Monthly Archives: January 2014

GUI Races (Updated)

I’m watching. The current trend in computer user interface is racing up a dead end street. I could be entirely wrong about this, but we’ll see. I am certain the current leadership in development projects are almost uniformly stupid about … Continue reading

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Otherworldly Agenda

You must understand this: The US government treats its own people as the single greatest threat. We are the enemy. You can find benevolent individuals serving in the US government bureaucracy, but the overall trend is hatred for the citizenry. … Continue reading

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Sickness Post-mortem

I’m still feeling crappy. Intermittent fever and sinus allergies have ruled the last couple of days for me. This morning I thought it was all gone after such a hard sleep, but it came back. So I took a good … Continue reading

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Death of the Internet Revisited

This builds on a previous blog post, Death of the Internet? The surge in smartphone and tablet computing is not entirely consumer directed. It is in part the result of long hopes and dreams held by plutocrats everywhere. The Internet, … Continue reading

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An Occurance at the Gym

I’m feeling crappy today, though hardly so bad as others who went through the same URI before me here. Right now it’s a little hard to think, but I’ll try. For the first time in a very long time, someone … Continue reading

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Short Clarification on Shepherding

I call myself an Internet Pastor. The term “pastor” is a synonym for shepherd, but carries a lot cultural and social baggage that really isn’t appropriate. Were I more precise with biblical terminology, I would use the label Internet Elder. … Continue reading

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VMs: Best of Both Worlds

I admit it: I really get more work done on Windows 7, so that’s what I run on my primary machines. The integration with the hardware simply cannot be matched in Linux and it’s almost boring how things keep working … Continue reading

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Your Feelings; Your Problem

Human emotions are the most unreliable indicator this world can offer. Our single greatest moral duty is obeying divine justice. That moral justice does not include a duty to consider someone’s feelings. You have no duty at all to my … Continue reading

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Death of the Internet?

What will an Internet Pastor do when there’s no Internet? So we have yet another prognostication that the end of the Internet is nigh. Of course, as with all things future, we can see some of the current trends, but … Continue reading

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An End Is Near

Virtual, de facto, or plainly literal — it makes no difference. God reads the hearts of men. While His actions may seem slow on the human scale, He does not necessarily wait for men to act before He pronounces judgment. … Continue reading

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