Changing the default run level in Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

Posted on Fri 06 November 2009 in misc • Tagged with FSOSS

Dear Dan:

You felt pretty pleased with yourself for jumping on the latest Ubuntu release back in the alpha stages on your virtual machine, then having it running on your laptop and Lynn's Asus EEE 701 the day after the final release came out.

But did you ever have to …


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Evergreen development workshop at FSOSS 2009

Posted on Fri 30 October 2009 in Libraries • Tagged with Evergreen

Update 2009-11-24 Robert Soulliere has also made the videos available via the Internet Archive - thanks again, Robert!

Update 2009-11-09 As promised, Robert Soulliere has posted the video recordings he made of the workshop - thanks, Robert!

Yesterday, I lead a three-hour Evergreen development workshop at the Free Software Open Source Symposium …


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Presentation at the Lyrasis "Open Source in Your Library" conference

Posted on Sat 10 October 2009 in Libraries • Tagged with Evergreen

On Friday, October, 9th, I had the pleasure of (along with Joe Lucia and Karen Coombs) speaking at the Lyrasis "Open Source in Your Library" conference at the Olin College of Engineering in Needham, MA. First, a note about Olin College - it is a very modern campus that makes an …


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Using nginx to serve static content with Evergreen

Posted on Sun 04 October 2009 in Libraries • Tagged with Evergreen

Update 2009-10-04 Added a title to the post; oops!

A long time ago, when I discovered that Evergreen was chewing up and spitting out Apache backends at a furious pace because Apache was being used to serve up static content like CSS, JavaScript, and image files, I suggested that using …


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Evergreen Developer Basics Workshop at FSOSS 2009

Posted on Sat 03 October 2009 in Libraries • Tagged with Evergreen

If you're working on or interested in working on the Evergreen open source library system, and you can be in the Toronto area on October 29th, 2009, you might want to spend $75 and register for the Free Software Open Source Symposium (FSOSS) to be held at the Seneca@York …


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Two podcasts of potential interest to Evergreen fans

Posted on Tue 15 September 2009 in Libraries • Tagged with Evergreen

Most recently, the latest Software Freedom Law Show focuses on the subject of how to choose a license for your software project's documentation. The episode was a direct response to a dent I had sent to one of the hosts, Bradley Kuhn, suggesting the subject. I thought the Evergreen Documentation …


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Long overdue pictures of Arik

Posted on Mon 14 September 2009 in Family • Tagged with Arik

Arik lying on his back

On the comfy handmade quilt that cousin Janet made for him

Arik lying beside a laughing Amber

With the ever-hamming big sister

Arik wearing a bib

The ability to eat solid food is not necessarily a prerequisite for entry to university

Naked Arik crawling on his belly

Risque! Look for a similar pose from him in a centerfold in about 20 years.

Arik and Amber strapped in a bike trailer

The MEC double bike …


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Linux on the desktop, ten years later

Posted on Wed 09 September 2009 in misc • Tagged with Personal

It's a running joke at the Linux Weekly News at the start of each year to predict that "this will be the year of Linux on the desktop". In our household, it's been Linux on the desktop for over ten years now.

A week or so ago, I received an …


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Rewards of northern living

Posted on Tue 08 September 2009 in Family • Tagged with Personal

When we moved to Sudbury, one of the draws was the wealth of trails available to us for hiking, biking, and cross country skiing. Between work and school and the arrival of Arik and Amber, however, it's somewhat rare for us to take advantage of those trails that are literally …


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SFX target parser for Evergreen and some thoughts about searching identifiers

Posted on Mon 29 June 2009 in Libraries • Tagged with Evergreen

UPDATE 2010-03-10 See More granular identifier indexes for your Evergreen SRU / Z39.50 servers for some recommended enhancements to the target parser and Evergreen's identifier index capabilities

Laurentian University is part of the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL), and a user of the centrally hosted Ontario Scholars Portal SFX …


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