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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!

Upside to The McDonalds Years

Posted onMarch 2, 2013Leave a comment

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 …

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Why I Talk About Gun Control

Posted onFebruary 21, 2013Leave a comment

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 …

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Definition Of A Stupid By-law

Posted onFebruary 20, 2013Leave a comment

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 …

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The True Meaning of Lent

Posted onFebruary 14, 2013Leave a comment

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 …

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Fashion Monster

Posted onFebruary 4, 2013Leave a comment

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. Facebook Comments Box

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Betrayal of the intellect

Posted onFebruary 3, 2013Leave a comment

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 …

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Jesus and the Parable of “The Good Samaritan”

Posted onJanuary 23, 2013Leave a comment

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 …

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Moving to Free Software

Posted onJanuary 21, 2013Leave a comment

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 …

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Moving to Ubuntu Linux

Posted onJanuary 21, 2013Leave a comment

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 …

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Moving to Linux: Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye! (2nd Edition)

Posted onJanuary 21, 2013Leave a comment

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 …

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