International
Bob Frankston and Nicaragua
April 28th, 2008 by Phil Hughes in
Yesterday, I read Doc's interview with Bob Frankston in the May 2008 Linux Journal. That, in turn, got me reading other things that Bob has written. Finally, that inspired this NicaLiving post.
Dealing with, um, Wastewater
April 8th, 2008 by Phil Hughes in
MARENA, the government agency responsible for the environment in Nicaragua, has asked us to use a biofilter waste water treatment system instead of a traditional septic tank and drain field for the Geek Ranch. The reasoning is that as we are building in a nature reserve, we are being held to higher standards than is typical outside the reserve.
Stumbling Into eGroupWare
February 22nd, 2008 by Phil Hughes in
Recently I have been grumbling about project management, accounting
and organizational software in general. Basically, Gixia and I want to
just build the Geek Ranch rather than be bogged down with overhead.
The reality is, however, this is too big a project to do without some
back-end organization.
As I looked for specific packages for each item I was overwhelmed with
Accounting Software for the Geek Ranch
February 13th, 2008 by Phil Hughes in
I hate accounting. The one accounting class I took in college proved that to me. The fact that I could get an A in the class by doing one homework problem and copying all the others during class was only part of the reason. But, it's related. I hate doing the same thing over and over and, to me, that is exactly what accounting is.
The Project List
January 22nd, 2008 by Phil Hughes in
You have been hearing about this Geek Ranch for a couple of months. I have been talking about computer things I have done. There is so much more to do that will involve Linux that I have decided it is time to ask you some questions. That is, ask you what approaches you would take to do various things.
The Auxiliary Building
January 15th, 2008 by Phil Hughes in
The first building we are going to construct is what I will call
Ideas for a Geek Ranch Web Site
December 9th, 2007 by Phil Hughes in
In my last article I introduced the idea of the Geek Ranch. The facility will be more than just a place for geeks to write code. We are going to need a web site to promote the facility to the various audiences. All the pieces of that web site are not yet determined but we do have an initial features list.
Here it is:
2008 Linux Tour in Nicaragua
December 4th, 2007 by Phil Hughes in
While many today see Linux as a "just download it" or "just buy it" product, it hasn't always been that way. Installfests were actually the norm. Well, that's what is happening in Nicaragua. I received the following announcement in email—not from a geek mailing list but from the list of a social rights activists.
What's New Down Here?
December 2nd, 2007 by Phil Hughes in
Many years ago, Carlie said to me, "You will never retire--just, someday, you will die." 100% correct. As I am neither retired nor dead, expect to start hearing from me on this site.
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