Blog Posts

I've now been teaching tech for 25 years!

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Back in 1998, I never thought I'd still be teaching in 2023. But I'm glad I stuck with it, and it's been a wild and rewarding ride.

Linux is making Apple Great Again

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MAGA pun aside, Linux is doing more for Apple hardware than macOS right now... at least in the eyes of some old UNIX nerds like me.

The Ultimate Linux ARM64 Workstation

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Asahi Linux running natively on a Mac Studio (20-core M1 Ultra with 128GB RAM) kicks butt. Seriously.

Fun Facts About Linux

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There are many fun and obscure facts about the Linux operating system. This post contains 26 of them. How many do you already know?

The Time I Yoga-Balled an Apple Store Employee

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The Apple store had cool yoga ball seats for kids. Then I came along.

2022 in Review

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Each December, I reflect on the year's events in a summary blog post.

Reboot your mind once a day

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Working in tech industry can be difficult and stressful. But if you reboot your mind once a day, you'll stay relaxed and focused.

RISCy business: The long and convoluted rise of today's dominant computing platform

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In the 1980s, RISC was the future. By the early 2000s, it was the past. And now it's the future again.

How modern open source projects work

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Simply put, open source is how we do software development today (insert mic drop). But what does open source actually mean, and how does it work in modern software development projects? Well, that's what we'll examine in this blog post.

How Linux Certification Has Evolved Over The Years

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Much like Linux itself, Linux certification has changed dramatically over the past two decades. In this blog post, I'll discuss what happened and why it's important.