As my home network expands, the time I spend doing administration tasks on it increases. As machines are added, I am required to add users to each machine, and mount directories so they are backed up on the server. By implementing autofs the problem of users' directories is solved. For users, I decided to implement NIS to centralize user administration.

One of the great things about UNIX and Linux is that they were built from the start to be multitasking and multiuser operating systems.

As networking became faster, new additions were done that was also multitasking and multiuser, such as the network file system, or NFS.

RateMyProfessors.comis a web site that allows university students to rate their professors on various metrics anonymously, and write comments about them as well.

This site has come to my attention about two years ago. I found that it is an interesting concept, offering raw unembellished input, and allowing students to have more say about their teachers.

Here are some photos of the glacial potholes at the Rockwood Conservation Area.

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Here are some pictures of Suhaila, Sarah, and myself canoeing at Rockwood Conservation Area. The pictures were taken by friends in another canoe.

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This page contains some photos of the Rockwood Conservation Area scenic features.

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Rockwood is a small village about 15 to 20 minutes east of Guelph, Ontario on Highway 7.

Rockwood Conservation Area is part of the Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA), since the Eramosa River joins with the Speed River, which then joins the Grand River in Cambridge, Ontario.

While canoeing the Rockwood Conservation Area yesterday, we saw a beaver swimming with only the eyes and nostrils visible out of the water.

In early August of 2004, KFC (or PFK, as it is called in Quebec), started a new commercial on television that is really funny.The commercial starts with a young woman pointing to the ground and screaming loudly, as if she saw a monster, a decaying corpse, or something really scary.Then the camera moves to the place she was pointing at, and there we see the horror: a lone fall-colored maple leaf on the ground!Then the commercial goes on to say enjoy a summer meal, ...etc.Later in the commercial, a fall color leaf falls on a young man's shoulde

Top 10 Reasons to Live in British Columbia

1. Weed
2. Vancouver: 1.8 million people and two bridges
3. The local hero is a pot smoking snowboarder
4. The local wine doesn't taste like malt vinegar
5. Your $400,000 Vancouver home is 5 hours from downtown
6. A university with a nude beach
7. You can throw a rock and hit three Starbucks locations
8. If a cop pulls you over, just offer them some of your hash
9. There's always some sort of deforestation protest going on
10. Cannabis