I think we (I) are nearly finished with the upgrade of the server. Don’t think I spent the whole day just doing this. Still got the lawn mowed, went out to dinner with Imelda and the kids and watched a movie. The most important was a nap in the afternoon.
In between all that I installed the new hardware, got Fedora linux installed (twice) and secured and configured, restored all three websites and reconfigured the databases. Except for a couple of things like the family history application, music jukebox, and photo albums everything seems to run well.
Except for my sister Kerrie who called me a nerd, many others were kind and gave encouragement. Bottom line, what took months to develop the first time was built, reconstructed and operational in about five hours total. I might be getting kind of good at this.
For my personal research (and class assignments) I have been examining GIS implementations in institutions. As a part of a research project I examined how a university such as the University of Arizona implements a GIS to solve its space and facility management issues. I have published my 
Charging more for an operating system that is free is crazy. Glad to see that Asus is not deciding to charge more for computers loaded with Linux instead of Windows. Read the whole article.
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The popularity of free productivity tools such as Gmail and Thunderbird help to improve the efficiency of today’s knowledge worker. Where the office is often more virtual rather than in a specific place having this information available is important.
Among all the places we are – wouldn’t it simply be nice to climb into a row boat and sleep on a quiet lake overnight? How relaxing.
Worried about someone breaking into your house in your absence? Or just need to keep a tab on who enters your room while you are away? Well, all you need is a webcam, a linux PC/laptop and a twitter account.
Everyone loves a good laugh, and in the age of electronics, high-tech hijinks are just waiting to be pulled off. So snuggle up to your screen and get ready to unleash all sorts of shenanigans as we present the 25 best high-tech pranks known to man. Our apologies in advance to your friends and co-workers.
If your IT staff is snooping you haven’t bogged them down with enough work. All IT staff should know what is on their systems in terms of items. However, it is a disciplined professional who doesn’t seek out content. You cannot train this, or place technological solutions to prevent it from being abused. Instead, you must hire them. Great article.
Paul M. Done 