Duct Tape and Circuits

Ahhh the power of open source, not only is it helping with education in Brazil as this article shows, but it has to be a blow to Microsoft to boot. Imagine trying to do the same with M$ machines and servers, the cost would most definately be prohibitive.

I think this is another excellent step in the right direction. I could see where some thing like this would benefit a lot of schools.

Open source diary - ProInfo and Linux Educacional - KDE in Public Schools in Brazil.

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It has been at least a week and a half that I have been feeling trapped and wanting to both cry (but can’t) and fight (but not sure who or what.) It has been hard to get myself motivated to do anything, though I force myself to at least go for a walk every day. Which in some cases helped a little bit, but in others was not so good. Read the rest of this entry »

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I realized today it has been awhile since I posted any thing here, it has been a little strange for me for a little while now. Okay things are always strange to me, but that is besides the point. A week or so ago, I lost a member of the family. She was a Chinese Shar-Pei, she was the last of 3 that I had.and hardly left my side the last few months.

She was always there with a lick for my nose, and a wag of the tail when I was extremely down. I remember she used to love to have her teeth brushed, I still expect her to be waiting out side the bathroom door waiting for her turn. Not ashamed to admit that I cried for a few hours. I came home from a session with my therapist, and found her on the living room floor trying to get up to greet me at the door. She could not even lift her head, but I could see that she was trying.

I picked her up on my lap, and while the tears started to stream down my face, she passed from this world. If there is, and I pray it is so, a place for dogs to go when they leave this existance, I hope she found a good place. I miss her greatly. Her name was NuHi.

Pepper, my last dog, seems to have taken her place at my side. Never more then a couple of feet away at any one time. Though she will and can not take the place of NuHi, she has a place in my heart and will remain with me as NuHi did.

Other then that, well the county is start  forclosure procedings on my home of unpaid propertly taxes. Another thing to add to the constant mix of things fleeting in and out of my head. If I could slow that down some what, I maybe able to do something about it. But since I can’t work, and I rely on the meger amount of money the state gives me to support myself don’t think anything is going to get paid soon.

Been with out gas for the second month now, trying to get it turned back on, but wheels are not working in my favor. The Salvation Army is going to help, but I have to come up with  135 more, which I don’t have. My truck is having issues, I hope it is just a blown fuse, but if it is not doubt I will be able to get it fixed.

Computer wise haven’t really been doing a whole lot, hard to concentrate on one project that I have going. Pretty much scrapped it all and restarted, why you ask? good question, in the end I don’t have a clue. They just were not right is all.

I do hope to be able to install openSuse on my iBook my brother fixed for me. Just waiting on the power pack and off I will go. Soon as I do I hope I remember to take notes and I’ll blog on it.

Well that’s about it, for now anyways. I feel a good rant against everyone and everything so stay tuned.

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