Today's Thoughts :: Tommorrow's Actions

"I've been having these weird thoughts lately...like...is any of this for real? Or not?"- Sora

When you've got something you know you have to work on, it's always hardest to get started. You know that you should probably beat that last boss in your videogame. Or you need to publish another blog post today. Maybe you've wasted so much time that now you've got to find sustinance. Whatever it is, there's always the notion of putting it off for later. And we all know that we can't keep it up, because eventually tommorrow becomes today.

I'm having an awful time deciding what I want to do right now. I've narrowed down my to do list to only the big things, or things that I really need to wait to do. And now, I'm discouraged. All that's left are the big challenges that I know would eat all my time if I get started - and the distractions are so tempting ^_^. Not this time, I won't be distracted. That's the attitude you need to give yourself if you want to be successful. Not this time, not anymore. So by the time this weekend ends, I will have accomplished something - and I'll be able to come back here and tell you about it. That's my goal. What's your goal?

Posted at 12:45PM Oct 30, 2008 by Ryan Kopf in Sun  | 

OpenSolaris Shutdown - Disable the Loud Beep

A brief post about how to disable the loud shutdown beep in OpenSolaris.[Read More]

Posted at 10:33AM Oct 30, 2008 by Ryan Kopf in Sun  |  Comments[2]

Help My Blog Grow

Would you help my small little blog grow? Linking to me would help a lot! It would help me get more readers, more authority, and more of a reach so that I can communicate with even more people. Next, just watch my blog. Add it to your RSS feed, perhaps, and keep up to date with what we're up to here at the University of Iowa. Even add comments and suggestions for me - anything helps! Hopefully soon, this blog can grow tall.

Posted at 09:50PM Oct 29, 2008 by Ryan Kopf in Personal  | 

Planning First Open Source Meetup

As I want to get the ball rolling on my Open Source University Meetup, I've already starting pre-planning for my first tech event, an OpenSolaris InstallFest. I hope to have it sometime in late November or early December on a Saturday, giving me time to register our student group, get approval, reserve space, get posters put up, and get people interested in coming. The demonstration would focus around students with their laptops installing VirtualBox and then learning how to install OpenSolaris on them. I believe it would be an excellent running start to my open source group, and a quick and easy way to get people excited about OSUM (awesome). I'll keep you updated. ^_^

Posted at 07:44AM Oct 29, 2008 by Ryan Kopf in Sun  | 

Open Source At Iowa

Hello all, my name is Ryan Kopf and I am the Sun Campus Ambassador for the University of Iowa. I've started this blog as a small part of my position to help organize and provide a resource to people interested in Open Source at the University of Iowa. The layout design of this blog is supposed to match well with the layout of my Open Source Group website. This blog will help followers keep up to date with the fun open-source happenings at the University of Iowa, along with a lot more. I might post updates on some of the latest things I've learned, notes that might be useful to other people wanting to support open source, and more. In the end, this blog is helping build a community, and I hope you become a part of that effort.

Posted at 10:12PM Oct 27, 2008 by Ryan Kopf in Sun  |