Jason Eckert's Website and Blog
Demonstrating the Power of Apple Silicon using Actuated CI
Janet Jackson's Denial of Service (DoS) Attack
Happy Canada Day!
How an Ancient PowerBook Captured a Summer Vacation
It’s Still Your Call: Ethics in the Age of AI
The Story Behind the Mac vs PC Rivalry — And Where Linux Quietly Took Over
Canada: The Unsung Hero of AI Innovation
Leveraging WSL2 for Systems & Cloud Administration, Cybersecurity, and Software Development
Tips to Evolve Your Tech Career in the Age of AI
2024 in Review
Running an LLM locally using Ollama
Installing a Fedora Linux ARM VM from a Raw Image
Copilot+ PC Review: Windows on ARM is finally here
Maximizing Your Hiking Experience
Practical Cybersafety for Everyone
Configuring GitHub Discussions to provide Blog Comments
7 Tips for a Healthy Digital Lifestyle
Demystifying Artificial Intelligence (AI)
How I Keep my Linux Textbook Updated for New Versions
The Rise of RISC-V and Open Hardware
Tips for Maintaining a Growth Mindset
Remembering Pepper
40 years of Macintosh
Extending the life of an Intel-based Mac using Windows 11
2023 in Review
Setting up a Raspberry Pi Home Server
Essential keyboard shortcuts (Windows/macOS/Linux/UNIX)
Linux Distro Hopping is a Bad Idea
Bob Gunderson Tribute
An Extra Special Family Vacation
Running a Mainstream Linux Distro Natively on Apple Silicon: Fedora Asahi Remix First Impressions
How to Leverage Music for Maximum Tech Productivity
So, you’re curious about software development?
My first textbook is now in its sixth edition
I've now been teaching tech for 25 years!
Linux is making Apple Great Again
The Ultimate Linux ARM64 Workstation
Fun Facts About Linux
The Time I Yoga-Balled an Apple Store Employee
2022 in Review
Reboot your mind once a day
RISCy business: The long and convoluted rise of today's dominant computing platform
How modern open source projects work
How Linux Certification Has Evolved Over The Years
Dual-booting Asahi Linux on your Apple Silicon Mac
The Power of Swag in the Tech Industry
macOS for Linux admins (2022 refresh)
Ontario's Computer Part 2: The LEXICON Server
Ontario's Computer: The Burroughs ICON
Configuring the i3 Window Manager
Brewing the Best Coffee
The Power of RISC architecture
SPARCbook teardown
Understanding the Cult of Mac
2021 in Review
Kubernetes Quickstart
Installing a fast Linux server on an M1-based Mac
ARM on the desktop is here to stay
An overview of cloud buzz words
Work-from-home is the new BlackBerry
Copyleft is dying
It's a great time to be a developer
UNIX/Linux is now a core skill for anyone working in tech
Cybersecurity in a Nutshell
The future looks a lot like mainframe computing
Relating Silicon Valley to the Toronto-Waterloo Corridor
Mastering the Zen of TrackPoint
The computer that saved Apple
An introduction to WireGuard VPN
2020 in review
Seldom discussed tips for working in the tech industry
5 Z shell features that will encourage you to switch from Bash
Why I love teaching online
A brief history of technology
Cybersecurity in the early 1990's
Most people don't want a computer
Open does not always mean Open Source
Tracing difficult shell scripts
So, you think online conferencing is new?
Fundamental computer science concepts every software developer should know
The old Web was fun
Customizing macOS for development
FreeBSD UNIX for Linux sysadmins
Microsoft turns 45
Getting the most out of your online course
Tips to survive teaching an online course
How to write an academic technical textbook
I finally beat Tetris!
2019 in review
Reviving an ancient BSD UNIX workstation
Why you should use technology less
What it's like a year after quitting Facebook
How to learn vi (vim)
What Nokia tells us about the Internet in 2008
The different faces of open source software
Apple is regressing to their 1990s disposition
Rest in Peace, MAD Magazine
The UNIX Philosophy in 2019
The Dark Side of GNU
How ricing shifted from cars to computers
SPARCbook 3000ST: The coolest 90s laptop
Pop!_OS: The first real Linux desktop
The Power of Open Source Software
Cult of Mac Book
35th Anniversary of the Macintosh Computer
Using the Windows Subsystem for Linux
2018 in review
SSH Foo
Three reasons why incubators breed failure
How the cloud grew up around Linux
A simple guide to git
Devops Demystified
Blockchain for IT pros
Halt and Catch Fire
Lessons I've learned from teaching 20 years of IT
Ultimate UNIX timeline
RIP PowerBook
The history of IT certification
2017 in review
RIP Solaris
Windows and macOS could move to Linux
Get ready for the chip wars!
Why you should buy an old arcade machine
Finding Idylwild Park
50 shades of Cray
Futuretech '92
The future of smartphones
2016 in review
10 years of Facebook humour
An evening with The Woz
The Linux operating system turns 25 years old today
The World Wide Web turns 25 years old today
The dawn of personal computing
Some NeXT level stuff
Video Game Reflections
PowerShell Essentials for SysAdmins
2015 in review
World of Commodore conference
Video game transcendental meditation
Breathe new life into an old PowerBook G4 using Linux
2014 in review
GMOs explained
The fastest computer I have ever owned!
The evolution of BYOD
100 silly facts about ME
George H. Jenner
Microsoft ReFS vs Oracle ZFS - FIGHT!
Great Canadian Appathon 4
Impressed by a 10 year old desktop computer
Why BlackBerry failed
A look back at the dotcom bubble
GAME ON 2.0 wraps up!
The evolution of Information Technology
Reddit took down my website!
Marshall McLuhan was right
GAME ON 2.0 and triOS College
Driving educational change
The best keynote presentation of all time!
The Galaga no fire cheat mystery
Mocap in action
A successful hackathon at our Kitchener campus!
Arcade game CPUs
How the term 'cloud' was invented
How to properly pronounce Galaga
Guide to buying old arcade games
How our video games evolved over time
QNX on a moon rover
SOPA and PIPA
Using Google like a pro
2011 in review
Perspective on RIM
RIM is dead. Long live RIM.
Hard drives are dead
How I threw my back out playing Angry Birds
The transputer
The rise and fall of DEC
All about DEC
Atari 2600 deep dive
The Gospel of Tux v1.0
BCE, CE, and the new IE
Funny Internet Shakespeare typo
eBook pilot
NeXTSTEP is cool
Jaron Lanier on technology
BlackBerry 950 teardown
Copyright in Canada
The Amazon Kindle ROCKS!
The famous Pentium FDIV bug
Anatomy of an AS/400
The death of SGI
10 years of UserFriendly.org
Happy Epoch Day!
BlackBerry then and now
I created the Internet
CrackBerry Book
War Games shell scripting fun
How to please your IT department
How to do an out-of-office auto reply
Bill Gates steps down today
IBM hard drive from 1981
The Nostradamus of UNIX
The UNIX way
Are you a Mac or a PC?
Linuxtopia
Netscape RIP 1994-2008
History of game consoles
The end of 2007
The Amazon Kindle: Friend or foe?
Anniversary of the World Wide Web
Thank you, Apple
Ontario Linux Fest
More about Open Source Software and Linux
The wicked witch is dead
Server closet Buddha shrine
Richard Stallman talk at UW
When Marketing chooses the cover
eMac family photo frame
Roughing it on vacation
iPhone first impressions
Microsoft Energize IT conference
Linux thin clients
Big fish
iThink therefore iMac
Summer is here. Finally.
Computer evolution
New Years security resolutions for 2006
Old Macs never die
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7. Three Unconventional Tips for Career Success
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Trails in and around Algonquin Provincial Park
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