used the old 2.x version of adept_manager, will probably point out how the busy the user interface is. Its not the easiest tool to use. Then again you could pretty…
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I’m a Genius!
Well according to this rating script, the reading material on this blog requires a genius-level reading intellect. You need to be a genius to read; perchance to understand my ramblings? Maybe that is a good thing. Maybe its not. I leave that as an exercise for the reader. Whatever the case, I hope it makes…
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Kubuntu Dev Tips?
Decided that I want to get more involved with the Kubuntu project. Filling bug reports and answering forum questions is one thing. Being involved with the desktop you will be using is another. Besides I want to get my hands dirty in some KDE coding. Maybe gleen off a few tricks on how to create…
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Working Titles
After the disappointment of having to admit defeat with one of my projects, I can announce success in two separate ventures. First, I am writing the first chapter of a science fiction novel. Secondly, I started planning an open source game title. I am excited about these two new experiments. I post more details about…
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Forward Looking, Backwards Loss
Eric S. Raymond, once said that open source is about a “developer scratching an itch.” Thats what I tried to do with justcheckers. Unfortunately that itch disappeared a long time ago, and now the project just exists. I have different goals now, and different needs. So while I hate to admit it, I am tried…
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Eclipse
No, I am not talking about the popular Java-based IDE here. I am talking about the total lunar eclipse that started this evening at 8:40PM. Very nice sight. But cold as hell. Can’t these things happen like in August more often? Anyways, as I am writing this, the moon is slowly reappearing. Or more accurately…
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Spreading Linux as a Scientific Endeavour
I just read Vlad Dolezal’s blog entry about why Linux doesn’t spread. The debate about the reasons why people don’t adopt Linux and a free open source desktop, has gone on for years. Vlad just dredged up the old its free therefore not useful argument. An easy counterexample are what mobile providers: get a free…
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10 Years of Open Source
Yay! The open source initiative is now 10 years old! And look at how much we have achieved in just a decade. We can only imagine what the next decade will bring. Now lets all have cake.