A list of my posts with a common topic, listed in the order written, with the earliest thus the first:
- Books and Libraries On books and their homes
- Dr Watson Having fun with Holmes and Watson
- IBMAbout IBM.
- Mozart The one-and-only
- Religion On religion and my religion, Judaism
- On Soldiers, who serve our country to protect our lives and our way of life
- Twitter On my experiences using Twitter.
- Ubuntu About my favorite Linux distro, the best hope yet to take Linux to the masses.
- What If? What Not? On Sun’s belated, and incomplete, release of parts of Java as open-source.
- Yogi Yarns On open-source and “forking.”
Books and Libraries
Books
Libraries
- An Authoritative Opinion on Libraries and Authoritative Opinions
- On Libraries: The Ernie Pyle Memorial Home/Library
- On Libraries: The Library of Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester
Ubuntu
Why Ubuntu? Let me count the ways
Why Ubuntu? It uses apt-get to manage packages
Why Ubuntu? The NY Times Picked It To Represent Linux, And Said Good Things About It
Ubuntu is a hill of beans that is worth much more than a hill of beans
Sell support? Why not give it away for free?
Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter – Selected links from Jan-Aug 2007
The LDS License: License Dave Shields
The FSL License: Fun Software License
What’s in a name? GNU, Linux, or GNU/Linux?
What’s in a Name? Linux, Ubuntu, Linux Ubuntu, or Ubuntu Linux?
Configuring Intel 845G video chipset on Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn desktop
Using the D-Link USB KVM-Switch DKVM-20 with Ubuntu 7.04
Ubuntu Forums Re: How to build a PC that is 100% compatible with Ubuntu
On Buying and Building Hardware: Break a Leg with Newegg
How do you access, read, write, or mount a USB flash drive in Ubuntu 7.04?
On Building, Buying, or Recycling a Computer to Run Ubuntu Linux
Building your own Linux Ubuntu computer using the ECS GeForce 6100SM-M motherboard
If you have more than one computer in your home then you have a home network
Dave Shields On Package Management: Apt-Get It or For-get It
TWIT daveshields Joins The Twits At Twitter.com
AC-CENT-TCHU-ATE THE PUNCTUATE
Dr Watson: “Noble Scoble” To Win Nobel Prize
If Noble Scoble and Blogger Dave Use Twitter, Shouldn’t You?
ag For K12 Open Minds Conference 2007: k12openminds07
Some Tips on Twitter from a TWIT
Dr Watson
Dr Watson: No Gnu’s Is Good News
Dr Watson: “Noble Scoble” To Win Nobel Prize
Dr Watson: Linux Tux, JE Sux, Harvard Sux, Microsoft Sux, Vista Sux
Dr Watson: Thomas Friedman, Smart Watson #5
Yogi Yarns
Yogi Yarns – On the definition of open-source fork
Yogi Yarns – Inbound and Outbound Licenses
Yogi Yarns – Forks aren’t good or bad, they are just … forks
Yogi Yarns – Yogi hits it out of the park on Wall Street
Yogi Yarns – IBM throws in the towel
Yogi Yarns – On being lucky. First is not always best
Yogi Yarns — On forking and plenipotentiaries
Yogi Yarns — If you come to a fork in the road, pick it up
What If? What Not?
What if? What not? On the importance of community
What if? What not? Testing … testing … testing
IBM
Yogi Yarns – IBM throws in the towe
The single most important fact about IBM
Patrick Mueller – IBM’s first open-source contributor?
IBM in the News: OmniFind Yahoo Edition, UIMA
IBM Research in the News: IBM and Universities Plan Collaboration
Avoid use of jargon. “IBMers have developed a lingo all their own, but jargon confuses people”
Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Why censor him?
Open Mozart – Ecco la marcia, andiamo
“Hello World” through the ages
Religion, and my religion, Judaism
Norman Salsitz, 86, Author Who Survived the Holocaust, Dies
E. Fred Garel, Jr. May his memory be a blessing
Thomas Friedman Islam and the Pope
Fadwa Hamdan – From Head Scarf to Army Cap, Making a New Life
Barbara Friedman, Chair-Elect, Board of Governors, HUC-JIR
The Joys of Yiddish: Outwitting history
Soldiers
Chappaqua Memorial Day 2007: Staff Sgt Kyu Hyuk Chay
Postscript: Chappaqua Memorial Day 2007: Staff Sgt Kyu Hyuk Chay
Peter Applebome: Soldiers’ Portraits Make the Costs of War More Visible
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