Penguins-On-Hudson

Linux & F.O.S.S. in the Hudson River Valley.

Penguins-On-Hudson is an advocacy program sponsored by Codefix Consulting to help promote Linux and F.O.S.S. (Free Open Source Software) in the lower Hudson River Valley.

Archive for September, 2007

Voodoo Programming

Sunday, September 16th, 2007

One of the reasons I’m a consultant is because I love to solve problems; this does not mean, however, that I enjoy all the problems I solve, nor that the pursuit is always rewarding in itself. This week I got stuck in a mind-bender that had all the satisfying crunch of a soggy pretzel.

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Competition is good.

Monday, September 10th, 2007

The Common Council of the city of Peekskill, New York had a public hearing tonight to hear citizens’ comments on the proposed granting of a cable franchise contract to Verizon. Some Verizon suits were in attendance, as well as an obligatory Cablevision weasel; what surprised me was the vocal support of Peekskill residents, most of […]

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