Linux Journal is one of the few magazine subscriptions I’ve kept. However, there’s also a lot of free content on the site. So I was pleased to see a recent blog post on LinuxJournal.com about open source and libraries.
The post is based on Aaron Swartz’s rant against OCLC and WorldCat. It is, however, [...]
Category Archives: Linux
Will OCLC Survive Open Source?
December 30, 2008 – 12:28 am
Explorer Crashes
November 24, 2007 – 6:12 pm
You may have heard about the cruise ship that crashed in the Antarctic. The ship happens to be named the M/S Explorer. Ha! I didn’t know Microsoft built ships.
Linux penguins are suspected of sabotaging the vessel.
Working Hard – Playing Hard
November 24, 2007 – 12:08 am
I’ve been extremely busy since wrapping up several library conferences in October. I’ve got a few projects we’re trying to finish in the office and several more that we’re working on for some member libraries. Every project has some sort of technology aspect these days. So I tend to be involved in [...]
Firefox for Development
August 23, 2007 – 8:54 pm
Firefox is a great web browser, but it also makes for a great development environment. With the right extensions loaded, you can really save some time tracing through code, finding bugs, and optimizing your site. Below are the extensions that I have loaded in Firefox.
ColorZilla
This extension puts a little eye dropper tool in [...]
My Workstation
August 6, 2007 – 1:20 pm
I thought I would share some details about the setup I have in my office. I’ve found that this configuration gives me the most flexibility while allowing me to be very productive.
My main computer is a Thinkpad T43 notebook. It runs Kubuntu Fiesty Fawn (Kubuntu is a version of Ubuntu that uses the [...]
