Author: rcragun
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Ubuntu: Securely Erase Hard Drive with “shred”
On Windows, I used the free program Eraser to wipe hard drives when I was finished with them. I looked for a while for something similar for Ubuntu Linux but couldn’t find any programs like Eraser. Turns out, however, that this functionality is built into the operating system, though it is command-line only. Here’s an…
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PEACE Alternative Break – days 3 and 4
The remainder of our time in Fort Lauderdale passed relatively peacefully. We worked at Horses and the Handicapped and were even treated to dinner on the third night by the former student’s parents (which gave me a chance to talk to non-students for the first time in a while; very nice!!!). I think what we…
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PEACE Alternative Break – day 2
Our second day in Southeastern Florida was mostly spent volunteering at Horses for the Handicapped. We did a variety of things while there, from painting to picking up rocks to grooming horses, but mostly we cleaned up horse feces. Horses defecate a lot. I was happy to help, but I’ll be happy if I never…
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PEACE Alternative Break – day 1
My work efforts over the last 2 1/2 years since I started at UT have been focused almost exclusively on two things: research and teaching. Something I have done very little of is volunteering. When our service program on campus issued an email asking for faculty volunteers to serve as advisors for service trips, I…
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Key West trip – day 5
We had originally planned to visit the Fort Zachary Taylor State Park, but with the weather hovering in the 40s, another trip to the beach didn’t make sense. We then thought that maybe we could just bike around the island, as the southeastern side of the island has a great bike trail on it. But…
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Key West trip – day 4
Day 4 of our Key West trip dawned overcast, drizzling, and freezing! I kid you not – it colder in Key West than it has been since 1873: 42 degrees. Of all the times to visit the Keys… Trying to make the most of it, we opted for inside stuff in Key West, with one…
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Key West trip – day 3
Checking the weather, this looked like our best bet for a day at the beach as the temperature was in the upper 60s and it was sunny. So we headed to Bahia Honda State Park, on the recommendation of a friend. We had our regular beach stuff (chairs, umbrella, towel, etc.), but we also brought…
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Key West trip – day 2
We didn’t do much this day except drive down the keys to Key West, which is a pretty cool drive. We stopped for lunch on Big Pine so Debi could participate in a conference call, then continued to our hotel. However, while there we did see some Key Deer: We tried to do the same…
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Key West trip – day 1
A while back my brother-in-law, Mario, let us know he’d be attending an academic conference in Key West in January and wanted to know if we were interested in heading to Key West with him. Always up for an adventure, we agreed. So, Mario flew into Tampa (instead of Key West) and we drove both…
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milestones
This is actually Debi posting! Therefore don’t expect this to be very funny. I am only posting because I haven’t done a very good job keeping track of Toren’s developmental milestones and I am feeling some maternal guilt about it so here are some approximations. Sitting upright without support (not leaning forward on his hands…