Monthly Archives: September 2008

timekpr Grows Up ( or “Why I Love Open Source” )

By Chris | Published: 9/28/2008
Back in February, I had the need to limit the amount of time my kids spent on a shared Ubuntu box. I cobbled together a simple script that would give a warning then shutdown the user session. It worked for me (made my kids unhappy, tho’), but I knew it could be better. Dispite my [...]
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Moving on…

By Chris | Published: 9/6/2008
One of the facts of life for us IT folks is changing jobs. I joined the folks at my previous job after 10 years with 7 different firms. A little tired of the rat race, I stuck with them for just short of 8 years as a developer and development team leader – a personal [...]
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