Category Archives: Personal

Another MLK Day

Actually this entry is sort of bogus since I’m writing it on my staging server. I haven’t yet finished adjusting my new installation of MT3.2 but, I wanted to mark the passing of this day. As stated before, it’s a … Continue reading

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Milk

If I were wise, I would have drunk the Kool-Aid at Microsoft years ago and taken their offer of full employment. But I didn’t. At the time, it didn’t feel right and I was just leery of commitment. That was … Continue reading

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We'll muddle through

After swapping out the power supply and CPU fan with higher quality models, one of my desktops is finally quiet enough to contribute to the SETI at Home. This project is a small way I can contribute to science without … Continue reading

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Gaming conventions

At the behest and cajolery of various friends, I’ve been attending the Dragonflight gaming convention these last few years and, I plan to go again tomorrow afternoon. I’ve playing RPGs for many years, ever since discovering them back in high … Continue reading

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Some hobbies require a lot of work

When I know exactly what to do, I am pretty good at doing something. People have commented on how intense I am when I’m focused on something. This is odd because at the same time, I’m a lazy bastard. What … Continue reading

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Atheism is not for everybody

I think it takes a certain level of sophistication and maturity to be an atheist, a willingness to accept that meaning and purpose are entirely artificial, to take responsibility for the consequences of inventing meaning and purpose, a braveness to … Continue reading

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Time wasted on vitalism

Living things are complex machines. The mind is a process that occurs with the machine of the brain. There is no magical life substance or mind substance. There is no division between life and death, mind and mindlessness. It’s all … Continue reading

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Should I shut this thing down?

The trouble with writing things here is that I want to use it for at least three different purposes: As a lab notebook for web design, XML and such. Vague thoughts of the future of technology and society. I suppose … Continue reading

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day

"Don’t let anybody make you think God chose America as his divine messianic force to be a sort of policeman of the whole world. God has a way of standing before the nations with justice and it seems I can … Continue reading

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Walking to buy cereal in the morning.

The last few entries were sort of environmental downers. I still stick by them though. In my most ridiculous daydreams, I imagine all of humanity forcibly relocated to space colonies made out of ferrous asteroids. The Earth could then be … Continue reading

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