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I started consistently titling my posts with lowercase letters on the 25th of August, FYI. I’m not sure why that was. It’s not because I switched layouts or anything; that was later.

Today I opened up my articles section. Several reasons: (1) my article on how to install Linux on my old laptop has been the #1 traffic-generating item on my whole site. This article on TechUser.net basically says that in more words; content is what matters. Useful content matters.

The second (2) reason is that I have to document all the stuff I’m doing for my Operating Systems class. We’re setting up a Linux segment of the existing (dismal) Computer Science lab. Lots of fun, and I’m going to have an extensive collection of documentation written for it before too long. Right now I only have one on installing Debian Linux and one on using SSH, but this number will grow.

I’m doing the project with Joel Watson and Andre Arko, so perhaps some material written by them will appear.

Hope someone finds it useful!

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I’ve heard a lot of bad arguments about online music file sharing and how it doesn’t hurt the artists. Basically it’s fairly obvious that such arguments are made simply to justify peoples’ wishes to take advantage of free stuff.

this, however, is different. This is from the mouth of a publisher himself, theoretically the kind of person who would be most hurt by online sharing of copyrighted content. It’s worth reading because Tim O’Reilly really gets it. He’s one of the first content providers to really embrace new technology instead of fearing the change that it will inevitably bring. He understands how conventional content providers need to change their mindsets, not just legislate to survive.

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I realized I’ve got a bunch of spare gmail invitations sitting around. Five of them, to be precise. So, adoring fans and loyal readers, if you want one, leave me a comment. I’ll share the love! Seriously, gmail is great. If you’ve used webmail before but been a bit disappointed with their poor interfaces, give gmail a try.

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So, my RSS feed is active now. In addition, I’ve put up several other emblems too. Because emblems are cool.

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I found a nifty article on A List Apart about writing for the web. It’s fairly interesting. Lots of stuff that should be obvious, but still a good read to help get a feel for the atmosphere of the web.

A List Apart has some fairly helpful content on all sorts of web topics in the bit that I’ve perused from them. (One of my favorite lines: “Like Soylent Green, ALA is people. Visit the Credits page to find out about them.” Heh.)

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Shuffle by song on a library of 9GB is a head trip.

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Well folks, it looks like they are making a Doom movie. Yikes. The only thing that could make this any better is if The Rock were to star in it. Oh, wait—he is!

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