technology

Upgrading Ubuntu

September 10, 2010

I upgraded my computer operating system this week. On one of my computers I run the Linux distro Ubuntu. I have been using Ubuntu for a number of years, and I have been very happy with it. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to rehabilitate an old computer—for free—to be used as [...]

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My Muse

September 5, 2009

The alternate title for this is “My Literary Output” because of late my output has been comparable to this. I found this Royal Typewriter while walking down by the creek. I was greatly amused, not only to find an old typewriter, but in pondering and imagining how it ended up sitting on the bank of [...]

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Facing Facebook

August 28, 2009

This week I opened a Facebook(1) account, and I’m feeling a bit uncertain about it. I avoided doing this for a long time. Typically I don’t sign up for an account with a website without a reason–I dislike randomly handing out my e-mail address. In particular I shy away from “social” or “social-networking” websites. I [...]

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