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New Article Added to Permanent Archive

Posted on April 17, 2011 by ehurst

On my static website I posted a rewrite of my two posts regarding the Game Theory Model of Socio-Sexual Relations– Spiritual Manhood: Character Is Holiness.

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Introducing MAFIAA Fire Firefox Addon

Posted on April 15, 2011 by ehurst

As noted here previously, I firmly believe under God’s Laws once any media, text or software has been rendered in a digital format, and become accessible in any way via the Internet, no copyright can apply. Yes, the digital world … Continue reading →

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Rampant Deception

Posted on March 24, 2011 by ehurst

The officials and news outlets have been steadily lying to us about the danger from the nuclear reactors in Japan. The idea was to protect GE’s stock, since they designed and built these failing reactors. The US government has been … Continue reading →

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While You Were Distracted by Japan’s Quakes

Posted on March 14, 2011 by ehurst

Things are cooking on the Internet, regarding the Internet itself. On the blogging front, we have a significant miscarriage of justice in Minnesota. On Friday, a Minnesota jury found that a blogger must pay $60,000 in damages because of statements … Continue reading →

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The Problem with Video Games

Posted on March 2, 2011 by ehurst

The real problem with video games is they tend to cripple human intelligence in players. It’s nothing new to taste the brouhaha over tenuous links between video games and violence. Someone with an ax to grind notes video games are … Continue reading →

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Debian Squeeze: Browser Wars

Posted on February 20, 2011 by ehurst

All browsers suck. Some suck less than others, but none of them are actually good. (Note the sarcasm warning.) I’ve been testing and tweaking the various graphical browsers available for Debian Squeeze: Iceweasel, Epiphany, Iceape, Opera and Google Chrome. The … Continue reading →

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Basic Computer Help Service

Posted on February 16, 2011 by ehurst

This is an outline of what I do when people bring me a computer which isn’t working properly. Aside from undoing mistakes and diagnosing hardware failures, most of it consists of cleaning up the operating system. There are no secrets … Continue reading →

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Blocking Animated GIF Images with User CSS (Updated)

Posted on February 15, 2011 by ehurst

Warning: The instructions here are obsolete in that Blink (the engine underneath Chrome) does not support user style sheets. If you find animations a problem, the single best solution is to use Slimjet, an alternative browser built on Blink/Chrome. In … Continue reading →

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Simplicity of Madness

Posted on February 13, 2011 by ehurst

If you want simple answers, you shouldn’t be reading my blog. While I do try my best to make certain aspects of Linux simpler and less mysterious, I can’t do that with reality in general. However, I can save you … Continue reading →

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Don’t Use Google Chrome Browser on Linux (Updated)

Posted on February 12, 2011 by ehurst

Update: After more research, this whole issue turns on the lack of code in the Webkit engine to support stopping animated GIFs. I always included the Chrome extension “Pause! Pause! Pause!” because I cannot read text on a page when … Continue reading →

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