BillRedmond.ca
A blog of random things.
Ottawa PC Users Group
Jan 16th
I was recently invited by some of my colleagues to be a guest a meeting of the Ottawa PC Users Group (OPCUG) held at the Museum of Science and Technology. The group holds monthly meetings that are best-described as a presentation style introduction of a particular topic(s).
The meeting I attended featured favourite applications of some of the members as well as an interesting presentation on travelling well with a PC. I particularily enjoyed participating in the Linux special interest group meeting that occured immediately following the OPCUG main meeting. We had a few technical difficulties but then again it’s bound to happen in this kind of scenario.
Next month, according to the group’s presentations calendar, “Microsoft Hack and Defend” will be the topic. I am interested to see how this will be broached given the varying skill and interest levels that I noticed in the room.
My jury is still out as to whether this will be for me in the long term, however I know that it was something I had never attended before and it certainly got me out of the house.
Cabling Nightmare
Jan 15th
I recently had the opportunity to participate in what you might call an ad-hoc networking situation.
The reality of wired networks quickly became apparent as the setup progressed.
You’d be surprised but removing this went a lot better than I had ever dreamed of. The secret, of course, is taking it one cable at a time.
I’m sure that this is still better than exposing people to massive amounts of radio waves to accomplish the same task with slower throughput. 
This Sounds So Wrong
May 21st
Maybe it’s just me, but this just sounds like an aweful name for anything I’d consider food:
Stamps are Tasty
May 6th
