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Monthly Archives: October 2009
The False Security of Bureaucracy
Bureaucracy is a necessary part of a complex society such as ours. To administer programs, whether publicly or privately, requires a lot of record-keeping and implementation of elaborate policies. The problem is that bureaucracies have an easier time growing than … Continue reading
Posted in Social issues
Tagged bureaucracy, cruft, dead code, false security, inspection, normalcy, paranoia, terrorism, TSA
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Bad BIOS!
In my quest to get my motherboard (Gigabyte S-series GA-MA790FX-DS5) to wake-on-LAN, I tried upgrading the BIOS from Gigabyte’s download site from version F6 to version F8F. Bad idea! After the upgrade, the system would sometimes reboot spontaneously. This seemed … Continue reading
Looking back on a marriage
Music I heard with you was more than music / And bread I broke with you was more than bread Thus did Hugh Franklin propose to Madeleine L’Engle, beginning the union chronicled in Two-Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage, … Continue reading
What’s in a marriage?
We just returned from our first wedding since we ourselves got married a year ago. The groom and bride are pretty awesome people: geeks, fans of the outdoors, interesting and engaged in the world. We were glad to be part … Continue reading
Posted in Knox, Optimism
Tagged committment, community, love, marriage, partnership, vows
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Short Story Delight
Sometimes I get so caught up on things I have to do or want to do that I forget to read. When I do read, I seem to be turning more to non-fiction than anything else (who would have guessed?), … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Lifestyle
Tagged Arthur Miller, book, fiction, library, Michael Chabon, non-fiction, short story
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