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My laptop hard drive finally died yesterday. Fortunately, this is the second time I have seen hard drive failure coming and made a full backup, and just in time. Like the last case (which was my desktop) after the backup finished, I could not boot the machine. Here's to ...

It's true. For the first time in my life, I am head over heels in love. I'm not even sure what to write; words are about as inadequate to express love as a glass is to contain the ocean. But since this is mainly a technology blog, it ...

The laptop I purchased on eBay showed up a few days ago (thanks to a friend who was willing to drive it up from my house). It's already got Debian Etch running smoothly, and of course XP in case I need it -- you know how schools are with Windows ...

If you don't like rants you may not want to read this post. But quite frankly I can't hold it in anymore.

College has drained me. Not merely to the point of having no energy (when does college not do that) but to the point where I just ...

I've decided to learn the Dvorak keyboard layout. It's difficult to adjust, but it's happening... slowly. I'm using a regular QWERTY keyboard that's been "converted" with masking tape and a Sharpie.

I was reading this blog post from a friend of mine and it got me thinking. Why are Christians (including myself, of course) so ready to completely distance ourselves from society? If we are to make a difference, it will not come about as we rush into evangelistic conversations with ...

It's amazing how much you forget over the years. That's why I've started my own personal wiki to record events, people, places, and other things. I'm not sure if it will be made public as it may contain quite a bit of personal information, but I ...

Now that the blog is running, expect posts regularly!

Well, by regularly I mean every so often. And maybe you shouldn't expect them or you might be disappointed.