I have always been interested in computers, and would find myself hanging out with the Computer Science students instead of the Aviation Management or Business Management students I was a part of. At home and at work I have been largely self-teaching myself using computers starting with Excel and Access with VBA through ASP and SQL at work. Thankfully my current employer values education, and so I have been taking classes and not only learning the technology, but un-learning what I have been doing wrong over the years. At home, though, I have been teaching myself Linux, system administration, networking and the overall method of migrating our system from Windows to Linux. I am involved in the Danbury Area Computer Society (DACS.org) I have the opportunity to take what I've learned the hard way and hopefully help others.. I have been enjoying Open Source for a while now, and I am hoping to get a better understanding of the entire model and application.
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Sweet! System 76 has some really great devices and Pop! is a good distribution! That's what I am currently running on my 7(8?) year old laptop right now and it's my main system.
Good luck everybody! Whoever wins will be getting a sweet rig.
Great article.
I may have one VHS like tape I'd want to digitize (my wedding) but most of my tapes are currently on Hi-8 tapes which the recorder can connect ... via FireWire.
I think I need to rummage through the basement for the card and wires and hope the recorder can survive long enough to digitize my tapes.
You're article is inspiring me to make this my next project.
So, thanks for the article. It's going to be a point of reference when I get everything together.