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My daughter is heading off to college shortly and I’ve been informed that mother and daughter will be communicating via text messages. I disabled text messaging on my and my wife’s phones to prevent unwanted charges from dorks sending unwanted messages. Now I have to turn it back on. Oh […]

Getting new phones: argument for the Palm Pre = Linux ...

Fri August 21, 2009 in Hardware / Linux / Personal / Software Development tagged capitalism / consumer choice / gsm network / kernel / Linux / music / sim card / sprint phones / text messages (updated 5372 days ago)

I’ve been working with the various incarnations of Red Hat Linux, including Fedora, since before the company went public. In that time I’ve done more than just a few upgrades from one release to another. With each upgrade I learn just a little more about administering my own Linux system. […]

The Everyday Guide to Fedora Upgrades

Wed February 18, 2009 in Fedora / Linux / Personal tagged f10 / Fedora / GIMP / gnome / intel / intel driver / Linux / mysql / MythTV / nfs / nvidia / partition / red hat / sane / ssmtp / X11 / xorg / yum

I found an interesting story online about a producer at CNN who got canned for blogging – mostly about stuff that didn’t pull the corporate line. It’s interesting to read from my point of view because it mirrors (to an extent) the pitiful way in which Dell treated its employees […]

Big media (along with corporate stupidity) must die, die, die.

Thu February 21, 2008 in General / Personal / Politics / TV / Writing tagged dell / graphics

I've been hearing quite a bit about Michael Vick being charged with dogfighting. It's disgusting to think anyone would allow such a thing to happen. It's cruelty beyond belief. It's barbaric. For his actions, Michael Vick should be banned from the priviledge of playing sport for money. Permanently. Now I […]

Boycott the NFL (Vick) and NBA (Marbury): Dogfighting is ...

Wed August 22, 2007 in General / Personal / Politics / sports (updated 6103 days ago)

Michael J. Hammel

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