Library Monk

I recently started running SETI@home again, first on my Pentium 4 3 GHz and then on my G4 800 MHz iMac. The SETI@ home website says that the the program uses about 16 MB of RAM while running and that above 64 MB will not affect how quickly data is processed.…

This site is called Library Monk, because yes I have been known to dress as a monk on occasion. Ask anyone who in the summer 2002 Genre Fiction class at UT’s School of Information Sciences. The reason I was dressed as a monk then was to talk about my favorite book, A Canticle for Leibowitz.…

In partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and a number of other national civic organizations, The Pew Internet & American Life Project served as research advisors for a new report finding that public libraries have helped close the digital divide by providing free, public access to computers and the Internet, particularly for people without access at home or work.…

I upgraded my iMac to Panther last night. It took forever but only because I was overly cautious and made sure my system was in perfect shape before I installed the upgrade. The new Finder and Expose alone are worth the upgrade price.…

The Tennessee Super DMCA is back for the 2004 legislative session. The House version, HB 3391,was passed on February 10. Senate Bill 3101 is currently in committee. While not as vicious as last year’s version, this bill still makes it questionable, if not illegal, to use things like firewall hardware and software and virtual private networking.…