Introduction to Open Source

This is a great article on Open Source software, what it is and what it means in simple easy to understand language. Plus the pictures are super cool, here’s one:

Programming

My first tech love has always been programming. I use it at every opportunity. I use it to automate backups, send emails on server status, disk space, importing and exporting data and a plethora or other tasks that make my life easier. Currently I’m working on a program in Python to parse large csv files for data analysis and comparison. I’ve tried my best to make it as reusable as possible.

So all you programmers tell me: What’s your favorite language? My new favorite is definitely Python, it’s so elegant. A close second would be Java and Bash for when you just want to get things done.

Until next time,
Ken

Email Spoofing

Do you ever get those emails that are to you and from you? That’s a good example of email spoofing.

You may ask why do people do this? What’s the point? Well, for starters it’s a good way for spammers to get into your inbox. It’s also a good way to spread a virus and have no good way of tracing it back. If you do receive an email to you and from you please make sure to delete it and never open any attachments from those types of emails.

Until next time,
Ken

Powerschool

Lately I’ve been doing quite a bit of work in Powerschool, our student management system. I’m planning an upgrade in a week and a half and am very excited to roll out the new features. Here’s the release notes for the update:ps521_release_notes

Until next time,
Ken