In October, the Austin City Council considered a new ordinance to ban texting while driving. Numerous concerns were raised. The ordinance passed, but enactment was delayed until January 1, 2010. That was to allow for public education, and to review the...

I am finally ready to leave the email technology of the 80s and embrace the technology of the 90s. I was, many years ago, a prolific contributor to the Elm mail project. Elm was groundbreaking in that it was one of the first, user-friendly, "screen...

Last October, the Austin City Council passed an ordinance that would outlaw texting while driving. The ordinance is scheduled to go into effect beginning of January. Several people (including myself) raised concerns at the time of passage. Mayor Pro...

The ssh program allows you to securely access systems across the network. By default ssh prompts you for your password on the remote system. If you setup a secure key you can skip the password prompts. For instance: $ ssh lefty.soaustin.net uname...

The Austin City Council is poised to take action tomorrow (Thursday, Oct. 22) that will make our city the laughing stock of the interwebs. The issue is agenda item 28 at tomorrow's City Council...