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Category Archives: Linux

Explorer Crashes

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

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

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

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 [...]

Do You Edubuntu?

SWON Libraries’ Technology Interest Group has a post about a series of Edubuntu tutorials from Greene County Public Library in Xenia, Ohio. The videos are really well done. If you are thinking about trying Edubuntu or even if you’ve never heard of it, watch the videos and learn how it can be used [...]