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Backup Static Site Hosting (Updated)

Tonight my static website (soulkiln.org) is unavailable. This is the first time this has happened, as far as I know, in several years since starting that site. I have no complaints whatsoever against the fellow who provides the hosting of … Continue reading

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Building Dillo on Ubuntu Lucid

Dillo is one of those niche projects which has always added something I need. Fast is good, but the primary reason I want it is that compromise between Lynx and friends, and the more graphical mouse-able interface. Given too many … Continue reading

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Holy Ghost Christian Mystic

I’m a Christian Mystic. That’s not so much about what I believe as how I derive my beliefs. I take the mystical path of receiving a direct communion with God Himself, the light of revelation and power to act in … Continue reading

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Controlled Opposition

It’s an established label: “controlled opposition.” While not exactly the old Hegelian Dialectic, it is equally sinister. How can you tell when one of your favorite sources of news and commentary is actually a fake? How do you know when … Continue reading

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Operation Payback Is about Morals

You can read the manifesto of Operation Payback. Don’t pretend you can’t understand, or that the tiny handful of incidents they cite are insufficient justification. They are examples of a massive and unacceptable trend altogether consistent with the current global … Continue reading

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Curmudgeon on RHEL 6.0 Beta 2

I’ve lived long enough to know my own answer to most questions. I can afford to ignore progress in some areas because some things will never get any better — not really. Over the past year I’ve tested a wide … Continue reading

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Liberally Non-Liberal

I read a lot of lefty news sites. They have a lot less intrusive and stupid advertising than the righties. But I don’t believe the lefties any better than I do the righties. To restate what I say often: Until … Continue reading

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Lynx Web Browser on Win7 (Updated)

This post is a couple years old still getting lots of hits. I now recommend you move the installation within your own Documents folder and work from there. You’ll have to change the paths below to match that, but you’ll … Continue reading

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A Virtual Community of Faith

Nobody is more anxious to avoid creating yet-one-more church denomination than me. The last thing I want is a personal empire, a little kingdom over which to reign. With all my ranting about how wrong it is to do things … Continue reading

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Facebook: Virtualizing the Soul

As we watch the death throes of Western Civilization, certain symptoms manifest prominently. As the electronic mesh expands and thickens, with fatter pipes and richer content, so does the shallowness of each connection within the mesh. We can surely speed … Continue reading

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