Monthly Archives: December 2010

Brief Migration Guide to Ubuntu (Updated)

Posted on December 13, 2010 by ehurst

As promised, here is a brief sketch of what I recommend to Windows refugees who want to migrate to Linux. Update: A better version of this guide can be found here. The following assumes you are fairly competent already with … Continue reading →

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Truth, Compassion and Distrust in America

Posted on December 12, 2010 by ehurst

So the three pillars of Christian Mysticism make me a bad American, it appears. I am committed to Truth, and I recognize no claim upon me by any human agency. This can get long and complicated, but the point is … Continue reading →

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Intuitive Intelligence

Posted on December 11, 2010 by ehurst

A critical element in mysticism is cultivating intuition. Both are commonly dismissed as a lack of intelligence, but this is manifestly itself a lack of intelligence. There is a wealth of study, even in Western human sciences, showing intuition is … Continue reading →

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Serving Linux to the Refugees

Posted on December 9, 2010 by ehurst

It’s all about freedom. What does it take to improve your service to the Kingdom? What can I do to remove unnecessary limitations? I am by no means a Linux evangelist. Some people are better off running Windows, and I … Continue reading →

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Wikileaks and Clarity

Posted on December 9, 2010 by ehurst

As a card-carrying member of the lunatic fringe, I just wanted to gibber a little more about Wikileaks. Apparently Assange made a deal with Israel to let their government agents censor his document troves before publication. Whether they now keep … Continue reading →

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Settling in the Land Without Words

Posted on December 8, 2010 by ehurst

I am now a settled citizen of the Land Without Words, the higher plane of life and sanity. If you followed me here, and kept track of my explorations, you are now on your own. There’s not much more I … Continue reading →

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Making the Prison Tolerable

Posted on December 7, 2010 by ehurst

Yesterday I wrote you cannot package salvation. That’s not to say there is no useful guide to action in helping people get a hint of sanity. There most certainly is a defined course of action on this plane of existence … Continue reading →

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Unpackaged Salvation

Posted on December 6, 2010 by ehurst

I’ve met quite a few folks who wanted to save the world. Some of them are family members. They offer beatific visions of Utopia, an answer to all the ills of world — but of course, only those ills they … Continue reading →

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The State of the Revolution

Posted on December 5, 2010 by ehurst

I am conducting a revolution. I’m not leading one, because I am not aware of anyone following me. I understand I am influencing a handful of folks, but I’m a revolutionary individual, not a revolutionary leader. That’s because the foundation … Continue reading →

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Stumbling Around RHEL 6.0: Printing (Updated)

Posted on December 4, 2010 by ehurst

Way back in the old days of Red Hat, printing was no more difficult than using the supplied RedHat config tool for setting up your LPRng queue. Since the arrival of CUPS, I’ve often felt it continues to be one … Continue reading →

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