Tag Archives: mac

Until I Die

Posted on May 28, 2024 by ehurst

Standard caveat: This is not prophecy. What follows is merely my best understanding of what my convictions indicate I will experience in the days ahead. These are my plans based on rather fuzzy expectations. Your mileage may vary. We will … Continue reading →

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VA Policy: Access Denied Veterans Running Linux

Posted on June 29, 2017 by ehurst

Can I get some help from someone with more expertise? I can code HTML on the fly, but I don’t mess with scripting; I have no use for it. Yes, I know my blogs have scripting, but someone else handles … Continue reading →

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Cyber Warfare

Posted on September 12, 2015 by ehurst

Standard disclaimer: I’m not an expert in computer technology. I’m just farther down the road than a lot of folks who find they have to learn something about computers simply because they use them so much. Most people refuse to … Continue reading →

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Terminal Notes

Posted on July 13, 2015 by ehurst

The title is merely my dark sense of humor: I’m making some necessary adjustments in my computer ministry. I’ll help you with Win7 and Vista. I’ll give you some limited help with Win8. I’ll help you a lot with running … 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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Moral Accountability

Posted on November 28, 2012 by ehurst

Accountability is the eternal question; it can be addressed from many angles. My faith asserts we are all accountable to God. If there is one thing I will seek verbally in holding your feet to the fire, this is it. … Continue reading →

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Work and Play on the Computer

Posted on November 9, 2011 by ehurst

Much discussion and gnashing of teeth over at Slashdot on Do We Really Hate All New GUIs? Yes, we do. That is, unless our only contact with computers is as phones and tablets, which is apparently now the majority. So … Continue reading →

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Silly Disputes over Jobs and Apple

Posted on October 10, 2011 by ehurst

Go ahead and use your favorite search engine. You’ll find many tributes to Steve Jobs, and a growing number of slams. Dig a little deeper, and you’ll see a somewhat finer division among the tributes. Most say he did big … Continue reading →

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Customer Is Not Always Right

Posted on April 24, 2010 by ehurst

The other half of my complaint — too much of Open Source is so developer centric it can quickly become anti-user — is sometimes the user wants the wrong thing. But it’s not so easy to untangle this mess, since … Continue reading →

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No, I Don’t Hate Linux Now

Posted on February 18, 2010 by ehurst

A few questions I’ve gotten privately seem to call for a generalized response to save time. I don’t hate Linux or BSD. Actually, I still love Linux — on the CLI. Indeed, I’m currently negotiating a trade for an old … Continue reading →

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