David Both

It appears that my DataBook(TM) for OS/2 apparently is down for the last time. It died sometime before yesterday afternoon. I have no idea exactly when as I had not looked at it for several days.

The DataBook for OS/2 is (or perhaps was) a compendium of Warp information. It contains technical data ranging from the architecture of Warp and how it works, to error code listings with detailed explanations of their causes and how to correct them. The DataBook for OS/2 Warp includes information about all versions of Warp including Warp 3, Warp 4, and Warp Server. The DataBook for OS/2 Warp covers installation and use of all Warp versions as well as troubleshooting, problem solving techniques, power users tips, recovery techniques, and recommendations for OS/2 tools and software based upon my many years of experience with OS/2.

It had been running on a 700MHz Pentium III computer whose parts ranged in age from eight to twelve years old. It used Lotus Notes 4.6 and Domino as the web server. Unfortunately, although nothing in the book has changed in years, all of my backups date back to hardware and software that is long dead itself and no longer available. The only medium I had left that was supported by OS/2 was diskettes and due to the size of the database required for the DataBook for OS/2 that was pretty impractical.

I had been looking for a way to crawl through all the pages and capture them onto one of my Linux boxes and had actually figured out pretty much how to do that last week. Too bad I did not get around to trying it before yesterday.

I will try to resurrect it one last time and attempt to move the data to another box.

I have just uploaded release 1.0-8.0.3 of Fedora Frog to SourceForge.

Fedora Frog is used by administrators to ease the task of installing many applications and files that are not installed by Fedora Linux. It installs the extra repositories needed by Yum and allows the administrator to remove any of these packages.

Fedora Frog can be downloaded at http://sourceforge.net/projects/fedorafrog/

It is way past time to close Guantanamo – the symbol of how much the United States has trampled the rights of everyone including its own citizens.

JANUARY 11, 2008, is the six-year anniversary of the first arrival of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay.

On January 11, we are calling on everyone opposed to torture and indefinite detention to WEAR ORANGE to symbolize your sadness and disgust with the national shame that is Guantánamo Bay.

Click here for details.

Close Guantánamo Vigil in Raleigh, NC
Friday, January 11, 2008
12-1 pm
300 Fayetteville St, Raleigh
ACLU and North Carolina Stop Torture Now vigil in Raleigh.

Well I see that the “mainstream” press is finally starting to print articles when people call for impeachment of Bush and Cheney. It is about time. Whether it happens or not, it needs to be in the news when a newsmaker says it. And it is never too late. The damn republicans need to understand that they will be punished more than just at the ballot box when they trample on the peoples’ rights as given to us by the Constitution.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/01/07/mcgovern-time-to-impeach-bush/