LinkedIN Alumni Group for Highland High School, Albuquerque, New Mexico

I just started a new group at LinkedIN: Highland High School, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
I graduated in 1962. It was a great school. I have many fond memories from my days there.
I earlier attended Bandelier Elementary and Woodrow Wilson Junior High.
My mother was a single parent and I enjoyed school, so I didn’t miss a day [...]

Mamma Mia! Ubuntu is Global

I just noted someone reached this blog from Ubuntu-it.org, a Ubuntu site in Italy, in a discussion about Oracle and Sun.
One of the entries reads:

Oracle si pappa SUN
……chi vivrà vedrà……
Mamma mia….

This calls for a small cup of grappa.
ciao,
dave
Topic: ubuntu

Digital Open: http://digitalopen.org

Courtesy of a twit from Glyn Moody I just learned about Digital Open a new organization that, in its own words:

What can you make with technology that will change the world—or even just make life a little easier or more fun?
The Digital Open is an online technology community and competition for youth around the world, [...]

Why I Stopped Following the News So Closely

During dinner with several friends last night, one of them, an ardent support of President Barack Obama, asked how people felt now that he had been in office for a few months.
I said that I now paid much less attention to the daily news. Our new President had assembled a great team. He had already [...]

Open Source Dayenu: It Would Have Sufficed

We hosted a Passover Seder for almost fifteen people at our house early this month. We went to friends on the second night, and they had about the same number. Common to both was the singing of Dayenu.
Dayenu means “it would have been enough.” Here is part of the song:

Five Stanzas of Miracles
If He had [...]

On Programming: First SPITBOL LinkedIn Discussion From Galen Tackett

I started a new group for SPITBOL on LinkedIN a few days back, and today brought news that one of the members, Galen Tacket had started the first discussion:

It’s been a long, long time…
I last used Spitbol when I was still in college in the late 1970’s. I can’t claim to remember a great [...]

links for 2009-04-21

Microsoft to open source: Please don't compete on price! | The Open Road – CNET News
And I thought April Fool's Day was April first.
(tags: microsoft open-source linux opensource funny management laugh-out-loud)