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A busy weekend, first a party all day Saturday, then had to get up very early at 6 the next day to assist local field day activities, so i wound up not sleeping (they needed me to bring stuff). in other words, i was awake for over 24 hours. finally caught up though yesterday, and [...]

Many years ago there was a commercial for broadband in which someone reached “the end of the Internet” and was told to press the back button – offering the opportunities of a broadband connection when compared to dial-up. But now it seems we are really reaching the end. Governments around the world are censoring and [...]

Over the years I have come to the conclusion that there are a handful of issues which are neither discussed, debated, nor opposed by both politicians and the mainstream media. This is regardless of political party, ideology, columnist, or pundit – there seems to be a few things which are unanimously supported and if they [...]

There’s been a lot in the news lately about how the Tea Party conservatives, like many libertarians, are fans of Ayn Rand’s works. Others, especially left-wing mainstream media outlets and (rightfully) concerned Christians, are pointing out the incompatibilities between Religious Right Christianity and Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism. Ayn Rand’s belief in free markets has motivated many [...]

Just put together a new computer and am very happy with it. I also managed to buy a “new” copy of Win XP Pro Retail from Amazon. With XP having become a valuable gem since its discontinuation by Microsoft, I’m happy to have two retail copies, one home and one pro. We also just got [...]

You know, you look back at stuff, and you sensate some of it, and then you realize, “That wasn’t so bad, it was actually pretty cool!” Of what you remember anyway, you tend to not remember what you don’t want to, though it occasionally returns to you in ugly exaggerated forms. Four different worlds you’ve [...]