Seems it’s time to get serious about raising the bar on my tech skills - particularly syadmin ones.

This month some things on the shopping list are:

1. Improve my text editing skills in Vim with Smylers’ power usage tips and vim creator Moolenaar’s "7 habits of effective Vim"
2.  Get a LOT more familiar with Linux shell utilities like sed and grep
3. Learn how to use the Linux/UNIX make utility
4. Make my own Ubuntu packages for cooler Moodle deployment and, for good measure
5. Build and deploy some Ubuntu server appliances for VMWare using JeOS

Buckle your seat, Dorothy, cos Kansas is going bye-bye!