Yearly Archives: 2007

Science articles I've read over the last month

Posted on December 12, 2007 by Pace Arko

Since at least Arthur C. Clarke’s Against the Fall of Night the idea of mind taping has been knocking around in science fiction for decades. Some examples are William Gibson’s Dixie Flatline and Frederik Pohl’s heechee prayer fans. A particularly … Continue reading →

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Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar–

Posted on December 11, 2007 by Pace Arko

Nearly a month ago, my friend Victor bought and downloaded Portal, a first person action game that involves puzzles, the legacies of faceless defense corporations and bizarre physics. He invited me to try my hand at it. The game very … Continue reading →

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Circus of the Mighty Session Log

Posted on November 25, 2007 by Pace Arko

[Victor, Greg and Ralph in attendance on 11-18-2007 between 3:30PM until about 9:30PM. Greg was running Thalin and Chingara. Victor was running Mandark and Stirge. Ralph was running Dwalor and Telwyn. Hilda and Helga started off in Greg and Ralph’s … Continue reading →

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Got the curry? Not to worry!

Posted on November 21, 2007 by Pace Arko

Yeah, I’ve ranted about this before. I think it bears repeating. What is Thanksgiving for? Really? If it’s supposed to celebrate national identity, we’ve already got a zillion holidays for that, Veteran’s Day and Independence Day for starts–and some that … Continue reading →

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Narnia for Atheists?

Posted on November 2, 2007 by Pace Arko

A few hours ago a friend sent me mail about Philip Pullman’s fantasy series His Dark Materials. One of the novels in this series was recently made into a movie called The Golden Compass. Apparently there is some controversy over … Continue reading →

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A week with the Gutsy Gibbon

Posted on October 28, 2007 by Pace Arko

So I upgraded to Ubuntu 7.1 last weekend. Things went very smoothly. Prior to this, System76 sent out some upgrades for their hardware drivers, perhaps in anticipation of everyone migrating to 7.1. There was really only one hitch. My screen … Continue reading →

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Circus of the Mighty Session Log

Posted on October 23, 2007 by Pace Arko

Victor, Greg, Ralph and Ian in attendance. 9-23-2007 around 5PM until about 9:30PM. However what follows is really a summary of two sessions: To recap briefly: The Circus is in Darth Lom, driven there primarily by Thalin’s vague but powerful … Continue reading →

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Goodbye Lola.

Posted on October 15, 2007 by Pace Arko

In early August my cat, Lola, was diagnosed with failing kidneys. The vet put her on a special diet, subcutaneous hydration and prescribe various medicines but the prognosis wasn’t good. It was mostly wait and see. She was old, over … Continue reading →

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Defenestrating Keyboards

Posted on August 18, 2007 by Pace Arko

Actually, that’s not strictly accurate. I don’t want to throw a keyboard out of a window. I want to remove the Microsoft branding from my Linux laptop keyboard. I don’t think it’s really spite. Microsoft makes a decent enough set … Continue reading →

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One Week with Fiesty Fawn

Posted on August 11, 2007 by Pace Arko

So I’ve had my new Darter Ultra laptop for about a week. I’ve noticed many improvements in speed for many tasks–still image rendering, page loading, conversion of file formats, copying large files and so on. I’m very pleased. A very … Continue reading →

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