Tag Archives: computers

Moving from Windows

Posted on March 19, 2014 by ehurst

After some feedback from users who are migrating from Windows to Linux, I realize XFCE probably isn’t the best choice for most of them. So after a little chatter here with someone about my various desktop concerns, I think I’ll … Continue reading →

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Information Activist

Posted on March 18, 2014 by ehurst

We could characterize the US Constitution’s 1st Amendment as: freedom of conscience, freedom of expression, freedom to assemble and express your conscience. The convention delegates didn’t use those terms because they were facing contextual problems that seemed more pressing than … Continue reading →

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Quantum Resistance

Posted on March 15, 2014 by ehurst

The Enemy wants control. He gets it by suckering us through our vices. Rarely does anyone have to worry about an attack unless they are already inside the Enemy’s camp. What we have to do is resist our weaknesses and … Continue reading →

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Virtual Activist

Posted on March 13, 2014 by ehurst

There is no place for absolutism in this world. I’ve already stated often enough that I am not a political activist of any stripe. It’s not that my actions have no political meaning, but politics is never the point. The … Continue reading →

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AI’s Minion Published

Posted on March 9, 2014 by ehurst

The first in a series about The Brotherhood, a secretive benign organization that shows up in Tales of Mystical Romance in the story about REZ. It’s also background for The Chronicles of Misty. It’s published now and this is the … Continue reading →

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Whew! Done

Posted on March 6, 2014 by ehurst

I didn’t post earlier because I was close to finishing the first book in the new series, AI’s Minion. Now the story is done and I’ve run through making the first continuity checks. Tomorrow I start advanced formatting for Smashwords … Continue reading →

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Fanboy Folly

Posted on January 26, 2014 by ehurst

Computers are just a tool, not the prime mover of human future. If we could stuff a soft, fat rubber ball in the mouths of the world’s mindless fanboys, the silence would be suddenly deafening. That includes the vast majority … Continue reading →

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GUI Races (Updated)

Posted on January 22, 2014 by ehurst

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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Death of the Internet Revisited

Posted on January 19, 2014 by ehurst

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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VMs: Best of Both Worlds

Posted on January 16, 2014 by ehurst

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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