On collecting numbers for print: "[i]f you have good hard information about how Linux is changing the business world, let [analysts] know. Or skip them and let us know. We're in the same business. That's what you — our readers — pay us for. No lie."

Thinking about a language for systems admin'ing. It would be nice if the PowerShell idea was available in other silos as well. We'll see how the Silo Masters in other silos react.

Microphone hookup for iPods. Looks snazy.

Some thinking on open source in systems management, and good division of the typical layers.

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"[P]rofessional security and workplace autonomy are opposites. The nature of the tension is even more specific for introverts. How so? Because (1) the introvert requires a few reliable relationships, while (2) the larger the work arena, the more chaotic a