Tuesday, July 23, 2002

I believe I need to start using Linux more. I do have Linux installed on one PC here in the Cave, but since that is not my main PC, nor will it be since is under-powered, I'm beginning to form a plan in my mind. Barney (my Dell Inspiron notebook) has pretty much become my main Windows PC, running Windows XP Professional. Fred is my main desktop and he usually runs Windows 2000 Professional. In reality there are two main things that I use Fred for. One is as my main email machine, running Outlook 2000. The other is for playing music. I can do the email on Barney, and I am sure I can play under Linux on Fred provided I can get the audio working under Fred. Fred only has a 20 GB hard drive, so I am formulating a plan that consists of replacing that hard drive with something larger and then installing Red Hat Linux as the main operating system. By replacing the hard drive I can keep the 20 GB drive exactly as it is and swap it in if things go really bad. First I need to move all my data off Fred and on to other PCs on my network. Next I need to get Outlook set up on Barney so that it is my main machine, which means recreating my folder structure and figuring out how to move my filters from Fred to Barney. Then get the larger hard drive and Red Hat Linux, and then install the tool and be prepared to pull out my hair. 9:42:16 PM    [Macro error: Can't call the script because the name "liveTopicsSeeAlso" hasn't been defined.]

David Fletcher has written a first hand account of why enterprises should be blogging. InformationWeek wrote an article about blogging, and put together a nice blogging resources page. Phillip Windley is the Chief Information Officer for the State of Utah. He also writes a blog. And he recently layed down a challenge to his troops that he would pay for the first 100 employees to create their own weblog. It will be interesting to see how the challenge develops. Mr. Windley is the type of guy I wish I worked for. 9:29:13 PM    [Macro error: Can't call the script because the name "liveTopicsSeeAlso" hasn't been defined.]

I have just applied one of Brian Bell's themes to this site. Since it uses CSS it degrades well onto my Pocket PC's screen. 8:15:32 PM    [Macro error: Can't call the script because the name "liveTopicsSeeAlso" hasn't been defined.]