There she goes, my beautiful world
…And the lack thereof.
I’ve recently set up a local server on a Beaglebone Black, which is a credit-card sized computer with a 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor. I’m using it as a cloud server to sync my calendar and contacts, having moved the ownCloud instance (mentioned the other day) from my hosted VPS to my local network.
I created a self-signed certificate authority and an SSL cert for the server and discovered that, contrary to most of my experience running … Read the rest
I finally got sick and tired of the sync dance with Apple and Google not wanting to talk to one another. I use a Mac but I also have an iPad and since recently I now have an Android phone. I had been syncing with iCloud and a long time ago I imported all my contacts into Google, but I haven’t had sync on that for quite a while.
After tearing my hair out trying to come up with a way … Read the rest
I like Omnifocus1 a lot. I can’t say that I’ve mastered it to the point where it has fully become a trusted repository for my tasks, but it is useful for keeping track of the things I have to do. The new version looks great. I got the demo version to test out before buying the upgrade and it is a big improvement. The price tag is somewhat high but in my opinion it’s a worthwhile upgrade.
So why … Read the rest
An early version of this story referred to Sabine Parish as Sabish Parish. Monochromatic Outlook regrets the error.
There has been a little controversy over the case of Lane v Sabine Parish and the question of whether a teacher telling a kid that his family’s religion is «stupid» is unconstitutional. One side says the Constitution provides «separation of church and state» (words which do not appear in the Constitution) and the other side says that the idea of such separation has … Read the rest
I’ve been wanting RonPaulCoin(RPC) for some time. I’m not bullish on the currency, in fact, I think it’s a bad idea. Naming a currency after a personality, especially a living one (Teslacoin could be kind of cool) is a terrible idea. But especially because Ron Paul is such an anti-fiat-currency goldbug, I thought it would be funny to have one RonPaulCoin.
Back when RonPaulCoin was trading around $18 it was too much, even for the novelty. I … Read the rest
I couldn’t make this up: unarmed man is charged for shooting spree.
It seems clear that we can no longer stand by as a nation while our friends and neighbors are slaughtered by the menace of unarmed people. I call on Congress to immediately draft legislation requiring:
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Updated 2021. Originally posted 2013
There has been a lot of talk lately about the minimum wage and how it ought to be raised. It has been claimed that minimum wage workers are making less now than ever and that the nation is in a critical race to the bottom where workers on the low end of the spectrum are getting squeezed harder and harder.
This raises the question of the historical minimum wage in … Read the rest
Here’s a fun game you can play with all your friends. It’s your sci-fi movie character name! Here’s how it’s done:
Take your mother’s maiden name. That’s your character’s first name. Then for the last name take your online banking password and stick the last four digits of your Social Security number on the end.
I am Tanaka Sycamore7599!1
Wasn’t that fun?2
BONUS Anyone who replies with information which contradicts any part of your repost is a partisan shill for the other party. Anyone who has done actual … Read the rest
Dear atheists;
You’ve made a big deal about how silly religion is. You’ve called the rest of us foolish for teaching kids about the Power who watches our every move and evaluates whether our thoughts are decent or diabolical. You rolled your eyes when we talked about the Power who grants us wishes when we offer adequate flattery and who punishes us capriciously for perceived disloyalty. You said we were brainwashing our children to tell them about the Power who … Read the rest