There are many downsides of the "McDonald's Years", those being the years that you spend more time than you'll ever spend in your life, ever again, at McDonalds with your kids. Downsides include food that is only so exciting, though Read More …
RIght after the whole Sandy Hook massacre, there was a lot of heated back and forth discussion on the subject of why guns are bad, or good depending on who you spoke to, and whether guns kill people or whether just Read More …
This is the definition of a stupid by-law. Not to mention a discriminatory and insensitive one. At the front of my kid's school, there's a 'school drop off and pick up zone'. Parents can pull up here, wait for their Read More …
Even though the language I am most comfortable with is English, my first language was French. I spoke my first English words when I was 9 years old, and to this day, I still remember those first words. We had Read More …
I have no idea what to make of this, but it made me smile, scratch my head, and pinch myself to make sure I wasn't having some kind of bizarre psychotic dream. So I'm sharing it.
Last night, at the Cambridge Union debating society, Professor Richard Dawkins debated the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams. The image here comes from a story on the Huffington Post where Dawkins is quoted as saying that religion is a Read More …
The parable of the "the Good Samaritan" was always one of those stories that stuck out as being 'wrong', precisely because it sounded like a racist slur or stereotyping a country and its people. You know what I'm talking about. Read More …
This is my sixth book, and a radical departure in that it's about free software. Okay, that's not radical. But the platform it's written for is Windows! From the blurb: Stop paying for Windows software! There are free alternatives that Read More …
My fifth book, and the fourth in the "Moving to" series. It's the only book, fo far, that covers the GNOME desktop environment. From the book description: Discover Ubuntu, Today’s Hottest Linux Everyone’s talking about Ubuntu–it’s not just 100% free, Read More …
The much anticipated sequel to the best-selling "Moving to Linux: Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye!" There was/is even a special limited edition printing created for "Barnes and Noble" that included bonus content covering Linux gaming. From the back Read More …