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There are some useful ways in which you can use qemu base images to build template virtual machines. If used wisely you can save yourself from ever having to install the same OS more than once. The main thing that you should be aware of when using base images is the dependency between images but once managed properly, you can save yourself a lot of time.

JCR Management will provide tooling and a JCR persistence framework for EMF with pluggable JCR implementations.

A discussion on password protection and encryption in OpenOffice.

A work breakdown structure (WBS) in project management and systems engineering, is a tool used to define and group a project's discrete work elements (or tasks) in a way that helps organize and define the total work scope of the project

Autoversioning is an optional feature defined in the DeltaV standard which makes the server performing a commit under the hood when WebDAV clients that doesn't understand versioning writes to it, making it possible to access the DeltaV server even with this kind of clients.

There is a tool to manage VMs on a remote host: virt-manager. Sadly, VM creation on a remote host is not supported yet through virt-manager – therefore you will have to create the VM in command line.

One of the most exciting new features of Windows Server 2008 is its ability to install as a Server Core machine.
This is a list of articles on how to handle a 2008 Core.

Microsoft’s System Preparation Tool. This tool removes certain information from a system, including the Security Identifier, IP address, computer name, etc. This is recommended when you are cloning a machine, and, by removing this information, you also remove any potential conflicts when starting up the cloned image for the first time.

Shrinking qcow2 images by filling drive with 0:es…

The term 'Numeracy Gender Gap' refers to the discrepancies in attitude, skills, and mathematical behaviors between males and females. Although females tend to be better than their counterpart males in mathematics classes, they continue to score lower on tests including the SATs.

Speaking of SETI….

This article is from a new book published by No Starch Press: Ubuntu Linux for Non-Geeks: A Pain-Free, Project-Based, Get-Things-Done Guidebook by Rickford Grant. This excerpt covers using your iPod with Ubuntu and it is full of tips, tricks, and helpful pointers.

Higgins is a framework that enables users and applications to integrate identity, profile, and relationship information across multiple data sources and protocols.

"If you haven’t heard about Glazed Lists until now, it’s about time you do, because it’s probably the last tables and grid sorting/filtering API you will ever need."