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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.

VR Conferences in the Days of COVID-19

Posted onMarch 15, 2020March 15, 2020Leave a comment

I’ve had a fair bit of experience with VR conferences and meetings of late (including the “Educators in VR” conference mentioned in the linked article), and I’ve used several different platforms, including AltspaceVR, Mozilla HUBS, VRChat, RecRoom, and others. There’s Read More …

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COVID-19 Community Update

Posted onMarch 11, 2020March 11, 2020Leave a comment

As I write this, the World Health Organization has officially declared COVID-19 (aka the Novel Coronavirus) a global pandemic. If you have been paying attention to the news today, then you also know that the Prime Minister held a press Read More …

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My Open Source Journey

Posted onMarch 1, 2020March 15, 2020Leave a comment

Way back, in my late teens, when dinosaurs still roamed the Earth, I had created myself a geek’s paradise in my basement. I had a chemistry lab, with equipment sourced through my high school, a microscope, a telescope, and an Read More …

CategoriesCooking With Linux, Life, Linux/Open Source

Happy Halloween! An Excuse To Party!

Posted onOctober 30, 2019October 31, 2019Leave a comment

Feeling a little on edge? Like someone is looking over your shoulder? Do you hear a creaking sound in an otherwise silent room? Wait! Was there something moving in the shadows? You could swear you just just heard a low Read More …

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Zombies are your friends, and other news.

Posted onOctober 1, 2019October 3, 2019Leave a comment

As we enter October, the month of spooky, we turn our attentions to all the scary things that hide in the dark places. Like zombies. Yeah, I know. Zombies are scary undead things that eat brains. The whole “eating your Read More …

CategoriesBrain Farts, Humour

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The Death of Capitalism

Posted onOctober 1, 2019October 3, 2019Leave a comment

I’ve been listening to a fascinating discussion regarding the death of capitalism on CBC’s “Ideas” program. I’m only about half way through it, but the subject matter is important and somewhat unsettling. Here’s a quote from where I’ve paused in Read More …

CategoriesLife, Opinion

Noah was what we call a ‘bad drunk’!

Posted onMay 2, 2019May 2, 2019Leave a comment

After God was done killing everyone and everything on Earth, save for what Noah was hauling aboard the Ark, it came to pass that things had to start anew. Noah, his boys, and their wives set about begetting in order Read More …

CategoriesBrain Farts, Religion & Atheism

Some Thoughts on Capitalism, Universal Basic Income, and Automation

Posted onApril 16, 2019April 16, 2019Leave a comment

The concept of Universal Basic Income (UBI) is not new, but surprisingly few have heard of it or truly understand the reason for it and why, now more than ever, it is vitally important. In simplest terms, UBI is a Read More …

CategoriesBrain Farts, Life

The Book of Secret Knowledge

Posted onFebruary 25, 2019February 25, 2019Leave a comment

Every once in a while, you run across something so terribly useful, that you just need to share it with others, even if it does have the word “secret” in the title. This is one of those times. Should I Read More …

CategoriesLife, Linux/Open Source, Useful Stuff

Buying EVERY HOME in Avakin Life. Well, almost.

Posted onFebruary 25, 2019February 25, 2019Leave a comment

Avakin Life is one of those games that I just keep coming back to, over and over again. Weird as it sounds, I don’t really play at as a social game although it’s clearly designed that way. Me? I’m more Read More …

CategoriesGames

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