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Marcel Gagné

Writer and Free Thinker at Large: Musings on Artificial Intelligence (AI), Linux, FOSS, Science & Technology, Religion, Politics, Consciousness, Philosophy, VR, Gaming, and Whatever Else Comes to Mind!

Author: Marcel Gagné

Ruggedly handsome science, Linux, & technology geek. Writer and Free Thinker at Large. The "Cooking With Linux" guy. Occasionally opinionated. Always confused. Loves wine, food, music, and the occasional single malt Scotch. Long time columnist for Linux Journal, LinuxPro Magazine, Ubuntu User Magazine, SysAdmin, and others. Author of six books including "Linux System Administration: A User's Guide" and the "Moving to Linux" series of books. Promoter, advocate, and evangelist for Free and Open Source Software on radio, television, and YouTube.

Weapon? You call that a weapon?!

Posted onJuly 27, 2009Leave a comment

According to the fine people at Zellers, I own a fearsome weapon. No, not that! It’s a Swiss Army knife. Now stop laughing and work with me a moment as I recount my tale of this deadly piece of Swiss engineering. Read More …

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Removing the dreaded ‘Read More’ Link

Posted onJuly 17, 2009Leave a comment

When creating stories in Drupal, or posts of any kind, you run across an annoying little default. It’s the dreaded Read more link. The link is obviously a good idea, though people do complain about where the link appears. Where Read More …

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Linux, Thunderbird, and the BlackBerry; A Love Story (Cooking with Linux)

Posted onJuly 8, 2009Leave a comment

  Thinking about keeping our various devices in sync with our Linux systems can be the source of nightmares for many. After all, asking for an open source solution that can keep millions of smart phones, cell phones, email clients, Read More …

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Self-Directed Anti-Eugenics

Posted onJune 20, 2009Leave a comment

Why do smart, gifted, intelligent, artistic, creative people choose not to have children. These people are screwing up what nature has been doing well for countless generations; improving the human race. Now, thanks to birth control and a sad understanding Read More …

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Reconciling Hate, and Even Murder, With Jesus

Posted onMay 5, 2009Leave a comment

On one hand, they can’t bear the thought that a two day old sperm and egg combo — that’s called a zygote for you folks out there who think it might be a baby — might not make it into Read More …

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McDonald’s Recycling Program Sucks! A Lot!

Posted onMay 4, 2009Leave a comment

First off, I want to say that I don’t go to McDonald’s because it’s my first choice for dining. I have kids. Okay? Now on to the issue at hand. Seriously, McDonald’s recycling program sucks. When it first started

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McDonald’s Recycling Program Sucks! A Lot!

Posted onMay 4, 2009Leave a comment

First off, I want to say that I don’t go to McDonald’s because it’s my first choice for dining. I have kids. Okay? Now on to the issue at hand. Seriously, McDonald’s recycling program sucks. When it first started

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Some great quotes about religion and atheism.

Posted onApril 14, 2009Leave a comment

 Navigating YouTube is fascinating in that you often run into things you weren’t looking for, but that are nevertheless interesting.

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Yellow Ribbons . . . Who’s Listening?

Posted onApril 14, 2009Leave a comment

Who’s listening? Apparently not many. This is a story about not paying attention, or choosing not to. I’ll let the philosophers argue about which is worse. For the sake of this post, I just want to talk about the yellow Read More …

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2006 Pipe Down from Organized Crime

Posted onMarch 5, 2009Leave a comment

This past weekend, a friend dropped in with an interesting bottle of wine she picked up while driving through the Niagara wine region (thanks, Genine). The 2006 Pipe Down is a blend of 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Syrah, and 10% Read More …

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