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The Vacation Continues

Back when I was first sent to my assigned military duty station in the Netherlands, I spent a week shadowing my supervisor. He and another sergeant were chatting about taking in a volksmarch later that day. The other fellow said, … Continue reading

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Computer Pastor Message

This is a really good time to make sure you have backups of all your important files. In fact, it’s not a bad idea to back up the whole system every week if you can afford the external storage space. … Continue reading

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Closer Is Better

Here at Kiln of the Soul virtual parish, there are several things your pastor emphasizes. I start from the position that God has called me. Then I lay out the things He has called me to share. You are quite … Continue reading

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Linux Laptop

Walk the talk; live by your heart. All operating systems suck. Some are worse than others, but it really depends on how you use it. I tend to favor Debian Linux as the least painful for what I do. If … Continue reading

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The Usual Stupid Nattering about Computers

There is some vague possibility some folks might find this useful… The other day I hauled out my Win7 laptop to complete formatting before submitting my book to the publisher. It had a copy of Word 2003, the last version … Continue reading

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Profound Sense of Peace

Don’t ask me how I got this way, but it’s been following me around for longer than a week. That’s in spite of some weird behavior from WordPress. I was unable to login for a while, then got the newer … Continue reading

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Persistence

More clowning for you. I’m not the sharpest guy. At least, not in the sense of being really quick. Sometimes my creativity will make it seem so, but I’m really not that fast. The honest truth is, if I haven’t … Continue reading

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Updated Migration Considerations

Background: I’ve helped a few folks migrate from Windows to Linux. The reasons vary, but most of them were simply tired of having to fight the malware or instability issues. One client was concerned purely with high security and personal … Continue reading

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Secure Email Communications

As previously noted, I don’t anticipate actually needing encrypted communications for myself. However, some of you may see a need, or other folks may come into my world feeling the need. Encryption is touted as primarily a means of digital … Continue reading

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Laptop Oops

Well, that was a real disappointment. Just when I thought I had everything as I wanted it, Debian began puking on me. Wifi wouldn’t work consistently and the machine crashed three times in one day. In other words, it wasn’t … Continue reading

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