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God Blows the Whistle

This should be an easy doctrine to absorb: Be sure your sins will find you out. This goes all the way back to the Garden of Eden when God characterized the unjust bloodshed of Abel as crying out to Him … Continue reading

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Unboring Saturday

No riding today. Not that I don’t feel energetic enough, but it’s feaking hot and it requires exceptional energy to face heat on long bike rides over the hills out here. So I settled for slapping on a knee brace … Continue reading

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Outline: KDE on Debian 8

This is just an outline, not a full detailed explanation. I still consider XFCE the best desktop, but it is quite demanding on users migrating from Windows if you don’t have an acquaintance with the Unix approach to computers. KDE … Continue reading

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More Debian Coaxing

In response to an offline query — Folks in general are reluctant to learn about computer security. For all our reliance on computer technology, our society is amazingly ignorant of it. Indeed, you can sense a vast undercurrent of resistance … Continue reading

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Refresh: I Recommend Debian

While I still believe that CentOS with all it’s locked down design is best for the average home/home-office user, it’s too confining for someone like me. Thus, I run Debian on all of my systems. On newer laptops, in particular, … Continue reading

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Terminal Notes

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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The Confusion Is on Our End

God is not silent, but His voice can be hard to discern. We can’t turn back the tides of human civilization. God allows certain things to go in certain directions according to His own inscrutable and ineffable plans. However, He … Continue reading

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Controlling Obsession to Control

Obsessions enslave us. It’s a direct insult to God — poking Him in the eye — when you seek control over things He said were His to control. That goes for weather, climate and the earth in general. We aren’t … Continue reading

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Fukushima: Not Much You Can Do

If you bother to read this blog, one of the basic concepts you have to tolerate is the biblical doctrine of the Fall. Not so much the traditional Western Christian view of it, but you have to understand that our … Continue reading

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Compsec: Proof of What We Suspected

Maybe I was a little slow, but at some point I realized that digital security never was, for the most part. We who work or play in the field of computer security (CompSec) have been trading stories of government intrusion … Continue reading

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