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The Gospel of Tux v1.0

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Reading Time: 11 mins
Section: Blog Posts
Categories: blog
Tags: Linux retro

This has been floating around the Internet for some time now, but I’ve just recently heard of it. I laughed so hard I just had to re-post it here.

BCE, CE, and the new IE

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Reading Time: 5 mins
Section: Blog Posts
Categories: blog
Tags: Internet Web tech

Are we entering a new era - the Internet Era (IE)?

Funny Internet Shakespeare typo

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Reading Time: 2 mins
Section: Blog Posts
Categories: blog
Tags: Linux Internet books

While writing the third edition of my Linux book, my copyeditor found a typo. And it's hilarious.

eBook pilot

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Reading Time: 1 min
Section: Blog Posts
Categories: blog
Tags: books IT

We decided to see what it would be like to use eBooks (on a Kindle DX) to teach our IT program. It failed. Miserably.

NeXTSTEP is cool

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Reading Time: 3 mins
Section: Blog Posts
Categories: blog
Tags: UNIX retro computing

And it's the UNIX that eventually became macOS and iOS.

Jaron Lanier on technology

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Reading Time: 4 mins
Section: Blog Posts
Categories: blog
Tags: tech Internet Web

Some key points from someone at the forefront of our social-technical evolution.

BlackBerry 950 teardown

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Reading Time: 1 min
Section: Blog Posts
Categories: blog
Tags: RIM mobile

Guess what it's got inside?

Copyright in Canada

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Reading Time: 3 mins
Section: Blog Posts
Categories: blog
Tags: Internet tech

Everyone working in tech should understand copyright!

The Amazon Kindle ROCKS!

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Reading Time: 8 mins
Section: Blog Posts
Categories: blog
Tags: books tech Linux

It really is a great device. Read this post to find out why.

The famous Pentium FDIV bug

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Reading Time: 2 mins
Section: Blog Posts
Categories: blog
Tags: computing retro

I can't think of the Pentium without thinking of this bug ;-)