thing's I've learned about
- from presentations
- about java graphics
- basics of Open VPN
- IBM z/os basics
- how to use GPG and why it's useful
- the basics of port knocking
- the basics of Xen
- what a honeypot is and how they are used
- how TOR works
- how to use LaTeX
- what ruby is and what it can be used for
- from the freecompute project
- how to write a (semi)formal project proposal
- the basics of grid and cluster computing
- about the various grid/cluster systems in existence (open source and proprietary) and their individual characteristics
- from the honeynet project
- the use of sebek on a honeynet
- about packet limiting
- how to replicate a virtual filesystem using PHP
- from the video tutorial project
- open source screen recording software
- existing video tutorials (very small number of good ones)
- existing non-video tutorials
- the ammount of work that goes into writing a good tutorial
- from helping to set up the blade center
- the main components of the blade center (fan unit, power unit, blades, etc.)
- how to insert the components of the blades (processor, ram, etc.)