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Do the children of today need the OS of the future? January 2, 2007 11:34 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Software, Technology , 1 comment so far

So how cruel would it be to give a 10 year old boy a computer with Edubuntu instead of Windows? Would it actually be beneficial to him? I think back to my Atari 400 and the numerous Apple ][es and DOS boxes that I came up on and I played games and created databases and understood the basics. I believe Linux will be influential in their lifes and they should be exposed to numerous significant operating systems. In part, that is why I want the children to have a modern Apple in the house. They need to know that Windows is not the only option and they need to know how to navigate each OS. But is it cruel to give a child a machine that does not play the games his brother’s computer plays?

And yes, I’m thinking dual booting the machine with Edubuntu as the default and Windows as a secondary OS.

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Facing fears - open the email January 2, 2007 11:03 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life , add a comment

Due to Christmas, illness, and visitors, I have not looked at my email in a week. I am afraid to open it. My gut tells me that it will take me days to catch up and that it will be litered with angry emails wondering where I have been. Honest answers and no overcommitments is the trick to facing these fears. What is the true source of the fear? Opening the email? No. Reading a disparaging email? Perhaps a little. My feelings do get hurt but that’s not really it. Losing a client? Somewhat. I really don’t need to be losing clients. Letting people down? Definitely. I can’t stand not pleasing everyone. Having to face that perhaps I made bad choices in not forcing myself to type between stomach purges and family needs? Yes! That would admit weakness!

Moving on…

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Update your marks! January 2, 2007 9:49 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Announcements, Cool Sites, Of Interest , 3comments

Incase you missed it, Latte Man has come over from the dark side and converted to WordPress! Visit him at http://tripleventi.com/, and add his rss feed and his comment feed to your readers. Talk to Jon about feed readers.

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From the mouths of babes January 2, 2007 9:21 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Evan, From the mouths of babes , add a comment

As part of last week’s aftermath, when we change Evan’s diaper:
Evan says, "EEeeeewwww!" (before we even remove the old diaper)

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