David Whelan's Blog
This is where I have tossed opinions, thoughts, random attempts using technology, and other jetsam that occurs to me. Is it a blog? It's as close as I've come.
Second Look at Postfix and Dovecot on Ubuntu 9.10
it would be an understatement to say that I am a relative newbie on Linux and Ubuntu. There are a couple of servers and applications that I feel very comfortable with but most of my experience with the operating system and environment is through trial and error until I reach a stable plateau. Once I hit that sweet spot, I tend to stop. Part of reaching that point is finding relatively easy solutions to my needs, one of which is a solid e-mail server that supports Web mail. I have documented my experiences before on this site, looking at full e-mail servers like Axigen, Mailtraq, and Surgemail, which I am currently running. It is clear, though, that I am sidestepping a "come to Jesus" moment when I need to buckle down and figure out how to use Postfix and Dovecot. This is where I am now.
Looking Up, Looking Down
What do job competencies and the 2010 Paraprofessional of the Year have to do with each other? Timing, mostly. I was reading with interest about Allison Sloan and her impact in Massachusetts, and the "paralibrarian" title. Then I was attending a session on competencies for senior library management at the Ontario Library Association's 2010 conference. Both reflect the two ends of the seemingly-limitless fascination the librarian world has with who is a librarian.
Favorite Google Chrome Extensions
I was reading the Web4lib discussion list and saw a request for favorite Google Chrome extensions, qualified by the suggestion that perhaps it was too early for anyone to have favorites! Not too early for me, as I have shifted completely to Google Chrome in both Windows and Ubuntu Linux environments, eliminating my use of Mozilla Firefox and using Microsoft Internet Explorer (8) only when I have to. The extensions that have emerged since Google 4 came out are making it a powerful research tool.
Goose Your Koala: Alternative Look on Ubuntu Netbook
The Human theme on Ubuntu is nice although I typically switch it to clearlooks. But I was looking around for ways to enhance my netbook look, in part because I am still fine-tuning my interface.
Ubuntu 9.10: Access Windows Files in Dual Boot System
I am straddling two universes at the moment, using Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala and Windows XP on the same machine. I had assumed that I would be rebooting if I needed to grab something from my XP machine that I hadn't dumped out to a server somewhere. You can imagine my surprise when I went into my Places menu in Ubuntu, clicked on Desktop, and in the new window, saw an icon for my computer right next to my File System.


