Greetings from Uganda!
We’re here!
It’s been a wild ride. I decided I’d go all retro. I’m not going to blog, exactly, but I’ll be scanning my journal posts. So web-unfriendly, but it fits my lifestyle. My journal is with me everywhere, so I can “blog” from wherever. Thanks for your support everyone!
Informer FUBAR!!11!
Yes, Informer is weird right now. Scratch that. Informer is WIDE OPEN for the pickin’s! You read that right. Informer’s 100% free right now! Thanks to the PHENOMENAL response to the BackTrack 4 pre-final release, we’ve outgrown our server, and our subscription system. So we’ve upgraded both. The subscription system will be online in the next couple of days, all existing subscribers will be back in action, and the NEW BackTrack 4 pre-final will be announced and available for all subscribers! Thanks for your support of the Informer, and for caring about our mission to stand in the gap for those in need.
Continue Reading...Acer. Empowering People.
After all the discussion about what machines we should use for the classrooms we’re installing in Uganda this year, I found myself back to the netbooks. The reason: operating system (we need to teach Windows), price (<$300 with a Windows XP home license), and size / weight (we ship by putting these in our suitcases… we need better shipping options. Anyone know a shipper that can lend us space from the US to Uganda via Mombassa?)
Then when I found these machines at $200 (refurbished) instead of the $300 we budgeted, the deal was sealed. I ordered the units (the song while I was on hold if you remember?) and went about the buisiness of preparing for the trip.
Well the units finally arrived, and when we unpacked them, I looked at the stack of them and smiled. Acer. Empowering people. It would seem hackers and Acer have a lot in common.
HFC Sighting!
The Raytheon SI group was kind enough to have me out for a afternoon of fun near Orlando Florida, last week. They are really an amazing group, working on some REALLY wicked stuff. I wish I could talk about it, but I signed an NDA =)
This was a fundraising event for our upcoming trip to Africa, and I was really blown away by the private donations to help us on our way. Thanks to this one event, we are fully funded for approximately 2 months in Uganda!!
This is a picture of me and Scott Wood, who is now the proud owner of a monogrammed, signed copy of the Stealing the Network Collector’s Edition and the original cover print!
Thanks to JW, SW, SC, AC, everyone that bought a shirt or bid on the auction, and to the whole group down in sunny Florida!
Big Fix Podcast
Amrit Williams, CTO of BigFix, Inc. speaks with Johnny Long, founder of Hackers for Charity, about Long’s journey from the pinnacle of conventional IT industry career success to his decision to redirect his expertise to helping charitable organizations leverage computer technology to fight poverty and bring new opportunities to some of the poorest communities on earth. With his own eyes, Long has seen how his work feeds children and relieve the societal damages of disease. In addition to taking in this podcast, Amrit and Johnny invite listeners to learn more at www.hackersforcharity.org
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