The 6th incarnation of Elmer's blog
The following package of extensions will incorporate a social profile, user board, and basic profile information into MediaWiki, specifically Avatars, Friending, Foeing, User Board, Board Blast, and basic Profile Information.
Extension:SocialProfile – MediaWiki
Some cool extensions to MediaWiki. I find it amusing that not only lets you make friends , but also foes. That’s good because I needto keep my enemies off my wiki:)
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Tags: socialnetwork, mediawiki
The following fifty proprietary programs are listed in no particular order within broad categories along with their open source alternatives. In some cases you could probably write your own book on frustrations with the proprietary programs shown here. In other cases, you’ll discover that the open source alternative isn’t quite up to snuff yet. And, in other cases still, you’ll learn that some proprietary programs are real gems, but that the open source advocate can replace those gems with equally shiny objects from the open source repertoire.
The Top 50 Proprietary Programs that Drive You Crazy — and Their Open Source Alternatives | WHDb
This is a great list that includes a head to head comparison of 50 closed source, commercial apps and their open source, no cost alternatives. Yes, some only run in Linux, but for the most part, any MSFT app you can think of has an open source alternative that runs nicely in Windows. Perhaps a litle experiment loading all of these Windows apps is in order, just to see what happens.
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EAST LANSING, Mich. — Joan Howarth has been recommended as dean of the Michigan State University College of Law, pending approval by the law school’s board of trustees.Howarth has been a professor at the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, since 2001. She was instrumental in building the Boyd School of Law, founded just a decade ago, serving for four years as associate dean and helping to establish Boyd’s early and strong national reputation.
Michigan State University Newsroom – Joan Howarth recommended new dean of MSU College of Law
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