Author Archives: ehurst

Free Friday

Posted on March 28, 2014 by ehurst

The story is absorbing most of my writing energy right now. I’m up to 12 chapters on AI’s Children and already two people are dead but the single greatest threat to the Brotherhood has been neutralized. That doesn’t mean they … Continue reading →

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Kubuntu Beta 2 Is Here

Posted on March 27, 2014 by ehurst

I’m downloading it using BitTorrent right now. The update was put up sometime today. I went out for a long bike ride and it was waiting when I got back. If you want your copy, go here. This is the … Continue reading →

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Political Dead Ends

Posted on March 26, 2014 by ehurst

My flesh is hesitant to discuss it, but my spirit drives through to the truth: Political activism is downright stupid. Let’s talk reality, dear political activists. If all you want is a slice of the pie, you can get it. … Continue reading →

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Bits & Pieces 15

Posted on March 25, 2014 by ehurst

I really don’t like gatekeepers when it comes to information. I recognize the necessity of paying to get online and that the Internet would not exist without all that expensive hardware. However, the virtual world is itself an entirely different … Continue reading →

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Sample Chapter from AI’s Children

Posted on March 24, 2014 by ehurst

In which I begin forming the nemesis to the children; you need not take seriously what these people believe about themselves. The elder sage pulled him aside in the foyer of the temple academy. Despite the pressing need to catch … Continue reading →

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Taming Kubuntu

Posted on March 23, 2014 by ehurst

Whew! It’s too long to post here on the blog, so I have a draft version in good ol’ HTML here (gone now). Just click the link and you should get a fairly long tutorial. I need feeback. This will … Continue reading →

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Marx, Strauss and Mass Manipulation

Posted on March 23, 2014 by ehurst

What do you say to a man born and raised on the East Coast who is a rabid fan of some West Coast football team? There are a lot more of such people than you might expect. Throughout history it … Continue reading →

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Job 32

Posted on March 22, 2014 by ehurst

People in the Ancient Near East would recognize that most moral questions can be answered differently on different levels. They were untroubled by apparent paradoxes and reversals of good and evil when viewing the exact same issue from different contexts. … Continue reading →

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Saturday Report — 22 March 2014

Posted on March 22, 2014 by ehurst

The second book in The Brotherhood series is taking a little longer to get rolling. The story is more difficult, as I’m trying to spread it among a trio of primary characters and creating some bad guys with more substance. … Continue reading →

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Quantum Privacy

Posted on March 21, 2014 by ehurst

If you render it into a digital format, it’s public domain. When the only thing protecting you is government policy, you have no protection at all. The mere existence of any entity’s access means it will be used and abused. … Continue reading →

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