Twitter . However, as I was changing her diaper for the umpteenth time today, I got to thinking about Linux. No, really. Here’s why.
It’s no secret that I like Linux. Just about any time I’m not using my Mac, which is increasingly in my budding filmmaker of a son’s hands, I’m probably using some flavor of Linux, even if it’s to run an RDP session on a Windows box. Of course, it’s also no secret that I spend a lot more time in a web browser that I do dealing with the OS, so whatever, right? Well, there are still plenty of things for which an OS is useful, if nothing more than a secure platform on which to run your web browser. Even Google’s Picasa is a handy little photo manager that interacts nicely with web albums, but sits on a desktop to actually perform most of its functions. Video editing, desktop publishing, etc., all work better on an OS of some sort rather than some cloud-based application. So what does this have to do with my daughter? And better yet, how could I possibly tie this into Ed Tech? Well, it all goes back to diaper-changing. I’ve changed more diapers than I care to count. Like thousands of them. Wet ones, slimy ones, scary ones. You get the picture. However, I’ve never changed a girl’s diaper. My other kids are all boys and I have long since mastered changing boy diapers. But it’s different when the diaperee is a girl. You have to check in the wrong spot to see if they’re wet. And cleanup from those slimy, scary diapers is a whole different ballgame with girls. With boys, if they decide to let ‘er rip while you’re changing said diaper, you know precisely where you stand. With girls, not so much.
Full Story: My new daughter is a lot like Linux - ZDNet
It’s no secret that I like Linux. Just about any time I’m not using my Mac, which is increasingly in my budding filmmaker of a son’s hands, I’m probably using some flavor of Linux, even if it’s to run an RDP session on a Windows box. Of course, it’s also no secret that I spend a lot more time in a web browser that I do dealing with the OS, so whatever, right? Well, there are still plenty of things for which an OS is useful, if nothing more than a secure platform on which to run your web browser. Even Google’s Picasa is a handy little photo manager that interacts nicely with web albums, but sits on a desktop to actually perform most of its functions. Video editing, desktop publishing, etc., all work better on an OS of some sort rather than some cloud-based application. So what does this have to do with my daughter? And better yet, how could I possibly tie this into Ed Tech? Well, it all goes back to diaper-changing. I’ve changed more diapers than I care to count. Like thousands of them. Wet ones, slimy ones, scary ones. You get the picture. However, I’ve never changed a girl’s diaper. My other kids are all boys and I have long since mastered changing boy diapers. But it’s different when the diaperee is a girl. You have to check in the wrong spot to see if they’re wet. And cleanup from those slimy, scary diapers is a whole different ballgame with girls. With boys, if they decide to let ‘er rip while you’re changing said diaper, you know precisely where you stand. With girls, not so much.
Full Story: My new daughter is a lot like Linux - ZDNet
