Posted in Basic Ideology on Oct 15th, 2009
What is Ideology? In the simplest of terms, ideology is the study of ideas. In the previous philosophical series, Developmental Theology 089, we talked about very basic ideas that can help develop an open mind, and teach us how to create our own philosophical views, overlooking prior prejudices. You can read the entire Developmental Theology [...]
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Posted in Basic Ideology on Oct 6th, 2009
When I asked the community for an inside view of Humanism, I never expected to get such a rich and detailed version like the one Ryan provided for our last lesson. In this lesson, we’ll talk about Humanism, using the information that is generally available across the net, and some of the remarks Ryan made. [...]
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Posted in fiction, The Cost of Magic on Mar 14th, 2009
This is the 25th section of my novel. If you haven’t read the first 24, you might want to start here. Delirium —- When Minus opened his eyes again, it was raining hard and he was soaking wet. He heard a voice say, “You’re almost there, boy.†When he looking around he could find no [...]
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Posted in Developmental Theology on Apr 19th, 2008
A shaman’s duty is to build a family, or tribe, and to help others to do the same.
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Posted in Developmental Theology on Mar 22nd, 2008
So, what I’ve always tried to do with this series is to help individuals awaken that shaman on the inside that they have forgotten culturally. An important lesson here is about community. Many people think that the shamanic journey is an introspective, private one. And it is. To an extent. You see, once the shaman [...]
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Posted in linux on Oct 22nd, 2007
The programs listed below refuse to run in Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon. I’ll give all details I can. If you’ve got an idea, but need more details, let me know what you need. I have removed and reinstalled all programs to no avail. Here goes. 1. NetHack. – Crashes on start up. All interpreters do this: [...]
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Posted in linux on May 1st, 2007
Direct2Dell – Dell’s Blog You heard right. Dell has made an agreement with Canonical. They will now be offering desktop and notebook PCs shipped with Ubuntu installed as the OS. This is a huge step forward for the Ubuntu community, not to mention the Linux community as a whole. Dell puts it very simply, the [...]
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