The Road Back Is Long

During my youth in Anchorage, AK, I discovered running. Like most kids, I resented what the coaches made us do in school. In my case, I was fat and lazy in the first place. High school PE was just about tolerable, but one semester the new coach decided we could take advantage of our school [...]

WOD Is a Fraud

For just about a year of my life, I drove a taxi cab in OKC at night. That was some 16 years ago before it became dangerous. I got robbed once, and assaulted twice. By God’s grace, I never got hurt, because neither assault was effective, and in the end I got double my money [...]

Recommended Video: The Day the Dollar Falls

I’m watching the video series hosted on YouTube called, “The Day the Dollar Falls.” It was produced in 2005, based on what were then the assumptions regarding a plausible scenario: What happens over a 24 hour period if the US dollar collapses?
Since it can be hard to follow, I’m recommending you watch the series by [...]

Whitelining

From Henney Road, I looked west across the open sand pit. On the far side, heavy forestation provided a dark background against which I could see curtains of heavy mist blowing back the direction I had come. This was what was blowing into my face as I chugged up the hill to SE 15th Street.
Both [...]

The PC and Net Are Dead

Let me define the terms here. PC refers in this context to the consumer devices not related to employment. That’s the home computer you buy for kids’ games, email, surfing, etc. Even if you use it for banking and taxes, as long as it’s not essential for a job, it is the subject of the [...]

Cranky Old Bozo Computer User

I can accept that label. So while one of the comments I got on a previous post called me a “bozo” I wasn’t offended. The problem is the comment was merely that one word, with no qualifying explanation. It’s a waste of time to do that.
As I often tell people, I don’t take myself that [...]

Etch Is Still Better

I’m not sure why, but after testing Lenny several different ways, Etch is still better. In fact, Lenny is downright inferior.
After messing around with Ubuntus, Lenny, then Win2K, then XP, then openSUSE 10.3, I’m back to Etch. I just found out the other day it’s still being supported under the Debian scheme of “old-stable.” The [...]

Forcing Smuggling

I’ve noted before the current trend in federal government is to restrict what’s good and ignore what’s dangerous. The obvious reason is that’s where the money goes. A primary example is the FDA. The people running that show are paid by drug companies not regulate them, but to go after the competition, namely, natural remedies.
Bill [...]

Does It Take Unplugging?

I really don’t know who Wayne Porter is, but some network security people I read do. Apparently he took a sabbatical from the Net for about 6 months, and learned a bit from it.
I’m puzzled. Did it really require such a complete withdrawal to become more human? “Technology should serve people, not people serving [...]

Loop A: Breath-taking

Literally. Today was the maiden run on Loop A of the Trail. It was all I hoped it would be, plus much harder than I expected.
Previously, I had been risking somewhat the rule about the forbidden zone by taking an old, well-used four-wheeler trail on the far east side of this particular fallow property. Right [...]