Did you ever wonder why hurricanes still manage to kill people? We have advanced notice, most have the ability to evacuate, but some still fall. It is human nature to keep with old paradigms, to make judgments based on tradition or filamentary, to fear change. We have weathered storms this size before, we don’t [...]
Isn’t it strange and wonderful how we as people, expand the upon the wealth of human, understanding one generation at a time? Sometimes I am filled with wonder, as I look back into the great names of history. Today we live in a time where just about anyone with a will can share there [...]
This year we decided to mix together a computer for my son Logan.
Ingredients:
1Dell Omniplex GX260.
1 Keyboard
1 Mouse,
1 Samsung 19” flat screen
1 Belkin FSD7000
1 Pinch of Edubuntu.
In a small lab/table assemble all the hard ingredients.
Stir in the software. Install at low speed for about 1 hour.
Now that, my friends, could be a recipe for disaster. Did [...]
It seems that everyone these days has some spare computer parts laying around the house. We cannot just toss them in the trash, so we have old beige cases, power supples that have turned into dust bunny farms, and a museum of hard drives. What is one to do with their supply of obsolete digital [...]
Did you ever wonder why as soon as you give some people a title they go all out of control? Let me give you an example of something that happened to me. As you know I work in support so its my job to help the customers of my employer configure their software. Most of [...]
Have you ever gone to a movie that was so cool that you just had to tell your friends about it? How about eaten at a great restaurant and spread the word about how good their food was? Did the people you tell go and check out these places? If you answered yes to [...]
I have added a new section to the OSDCM called Design. In this section I will be posting reviews and tutorials on the tools used in the creation of the OSDCM’s look and feel. The first post will show you how to use a software application called The Gimp to turn the wordpress default kubrickheader [...]
If you are a loyal reader of the OSDCM you may have noticed some big changes in the look and feel of the site lately. I must admit as a new site owner this was one of the first things that I wanted to do. Do to my lack of experience this took me some [...]
Let me start by saying I love free enterprise, I am not some socialist who thinks that everything should be free. That being said, when did we lose our way? What does the first thanksgiving have to do with open source you ask? If it were not for Squanto teaching the Plymouth settlers how [...]
John Chow Dot Com, the blog that helps you make money, is giving away a 24” Wide Screen Monitor. To enter, you just have to write about it. The contest is sponsored by BlueFur, who wants to let you know that they’re hosting Canada and the rest of the world. This is my entry, and [...]
