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Stewardship and Sustainability of our online lives

Stewardship and Sustainability of our online lives

A few weeks ago I had my laptop stolen. Earlier that morning I had been reflecting and writing on the laptop about the intersection of our spiritual lives with our digital lives. And then, as if by divine intervention, my laptop disappeared-- during church service no less-- and I was

Richmond, Indiana hardware recycling growing

Richmond, Indiana hardware recycling growing

The Richmond Church of the Brethren provides free space for me and some other volunteers to operate this "Hardware Coop". We take in computer hardware that people are ready to get rid of. As our resources permit, we test it, spec it, label and inventory it, install Linux

The virtues of a small hard drive

The virtues of a small hard drive

A small hard drive is a like a small house. Less to clean. Yesterday I got a visual alert that my drive was 99% full (Thanks for the hint, Ubuntu!). I responded immediately in two ways. First, I immediately searched Ebay for hard drives that were are least 60 GB

Open Source Software: Presentation Talking Points

Open Source Software: Presentation Talking Points

I recently gave a presentation about the culture and values of open source at a local church I roughly covered the following bullet points. I've linked to points to pages with further context. * The Four Freedoms of Open Source Software * Accountable and Accessible Leaders * Open Source Is A

Linux: The Tinker Factor Wins the Day

Linux: The Tinker Factor Wins the Day

The Ritchie family had a classic computer problem to solve. They had a used digital camera which didn't "just work" with either Linux or Windows in their home. The photos from the camera showed up on both, but didn't download properly on either. They

Open Source: Culture Shifting Software

Open Source: Culture Shifting Software

For the last six or so years, I've been directly participating in the open source software movement. I maintain the popular Data::FormValidator perl module. I regularly participate in several other projects through mailing lists, bug reports and direct feedback. I have found the open source software community