Hawaii backs off OER requirement over academic freedom concerns

Legislators rewrite bill that originally required use of freely accessible educational materials, amid criticism that legislation would have infringed academic freedom and harmed, not helped, the open-access movement.

OER mandate overturned in Hawaii amid concern about infringement of academic freedom https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/02/27/oer-mandate-overturned-hawaii-amid-concern-about-infringement-academic-freedom

The bill would have required use of OER at no cost to students but didn’t include funding for creation of open materials or consider whether or not OER is appropriate in every situation.

Installation of Lemur Certificate Manager on Ubuntu :: HowtoForge

Installation of Lemur Certificate Manager on Ubuntu :: HowtoForge https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/installation-and-usage-of-lemur-certificate-manager-on-ubuntu/

Apache OpenWhisk is a serverless, open source cloud platform


An open source platform for serverless, event-driven code at any scale. We handle the infrastructure & servers so you can focus on building amazing things.

Source: Apache OpenWhisk is a serverless, open source cloud platform

This interesting, as the whole serverless idea catches on.

Lifehacker: Here’s What’s Coming and Going From Netflix in March 2018

Lifehacker: Here’s What’s Coming and Going From Netflix in March 2018. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw1aPW4jc

How to Install and Use Netdata Performance Monitoring Tool on Debian 9

How to Install and Use Netdata Performance Monitoring Tool on Debian 9 https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/how-to-install-and-use-netdata-performance-monitoring-tool-on-debian-9/

My Twitter Digest for 02/17/2018

My Twitter Digest for 02/16/2018

Tulip mania: the classic story of a Dutch financial bubble is mostly wrong

Tulip mania: the classic story of a Dutch financial bubble is mostly wrong http://theconversation.com/tulip-mania-the-classic-story-of-a-dutch-financial-bubble-is-mostly-wrong-91413