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| * '''Linux user since 1999'''. Red Hat 5.2 - 9, FC1-4, AS 3. SuSE 6-8.2. And now Ubuntu. | '''Linux user since 1999'''. Red Hat 5.2 - 9, FC1-4, AS 3. SuSE 6-8.2 and openSuSE 9.3. And now Ubuntu. |
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| * '''[http://libdata.sourceforge.net/ LibData]''' is a LAMP project I administer on SourceForge enabling academic libraries to easily author subject-oriented web pages. Our needs require a high degree of data granularity & vocabulary control. It's used by several college libraries in Minnesota and some across the country. It's been mentioned on '''[http://oss4lib.org/ oss4lib]''' and on the '''[http://directory.fsf.org/ FSF/UNESCO]''' Free Software Directory. | '''[[http://libdata.sourceforge.net/|LibData]]''' is a LAMP project I administer on '''SourceForge''' enabling academic libraries to easily author subject-oriented web pages. Our needs require a high degree of data granularity & vocabulary control. It's used by several college libraries in Minnesota and some elsewhere in the USA. It's been mentioned on '''[[http://oss4lib.org/|oss4lib]]''' and was added to the '''[[http://directory.fsf.org/|FSF/UNESCO]]''' Free Software Directory. |
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| == Computer History == | '''[[http://www.tc.umn.edu/~brams006/selfsign_ubuntu.html|Creating a self-signed SSL certificate for Ubuntu]]'''. This is based on some discussion threads in the Ubuntu forums. I wanted to flesh it out a little with explanatory detail and a couple additional tips. From there is a link to my general purpose guide to making your own Certificate Authority (CA) and self-signed certificates by using openssl commands directly, generally applicable to any linux distro. |
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| I was introduced to the Apple // in elementary school, bought an Apple //c in high school, and ran a BBS (Bulletin Board System) using software named Pseudodel, a port of the IBM Citadel BBS software. It was named the '''[http://bbslist.textfiles.com/612/oldschool.html Renaissance Fair BBS]'''. I got onto the French Minitel network and was an early Gopher user (it was invented at the '''[http://www.umn.edu/ University of Minnesota]''' when I was a student there). I also wrote probably one of the earliest web pages in Minnesota, using a highly unstable Windows 3.1, winsock.dll and the NCSA Mosaic browser. Since the mid-90's I've built all of my own computers and have been a technologist with the State of Minnesota and the University of Minnesota. I'm currently a LAMP programmer for the '''[http://www.lib.umn.edu/ University of Minnesota Libraries]''', '''[http://www.lib.umn.edu/digilab Digital Library Development Lab]'''. I installed Ubuntu on my newest development box. == Non-computer Interests == * '''Camping''' I've taken several roadtrips from my home base here in the American Midwest to the Rockies, Pacific Northwest and Oregon coast, the 4-corners area, the Canadian Atlantic maritimes, New England, etc. Many national parks, state parks, and historic sites. Mesa Verde, Great Sand Dunes, Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, Glacier National Park, Crater Lake, Craters of the Moon, Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Rainier, Niagara Falls, Acadia National Park, many others. I've seen enough natural beauty at this point to be a confirmed deep ecologist. If anything is 'holy' in this world, it's Old Growth: the wild areas on the planet (and in our minds). Don't clear-cut it all. Leave some open space for your inner animal. * '''Folk music''' Celtic, jazz, fusion, flamenco, world beat, etc. If it's something that people can play on a street corner I'm probably interested in it. My favorite guitarist is '''[http://www.john-renbourn.com/ John Renbourn]'''. * '''Organic food''' I've been a vegetarian since about 1995, shop at co-ops, farmer's markets, and do a little of my own gardening. I shop at the '''[http://www.stpaulfarmersmarket.com/ St. Paul Farmer's Market]'''. My great-great-grandfather from Germany was a "truck gardener" and probably sold there in the late 1800's. On the other side of my family, my grandfather and mother also sold corn there in the 1950's. I just shop there, but wish I had an organic farm myself. * '''Progressive politics''' I'm basically a green communitarian anarcho-syndicalist or something like that. I like it when communities of people come together to exchange goods or services without an exchange of money, in a way that doesn't wreck the environment, and in a way that doesn't get too big. My utopian world would be one of small tribes, like maybe 500-5,000 people maximum, who are experts in certain areas: organic agriculture, engineering, programming, plumbing, juggling, storytelling, whatever -- and they exchange what they have to offer with others. Nobody taxes it, nobody profits from the work of others, and nobody controls the autonomy of others. The unit of freedom is neither the individual (I am not a Libertarian) nor the state (I am not a socialist or capitalist), but rather: the community. * '''Literature''' I recommend: '''[http://www.abbeyweb.net/ Ed Abbey]''', '''[http://www.johnburroughs.org/ John Burroughs]''', '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thich_Nhat_Hanh Thich Nhat Hanh]''', and '''[http://www.tc.umn.edu/~brams007/simak/index.html Clifford Simak]''' |
'''Free Software in Education'''. I code in a non-profit academic research environment, so our work should ideally be shareable, open source, collaborative, for the general public good, and built upon over time (rather than forced into planned obsolescence). The free and open source software movements (lower-case, to be general) have proven to be most compatible with this vision. |
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| '''[http://www.tc.umn.edu/~brams007/ My Personal Home Page]''' | '''[[http://www.tc.umn.edu/~brams006/|My Personal Home Page]]''' |
PaulBramscher
Email: <brams006 AT umn DOT edu>
Open Source Interests
Linux user since 1999. Red Hat 5.2 - 9, FC1-4, AS 3. SuSE 6-8.2 and openSuSE 9.3. And now Ubuntu.
LibData is a LAMP project I administer on SourceForge enabling academic libraries to easily author subject-oriented web pages. Our needs require a high degree of data granularity & vocabulary control. It's used by several college libraries in Minnesota and some elsewhere in the USA. It's been mentioned on oss4lib and was added to the FSF/UNESCO Free Software Directory.
Creating a self-signed SSL certificate for Ubuntu. This is based on some discussion threads in the Ubuntu forums. I wanted to flesh it out a little with explanatory detail and a couple additional tips. From there is a link to my general purpose guide to making your own Certificate Authority (CA) and self-signed certificates by using openssl commands directly, generally applicable to any linux distro.
Free Software in Education. I code in a non-profit academic research environment, so our work should ideally be shareable, open source, collaborative, for the general public good, and built upon over time (rather than forced into planned obsolescence). The free and open source software movements (lower-case, to be general) have proven to be most compatible with this vision.
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