Never in a million years would I have believed that y'all would want me to talk about agnostic software. Oh, my goodness. I could talk Tech until the proverbial cows finally come home. I didn't really think there would be an audience for that, here on Life as a Parent, but it would seem I have sorely underestimated my readership. Oi.Mea Culpa!
Agnostic Software
At work I am in what is known as a Working Group (alas, I am in several working groups) which is researching what logging software would it be advantageous for my employer to buy and use, and support, in an institutional environment. "Institutional" could also be thought of as and enterprise environment.
What is "logging software," you ask? Well, think of software that logs whenever you, or Joe, or Jane logs in, and from where (if remote), and for how long. Consider logging all software errors, all hardware errors, or the starting and restarting certain processes. Consider security - How many times has a remote source tried to access a port, or log in to a host, from what IP address did it originate? When and for how long?
So, we're looking at many kinds of application software. Ideally we'd like the application to be platform agnostic. Here is one definition:
A software program that will run on any computer operating system, such as Acrobat Reader.
So, being an agnostic program means that the program doesn't care what kind of host it is getting its input from: Windoze, Linux, SunOS, IRIX or MacOS, or a Sinclair or Osborne computer (Does anyone, besides me, know what a Sinclair or Osborne is? And - no cheating! Don't you dare Google it and tell me you knew!). An agnostic application doesn't owe an allegiance to any operating system whatsoever. Well, that's never really quite the case, but some applications come closer to that ideal than others. And, in a heterogenous environment, this granularity can be very important to what is commonly referred to as the bottom line.
So... the bottom line is that we're looking at an application called, Splunk. It is actually quite impressive, if you're in-to that sort of thing (yes, I am, geek nerd that I am). It seems to be somewhat agnostic - no god complex whatsoever. Who woulda thunk it?
Here's the Sinclair
(circa 1981)
(also circa 1981)
Dowels Under Construction
My most fave tool of choice is the Compound Miter Saw that Kandy gave me for Christmas three years ago. It was the best construction present I have ever received. God I love it. Here it is, all cleaned up and put away, after the cutting of the dowels.
The fruit of my labors became the Megan's project to build the Little House on the Prairie:
Kandy & Megan at work. Team-work - that's what I'm talkin' about!
Creating a rocky border:
Putting moss on the roof:
And there you have it. It now resides in the school library, where I'm sure it is garning ooh's and ahhh's (as well it should).
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