Between birth and death, Three in ten are followers of life, Three in ten are followers of death, And men just passing from birth to death also number three in ten. Why is this so? Because they live their lives on the gross level. He who knows how to live can walk abroad Without fear… Continue reading Fifty
Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide
An in-depth exploration of the art of shell scripting Mendel Cooper <thegrendel.abs@gmail.com> This tutorial assumes no previous knowledge of scripting or programming, but progresses rapidly toward an intermediate/advanced level of instruction . . . all the while sneaking in little nuggets of UNIX® wisdom and lore. It serves as a textbook, a manual for self-study, and as… Continue reading Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide
My Mac OS X Desktop icon’s Disappeared
Today suddenly all icon’s on my Mac OS X Desktop disappeared or went missing and showed only the default icons. When I opened the Console app and searched for the icon process I saw messages like this: 24/11/13 13.36.30,122 com.apple.IconServicesAgent[262]: main Failed to composit image for binding VariantBinding [0x34b] flags: 0x8 binding: FileInfoBinding [0x253] -… Continue reading My Mac OS X Desktop icon’s Disappeared
Beautiful Copenhagen anno 1937
How to install Lubuntu Server on Cubietruck from Mac OS X
This is how to install and set-up the latest Lubuntu software pack on to the NAND Flash on the Cubietruck from a Mac OS X computer. Cubietruck The Cubietruck is a 5V 2A single-board computer “SBC” / PC on Board “PCB” – much like the Raspberry Pi that has taken the World with a craze – but the Cubietruck is just faster,… Continue reading How to install Lubuntu Server on Cubietruck from Mac OS X
Magnus Carlsen in the lead 4-2 in Chenai
Today Magnus Carlsen won “a look a like” drawn rook endgame in the Fide World Chess Championship against the current World Chess Champion Vishy Anand. Magnus play is in general that of a true World Chess Champion. It seems that Magnus took good advantage of the win yesterday by pressing Vishy. Magnus is now in… Continue reading Magnus Carlsen in the lead 4-2 in Chenai
Sirens of the Lambs
by Banksy
Hounding of Snowden must stop
Amnesty International meets US whistleblower Edward Snowden www.amnesty.org Right of asylum wikipedia.org
The right to Privacy for All
Open letter to the Police State and its supporters, The right to privacy is a basic human need – as is the right to mingle with others freely. This is at the very foundation of human life – and maybe life it self. I believe we call it it freedom in the human world. Imagine… Continue reading The right to Privacy for All
I support a free Internet
I support freedom of speech. I support the right of privacy. I support a free Internet. Supoort Electronic Frontier Foundation in its effort to make the US Government and the like aware of the digital rights of the people in this world! And do join the Internet Defense League with the rest of us and… Continue reading I support a free Internet
Looking for Wuji everywhere
Looking for Wuji everywhere, In movement, In stillness Getting it, not getting it I let go, Finding Wuji. I forgot all about it!
Chineasy fun with visual Chinese
You can find more info about Shaolan Hsueh’s “Chineasy” free and creative visual learning of the Chinese written language on chineasy.org and on FB: www.facebook.com/ShaoLanChineasy
Richard Stallman Talks About Ubuntu
Richard Stallman
Effective altruism
Peter Singer talks on TED about effective altruism
Always Already Free
I sit here looking out, filled with an emptiness that spills over and keeps on spilling. There is no end to this boundlessness, this delicious thrill of Presence. Nothing can contain it, for everything is contained within it. The good and the bad, the black and the white, the harsh and the gentle—all simply flavors… Continue reading Always Already Free