Tony Yarusso's Blog

So like we did for 7.10, with the 8.04 release of Ubuntu the Minnesota (USA) LoCo gathered contact information for various local media outlets, and I sent them all a note about the release, Ubuntu itself, and our release party. As a result, I actually got a response, from Jon Gordon of National Public Radio (NPR).

So I went to my Senate District's convention on Saturday, and while I was there had a chance to talk to a couple of politicians about OpenDocument in governement and open source in government and schools. While the responses were fairly predictable given the environment, I thought I'd share some of my observations.

Today more than ever before the people of the United States agree that national security is of great concern, and with the prospect and opportunity of electing a new president looming, many are looking very closely at how the candidates compare on that particular issue. With that in mind, here are five key reasons why Barack Obama is the strongest candidate in the race when it comes to protecting our national security.

As a followup to my previous post about the show, I am pleased - nay, ecstatic - to point out that CBS has the following notice on their web site:

Mark your calendars: new episodes of THE BIG BANG THEORY return on March 17 in a new time slot: Mondays at 8pm et/pt.

Consider it marked! You can't leave us hanging much longer!

So I attended my party's local caucus for the first time tonight, and in addition to concluding that our process is highly wacky and inefficient (and not making nearly enough use of electronic resources). However, in addition to that made use of the form provided on the back of our agendas for the purpose of submitting resolutions. I drafted one supporting the mandation of open standards for the file formats of government documents, such as is already law in Massachussetts, which was passed by my precinct (Minnesota's SD54P3).