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Archive for the ‘General’ Category
Building a Linux system for a Child, part 4: a wishlist
Alan explores the art and adventure of setting up a Linux-based system for young people.
Building a Linux system for a Child, part 3: Security concerns
Alan explores the art and adventure of setting up a Linux-based system for young people.
From PHP to Python: things I wish I’d known
The story so far… Back around 2005 I took my first leap into the world of writing useful programs armed only with my laptop, a Pentium II running Debian, and a fat book on PHP5. Though I’d taken a few classes on C++ and tinkered with BASIC on a few different platforms over the years, [...]
Building a Linux system for a Child, part2: Distros and software
Alan explores the art and adventure of setting up a Linux-based system for young people.
Replacing Windows 98, and other seemingly impossible tasks
Can we find something to replace Windows 98 on contemporary hardware? Find out in this episode…
Spam-a-lam-a-ding-dong
Just a short note to let any potential commenters know that this blog is being rocked by spammers right now. None of it is getting through, thanks to my moderation settings and a few anti-spam plugins; but it’s possible your comments might be getting lost. I value all (actual made-by-humans-who-are-reading-the-articles) comments to this blog, positive [...]
Windows 8: What will you do?
The author ponders the fate of Windows users as the new face of Microsoft’s OS looms into view
Lykwyd Chykyn Pay-what-you-want Music Salestravaganza
Announcing the new pay-what-you-want feature on Lykywyd Chykyn
Blogging in Emacs, part 2
When I first set up this blog, I attempted to use the weblogger.el extension to blog to this site. Alas, it gave me quite a bit of trouble, so I had to scrap it. Recently, though, I’ve been trying to get a handle on Emacs org-mode, and noticed an extension called “org2blog/wp”. If it can [...]