My girlfriend really got me to recycle regularly, and I’m a little embarrassed to admit that it was a little difficult to get on board at first; it is so easy to toss things into the trash that I had trouble recycling everything at first. I didn’t even know you could recycle styrofoam! Not only do you put your waste to good use but it really makes an impact on you seeing the pile of trash you use each week. I’ve even stopped buying most items that don’t come in recyclable packaging; it is disappointing to find items that must be trashed. We live in an apartment so we don’t...

So I’ve been learning Linux, and I’m stoked. I’ve installed Ubuntu about 3 times now over the past few years “so I can play around with it”. I would install it, and then tinker with it for a night, not learn anything, and then give up.  The problem I had in the past was that I didn’t have the right pieces of the puzzle to establish solid ground on this foreign operating system. I’m going to write about those pieces in coming posts, but for now, what you should know is that you absolutely must learn Linux if you are a web developer. ...