Author Archives: Brian

About Brian

Engineer. Aviator. Educator. Scientist.

Impatient with Paced Work

Posted on March 13, 2006 by Brian

I walked in to work today from the parking lot and was striding at a pace slightly faster than the manlift following the same path. My head was slightly thumping from the stress settling in on me with another day … Continue reading →

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A Man Who Values Peer Review

Posted on March 3, 2006 by Brian

Mark Shuttleworth, who stood up the Ubuntu distribution of Linux, wrote about what he did after his “Open Source” development team wandered off into the weeds on another significant project. I like the way his mind worked. Comments afterward. Recognising … Continue reading →

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Domain Email Problems

Posted on February 14, 2006 by Brian

I had my domain hosted with DirectNIC, and they forwarded all email unless it met some filter criterion of username or subject or something like that. Then it could be sent elsewhere or deleted. This worked well for years. I … Continue reading →

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Irfanview Linux Alternatives

Posted on February 13, 2006 by Brian

Irfanview is special, without many alternatives. None in the Linux world. Continue reading →

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Off-limits Government Intellect

Posted on February 4, 2006 by Brian

The more I spend time on the government side of spending government dollars, the more I realize the government has its hand in most areas of technology advancement. However, I’ve been dabbling with some technical ideas, intellectual property, and patent … Continue reading →

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