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100 Books Every Man Should Read
Today I stumbled upon 100 Books Every Man Should Read↗ via Reddit. It’s a good list. There is only one that I find gut-wrenchingly terrible and a few that …
Introduction
This blog is about literature, technology (mostly Linux), and my experiences as an American living in Prague.
Notes on Honor
Taken from Syntopicon Vol 1 The notions of honor and fame are sometimes used as if their meanings were interchangeable, and sometimes as if each had a distinct …
Rainy Days
When I was a kid, we used to play board games in school on rainy days. I wasn’t yet a chubby kid; that would come later but I had a touch of asthma, …
Some thoughts on ebooks
Let’s start with some price comparisons. The Stand by Stephen King Price New paperback from Amazon Kindle Ebook New paperback from B&N Nook Ebook from …
Resurrection
First the Cylons had it, now this blog has it too. Resurrection in progress. KI4GMX Jason
Shackbox LiveDVD
I found this on KB6NU’s blog (http://kb6nu.com/shackbox/↗) and it looks like it might be an interesting Ubuntu derivative to check out. …
Certifications
On October 17th, I was laid off from what was supposed to be a long term contract at IBM after having previously laid off at another job at a certain ailing …
Ham Tidbit
I was watching Sanctuary on the Scifi Channel and noticed that in one room were a couple of older model Yaesu rigs, some kind of SWR meter that I couldn’t …
An Introduction to GnuPG for Windows
An Introduction to GnuPG for Windows What is it? GnuPG or “GPG” is a free and open source cryptography software package based on the PGP “Pretty Good Privacy” …