So last week I got my Linux server up and running 24x7 on my LAN. I've got it grabbing daily snapshots of my website databases. It's running Apache 2.0, SSH, FTP and Samba successfully. From my main Windows PC, my home directory on the Linux box is my H: drive. So far very cool, and not that difficult for someone who doesn't regularly use Linux.

My next step was to install some Version Control software because I wanted to use this Linux server as a repository for all my documents, source code, databases, etc. I decided on Subversion since I had never used CVS and apparently Subversion is meant to fix some annoyances in CVS...I read through the first couple chapters in the free O'Reilly Subversion book and most of the Administration chapter...OK, another something I can put on my resume, I guess - let's do it. Read the rest of this entry ...

I came across Kyle Wilson's excellent web page/blog today. There are a lot of good little articles on there about game design, stuff that I generally find intriguing/exciting. I enjoyed his articles on an Object Registry and Data-Driven Design. What's interesting is that he apparently works for Day 1 Studios (with locations in downtown Chicago and Sparks, Maryland - I'm guessing this guy is in Maryland). Anyway, I'm going to make sure I read each and every one of his articles because this guy is doing exactly what I wish I was doing so he is now officially my hero.

He also wrote a brief article on GDC 2004 so I was able to read up on what the conference was like last year. I think Rob and I are going to try and write something similar about the Expo side of things this year (28 days and counting!).

He also linked to an excellent article about the many forms of software development from the always-interesting Joel Spolsky which I enjoyed.