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Had problems one time where my network servers did not want to nfs mount shares on my main file server. When mount was run the following message appeared: mount: RPC: Program not registered After some searching in the google archives I found this: check your local rpc services: rpcinfo -p on a debian 3 nfs [...]

Not sure how I missed this, but a couple of weeks ago on the View, new host Rosie O’Donnell addressed the threat of Radical Christians. Rosie thinks that Radical Christianity is just as threatening as radical Islam in a country like America where we have separation of church and state. What???? OK, so she’s probably [...]

This post is for John (who just had a baby this week – Congratulations!!). Somehow I think the link to this abandoned Chinese theme park would appeal to his sense of humor. Once upon a time in a land called Xi Pu, just west of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province in the People’s Republic [...]

Finally, an extreme sport you too can play! Extreme Ironing

Earlier this week, Berlin’s German Opera removed an interpretation of Mozart’s “Idomeneo” from it’s schedule due to fear of Islamic attacks on this opera. The reason for these fears, the closing scene of the opera depicts the decapitated heads of Jesus Christ, Buddha, the Greek god Poseidon and, of course, Mohammed. Now, as a Christian, [...]

I watch a lot of TV. For about a year now I’ve had a TIVO on my Direct TV and let me tell you, it’s evil. It used to be, when you watched TV I watched the shows I wanted to watch and then did other things. If two shows were on at the same [...]

Joel Spolsky, author of Joel on Software has a GREAT review of the new LG Fusic phone by Sprint. I’ve been reading Joel’s blog for a long time, typically his articles are informative and interesting. This is the first time one of his articles have been so outright brutal, but Sprint deserves it. Some marketing [...]

In the most insane news of the day the State of California is suing automakers for Global Warming. This is actually an interesting case. California is going to have to convince a jury that Global Warming actually is occurring Greenhouse gasses are causing global warming Automakers are responsible for these greenhous gasses This should really [...]

Ok, one last comment on the whole Pope/Muslim thing. I found a couple very astute comments that really bring up a great point that I overlooked. This isn’t about getting the Pope to realize he was wrong, or to realize he hurt Muslims’ feelings. It’s about making the world’s most prominent Christian leader appear subservient [...]

My Dad turned 60 today – so as a birthday tribute I thought I’d write a little about him. Now my Dad probably wasn’t the perfect father, any more than I’ve been the perfect son. Seems like we take something away from every relationship in our lives. When I think about Dad there is one [...]