As some of you may know, I do my best each week to participate in Crystal “@crredwards” Edwards’ “Manic Monday” activities over on her blog, Aff the fang. So, like a good little participant, I dutifully dropped by this evening to see what twisted idea she came up with for this coming Monday. (Which, interestingly [...]

It’s not a’comin at me, mind you, but it’s still a’comin. Were I anywhere near this thing, I wouldn’t be anywhere near it — I would have evacuated as soon as they said “There’s a hurricaine forming off the coast of Africa.”
However, there are some [enter your own preferred adjective here] souls who elect to stay [...]

It’s not very often that a story I write for LinuxJournal.com’s Breaking News really gets me worked up in a froth. Sure, some of the stories about Microsoft get me worked up a bit — I remember a particular gem about OOXML that had me in a bit of a tizzy — but for the [...]

I picked up this little gem off my news feeds for Linux Journal:

Yes, that is the Vatican gift shop. And yes, that is Linux on that TV screen. There is only one conclusion I can come to:
God is a Linux user.
This confirms everything I’ve believed (and stated excessively in Breaking News) all along.

We’re all familiar with the stereotype of the tinfoil-hatted whackjob proclaiming that the government is beaming subliminal mind control messages into our heads as a part of some nefarious plot. Those of us with at least some hold on our sanity generally dismiss them outright, or perhaps call for the men in white coats.
Apparently, the [...]