Nobody can hurt you like somebody who knows you. J. Dueck recent post called “Dia Gnosis” is a hand’s on demonstration of that truth.
J. Dueck purpose is to call attention to a common flaw in American Christianity (primarily of the evangelical variety). His form is that of a biblical parable. The result is a devastating Click Here to continue reading.
Brad Setser runs one of my favorite blogs on economics. So I was a little disturbed to see him jump on the “Social Security Trust Fund has lots of assets” bandwagon. My feelings on this score are pretty close those expressed in the Chieftain of Seir’s essay J’accuse (Though I have to say that the Click Here to continue reading.
Olga and Vova Galchenko have been considered the most technically advanced passing team for years. They held the club passing records for 9, 10, 11, and 12 clubs. However, as time went on, Olga and Vova began to go their seperate ways, and their records slipped away. Click Here for more.
Velcro Van (A.K.A J. Dueck) has an article up on his Newsvine site describing how he manages his passwords.
In a nutshell: He uses Keepass to store all of his passwords on a flash drive that he keeps on his key chain.Click Here for more.
I went to New York City once and I have no need to go again. The only things there that I had any use for was the USS Intrepid carrier and riding on the ferry (I was young then, you see). I can’t remember a time in my life when being in even a small Click Here to continue reading.
You’ve probably heard a million rants against DRM (Digtial Rights Management) protected music, software, and hardware. You may have wondered if people were making a big deal out of nothing. Well, they aren’t. This letter I received a few weeks ago is a good example of what could very possibly happen to you if you continue to buy DRM infected files. Click Here to read the letter and my reply.
The Ethereal Land is suffused with the deep despair and the unreal hope that the Chieftain of Seir describes in his essay titled The Aesthetic of Despair. That is why we have chosen to make The Aesthetic of Despair the inaugural essay of our Essay of the Week column.
But rest assured gentle readers; henceforth, we will no longer take essays from the archives of the Chieftain of Seir for the essay of the week column. Most weeks, we expect the Essay of the Week column to highlight the various well written essays that can be found on the World Wide Web.
We say most weeks advisedly. When the Chief writes a new essay we shall probably feel compelled to put it in the Essay of the Week column. He is the publisher of this august publication after all.
Today it was reported to me that Internet Explorer wasn’t displaying the Troll Cave or the Ape Man’s romping grounds correctly. The Troll cave only displayed one screen’s worth of text, and the way she likes to go on, I knew that they wouldn’t let me let it slide. After banging my head against it Click Here to continue reading.
Everybody loves Madeline Vionnet.
Most people will tell you this is because she created the bias.
Some people will be technical enough to say that she was the first to work with fabric cut on the bias, but even that I must confess I am too jaded to believe in it’s entirety. Click Here to continue reading.
It’s been almost a month since the other inhabitants of the Ethereal Land and I set up a private server to test our little project out on, and now we’re finally up and running in public webspace. It’s taken a lot of work on my part setting up back-end stuff, and helping the other’s get their spaces set up the way they wanted, but I’m pretty happy with our start. Click Here for the rest of the announcement.