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I Can Be Suckered, Too

Posted on February 7, 2011 by ehurst

Don’t trust me. Sometimes I’ll believe a lie because it’s close to what I want to believe about someone. I won’t perform due diligence because it strikes me as plausible. Today I posted something on my other blog about syncretism. … Continue reading →

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Settling in the Land Without Words

Posted on December 8, 2010 by ehurst

I am now a settled citizen of the Land Without Words, the higher plane of life and sanity. If you followed me here, and kept track of my explorations, you are now on your own. There’s not much more I … Continue reading →

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Recommended Reading: Chris Floyd

Posted on October 20, 2010 by ehurst

It is not possible, nor desirable, to find another writer who thinks exactly as I do on all things. Better I should seek those who write about stuff I need to read, whose work draws and calls to me from … Continue reading →

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I Still Read Books

Posted on September 12, 2010 by ehurst

Among my computer literate associates, there seems an almost invisible line right around age 30 or so. Those below that line who are serious netizens don’t read books that much. Those older typically do. Right now I’m starting what amounts … Continue reading →

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Yes, OS/2 Still Lives

Posted on May 27, 2010 by ehurst

At the end of the 1980s, I was stationed in the Netherlands with the US Army. Before going there, I didn’t even know we had troops in that country. It was a plum assignment. My ostensible job was Military Policeman, … Continue reading →

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Justified Target of Wrath: Wikipedia

Posted on January 22, 2010 by ehurst

It was a noble idea. Let everyone with an interest be allowed to add their knowledge regarding a topic, and the intelligence of the common man will shine through in creating an online encyclopedia. Let the differing opinions work out … Continue reading →

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Vim for Windows

Posted on November 24, 2009 by ehurst

At first, it was just Cream. I really started liking the extravagant syntax highlighting for my XHTML files. But I never could quite get some of those really off-the-wall keys strokes, even with Cream. Then I spent some time just … Continue reading →

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Interstellar Anthropologist, Part 4: Welcome

Posted on November 11, 2009 by ehurst

For once, he had actually gotten rather bored. It took quite some time before he saw the flying pod again, or one like it — most of a waking cycle and half the following sleep cycle. He noted the unremarkable … Continue reading →

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Opera Browser 10 Unstable on Linux 64-bit

Posted on October 24, 2009 by ehurst

This happens often enough it seems to be trend. I’m not the only one who experiences this. I found complaints on forums at Ubuntu and other Linux distros, as well as the Opera forums. It appears on all sorts of … Continue reading →

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Couldn’t Have Guessed

Posted on October 13, 2009 by ehurst

He never expected to live this long. In the middle of his first century of life, nobody could have guessed how simple it was to remove most of the artificial pollutants. All that business about “natural” nutrients pretty much revolutionized … Continue reading →

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