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a little fun with the site
Early Sunday morning, I realized I had some incorrect settings for my site’s DNS. In trying to fix it, I accidently knocked off the site for most of today. There…
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a visit to st. mary
On Tuesday, a friend and I made a visit to St. Mary’s Seminary. Associated with the University of St. Thomas, St. Mary’s provides the major seminary experience for students from…
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i rode on a ferry today
I’m in the Galveston area for a day or two and found myself with some time to kill. SH 87 includes a TxDOT-operated ferry leaving Galveston Island. Since I’ve never…
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broken lent
Today is Monday of the Second Week of Lent. Today is the 13th day of Lent 2006. For 13 days, we have fasted, sacrificed, prayed more, and done more good…
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tokens and the creation of writing
The use of tokens in the early Mespoptamian region as a precussor to the written symbol is a plausible and interesting idea. It makes the transition from speech to writing…
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turing machine
It is funny to think how much we take Turing and his work for granted today. My roommate is an electrical engineer and I’ve tinkered in programming since 1990 (I…
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head’s up: the pope drops a title
It has been reported that Pope Benedict XVI has dropped the title “Patriarch of the West” from his list of official titles. I’m still reading up more on this to…
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are you comfortable with change?
Two years ago today, liturgically speaking that is, I attended Ash Wednesday Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral in downtown Austin. During the homily, given by Bishop Aymond, there was a…
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butterfly ballot
We all remember the butterfly ballot that led to so much talk about the validity of the 2000 Election. This is a very good example of poor information design. A…
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a retirement and a promotion in gal-hou
Today, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, U.S.A., presented by Archbishop Joseph Anthony Fiorenza, upon having reached the age limit. He…