This week's TechRepublic tip is Configure GNU Screen to handle multiple terminals. Screen is an awesome program that works great on Linux on OS X. The tip is pretty much platform-agnostic; it works well for both Linux and OS X (I use it on both). The really great thing is …

I find it quite amusing how quickly people jump the gun on things and start spreading FUD without bothering to talk to the people involved. I suppose that's the creative license that having a blog entitles people, but it still irks me because in a lot of cases it's completely …

This week's TechMail is Power Linux with pipes and redirection; a little discourse on how to use pipes and redirects and how they make the CLI way more kick-ass than any GUI.

I've been on Facebook for a few weeks now and while I think it's great in that I've gotten to connect with old friends that I've not had contact with for years, I also find it really bizarre. For instance, with Facebook you can set your status.. a little blurb …

Shocking news on the AppArmor mailing list today. Novell laid off all the guys they hired when they aquired Immunix a few years ago, back in 2005. I had noticed that my friend Seth had sent a message a while ago indicating that he has no longer with Novell and …

Well, I've decided to move the blog to wordpress instead of serendipity. I liked serendipity a lot, but... well, wordpress is more popular and I wouldn't to see if I could make trackbacks actually work. Seems a little simpler and straightforward, once you get used to the different layouts, etc …

This week's TechRepublic tip is Synchronize computers with Unison which introduces the multi-computer synchronization tool known as Unison.

I always like the week or two before a release. While the other developers are busting their butts trying to get things finished for the upcoming release, I actually get to take a bit of a breather, largely because I don't like duplicating effort so any non-essential updates get to …

This week's TechRepublic tip is Using FileZilla on Linux.

This week's TechMail is Getting things done with mutt, a look at using the GTD concepts with my favourite email client.