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Moving to Linux: Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye!

Moving to Linux: Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye!

A no nonsense, easy to use guide for making the switch from Windows to the Linux Desktop.

2005

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Everything in Human Life is Really About Sex, Except…

If you’ve spent any time on the internet-or better yet, in the world of quotable dead authors-you’ve probably come across this gem: “…

Sep 9

Everything in Human Life is Really About Sex, Except…

Sep 9

Can FOSS Bring “Open” to AI?

If I try to trace my roots in Open Source, I’d probably have to go back to my early days in the mid to late 1970s and the time I spent…

May 27

Can FOSS Bring “Open” to AI?

May 27

Naps, Snacks, and Belly Rubs (How I made a music video)

What follows is a song about living life as a dog, which you know (at least in this part of the world) isn’t terribly difficult or taxing…

May 7

Naps, Snacks, and Belly Rubs (How I made a music video)

May 7

We Are Not Doomed! We Are Paladins!

Oh, the humanity…

Apr 30

“The Paladin: Standing Between Darkness (war and death on one side) and Light (our glorious future),” by Marcel Gagné, created with DALL-E

Apr 30

Unusual Eclipse Watching Tips

Over on yon Facebook, there was this list of eclipse watching tips floating about. Some of it was pretty funny and so I reshared the list…

Apr 8

Unusual Eclipse Watching Tips

Apr 8

The Easter Story Explained

Some years back, my youngest son asked me about Easter. What it was all about? More importantly, what’s with all the eggs? Luckily, as a…

Mar 28

The Easter Story Explained

Mar 28

The Problem with “The Three-Body Problem”

I don’t often do reviews, but when I do, they’re not usually in my blog, but they are very opinionated. You have been warned. Okay, so it’s…

Mar 27

The Problem with “The Three-Body Problem”

Mar 27

We Are As Gods

I’ve been reading a fascinating book, “God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning”, written by Meghan…

Feb 26

We Are As Gods

Feb 26

Confusing Religion and Technology

“If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” — Abraham Maslow

Jan 30

Confusing Religion and Technology

Jan 30

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The Modern Scientist

Blame the Tool or Blame the Tool User?

A long time ago and far away, a Captain in the British Army retired from service and moved to an estate near Ballinrobe in Ireland. His…

Jan 23

Blame the Tool or Blame the Tool User?

Jan 23

Marcel Gagné

Marcel Gagné

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Writer and Free Thinker at Large. Ruggedly handsome! Science, Linux, & technology geek. The Cooking With Linux guy. Opinionated. Loves games, food, and wine!

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