When I temporarily needed a laptop recently, my daughter kindly lent me an old laptop that she had replaced. It had Windows XP on it.
When I powered it up, I soon noticed that an antivirus scan was running since the machine hadn’t been used for months.
That scan ran … and ran .. and ran.
Whilst it [...]
Monthly Archives: February 2009
The fastest, smallest Ubuntu Linux antivirus scanner
February 28, 2009 – 20:52
Kenken Solver in Python
February 28, 2009 – 17:28
On February 13, 2009, the New York Times began publishing two kenken puzzles every weekday. See KENKEN® Puzzles , and A New Puzzle Challenges Math Skills.
I solved the first puzzle in short order, and found it fun.
Even more fun was the realization that writing a solver for kenken in Python would also be fun, [...]
On “Farewell World” and Programming
February 26, 2009 – 14:16
I have written several posts about the most ubiquitous of computer programs, “Hello World.” See “Hello World” through the ages, “Hello World” and programming, “Hello World” and Twit-messaging, and Dave Shields HELLO Tom Friedman.
As you will learn in my next post, today is a day both of farewell and of starting a new phase [...]
Happy Birthday to The Wayward Word Press
February 26, 2009 – 13:19
I posted the first entry in this blog exactly three years ago today: Letter to Robert J Stevens, CEO, Lockheed Martin.
I resumed active blogging in September 2006, and especially in the last months of 2007. A list can be found at My Posts.
Aside from my delicious links, my last entry before this one was in [...]
links for 2009-02-25
February 26, 2009 – 01:00
The Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy Leads the Celebration of International Corporate Philanthropy Day
We should all be grateful every day, not just February 23rd, for the corporations that have made corporate responsibility a core value of their business.
(tags: ibm corporate-responsibility open-education open-technology)
BBC NEWS | Technology | UK Government backs open source
Great news.I'm sure Randy Metcalfe and [...]
links for 2009-02-19
February 20, 2009 – 01:00
Charlie's Diary: Preventing the New Dark Ages: Start Here
An author's perspective on the need for open formats.
(tags: open-formats)
Slashdot | 350,000 Linux (Virtual) Desktops Land In Brazil
Do the students know they are using Linux and virtualization? Do they care? No and No. It just works.
(tags: open-source linux education)
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