Hi everyone. Not too terribly much that's new (I think I always start off my entries saying that or something similar). Unfortunately, I don't live the most exciting or adventurous life. I get by, though, on the minimal excitement I do get. :) I'm probably going to be teaching a Linux class at school in January (almost definite now), and the teacher I work with is working to see if I can take a full-time position as a teacher next year, rather than just part-time as I am now. I really enjoy what I do, so I hope it works out for the best.

On a side note, and if you want to flame me for this, you're wasting your time because I'm not going to respond to you, if anyone out there that uses Freenode has some money they could spare, please consider donating it to the Peer-Directed Projects Center, the non-profit organization (based in Texas, USA) that sponsors Freenode. We have a number of projects that we're writing up plans for, including more development on the network, the IRC protocol, and something new, WOPN, Freenode Radio which is already in progress but is working on expansion, employment services for free software / open source community project leaders, possible grants or scholarships for young free software developers, and a number of other projects that are yet to take much shape. Unfortunately the nature of some people has prevented us from asking for donations on our network, and thus we must use word-of-mouth and the Freenode website. Right now donations have stopped cold (they actually did when we stopped the fundraising announcements, so obviously it was working and a good number of people didn't mind them and contributed). We can't expand into new areas without support from the people that utilize the network that we strive hard to maintain. So, anyway, if there's any way any of you can help us out or contribute something, it's definately appreciated.

Welp, back to web design and lesson plans. If anyone knows of a good text book to use for a beginner Linux class (I've been told the O'Reilly ones are really good for it), let me know so I can get more ideas for the Linux course. Thanks!