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About craig
Just another random Linux user
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Color me cranky
Last night I working on the computer trying to get caught up with a few projects. Around 7pm the UPS started chirping, and then suddenly the power went out. This was a little annoying but I managed to turn off the computer and move on to other projects. I checked the DTE map to see… Read more: Color me cranky Read More »
Hawking
It’s hard not to come away from watching a movie like Hawking and not feel in some way changed by the experience. Sure Stephen Hawking is a brilliant scientist (the movie’s subtitle mentions as much) but Stephen Hawking is also an exceptionally grounded individual. The movie portrays a man who lives each day as though… Read more: Hawking Read More »
Video: July 8th 2014 Meeting
Here are the videos for the July 8th, 2014 MUG Meeting: The Go Programming Language (Mark Ramm-Christensen)
Smarter then than I am now
We just moved so I’ve had a heck of a time trying to find things like charging cables and what-not. Most of the devices in the house use some form of USB charging so that hasn’t been an issue. I have a Pebble watch that uses a special charging cable though, so I took extra… Read more: Smarter then than I am now Read More »
July 8th, 2014 MUG Meeting
We meet at 6:30pm on the second Tuesday of each month at the Farmington Community Library. Topics this month include: The Go Programming Language You might have heard about Go the programming language as the laguage developed at Google, but probably haven’t looked much further than Wikipedia for what the Go Language is all about. You might not have known that it was initially developed at Google by Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike and Ken Thompson, is based loosely on C … Read More »
And… back on Twitter
Put myself back on Twitter after about a month’s worth of absence. Why the change of heart? Blame Douglas Whitfield of the Music Manumit Podcast who apparently thinks that a private account that doesn’t follow anyone, with a location set to “Deactivated” is a perfect avenue to engage in conversation. Plus I missed some of… Read more: And… back on Twitter Read More »
Test post. Please ignore.
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Video: June 10th 2014 Meeting
Here are the videos for the June 10th, 2014 Michigan!/usr/group meeting: PGP / GPG Encryption Shell Programming (Scott Moser)
June 10th 2014 Regular MUG Meeting
We meet at 6:30pm on the second Tuesday of each month at the Farmington Community Library. Topics include: PGP / GPG Encryption With the recent privacy concerns Tony Bemus wants to let everyone know about GnuPG and how to use GPG to securely communicate and protect your files. He will talk about the history of PGP and GPG, the web of trust, the Hows and Whys of file encryption, and secure communication through email encryption and signatures. Slides for the … Read More »
Dear Publishers: How you fail to make a sale
Dear Publishers: When it’s easier for me to find a PDF version of your book than it is to find a storefront that sells your book electronically, you have failed to make a sale. When it’s easier for me to find a PDF version of your book than it is to figure out if your… Read more: Dear Publishers: How you fail to make a sale Read More »