http://geekyschmidt.com Sat, 10 May 2008 16:11:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My family and I had a discussion last night that really sparked my synaptic in the old head. The current ream of candidates just doesn't allow for a Catholic to vote in accordance with our values. One one side of the aisle you have a pro-abortion, anti-marriage, pro-euthanasia group that ... http://geekyschmidt.com/2008/05/10/voting-catholic/ Today I figured out why my last relationship didn't work out. It wasn't the difference in faith, differing family backgrounds, lack of mutual respect. No these things were simply pebbles in the road of life. Rather the problem was yard work. I swear to it as I rode the lawn mower ... http://geekyschmidt.com/2008/04/30/mowing/ I have been thinking a lot lately about devotion and effort. I know what you are thinking, devotion to the law shouldn't require effort, blah blah blah. When you are in heaven shoot me a little smile but I am still a work in progress. What stemmed all of this is ... http://geekyschmidt.com/2008/04/27/ninja-turtle-marketing/ Catholics believe that Baptism is the washing away of original sin and not the acceptance of the Holy Spirit. This confuses a lot of Protestant Brothers and Sisters for two reasons: We believe in Infant Baptism Confirmation Imagine my surprise from today's Liturgy (Readings): Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria ... http://geekyschmidt.com/2008/04/27/confirmation/ I am reading through Theology of the Body again after many of times. I now use it more as reference material than actual reading, but tonight I started Chris West's review. This is a review rather than the 129 lectures John Paul the Great gave. The tidbit that jumped out at ... http://geekyschmidt.com/2008/04/13/the-scientist-and-the-eye-ball/ Hello from my IIci. The machine is fresh from the original boxes with the original manuals. WHAT A STEAL!? My mom's one comment when it arrived was that it Looked heavy with all those boxes Makes a funny noise when that floppy is writing The machine is currently sporting the original 7.0.1 with a ... http://geekyschmidt.com/2008/04/12/my-newest-mac-the-macintosh-iici/ There was a time in cable television when channel names insinuated content. Take for example the Military Channel, it is a safe bet there is going to be planes, guns, or other things blowing up from the military viewpoint.  I can safely turn there after a long day and see my stress ... http://geekyschmidt.com/2008/04/12/the-history-channel-of-today/ I finally found a copy of NEXTSTEP 3.3 and got it installed on a SparcStation5. I am rocking retro 1993 style. Screenshot for street cred: http://geekyschmidt.com/2008/03/30/nextstep-33-risc-sparcstation-5/ Back at the tender age of 12 I picked up a magazine at the Base Exchange. This magazine contained a CD. This CD contained Debian 1.3. All was well in the world... I remember reading with such excitement about this amazing new Linux (yes I pronouced it wrong, I was a ... http://geekyschmidt.com/2008/03/29/login-looking-back-on-debian-13/ I want to like OpenSolaris. I love compiling away on my Sun Machines at the house. The simple fact is though the "Open" is a misnomer of great proportions. What makes me excited about OpenSolaris is the lineage it stems from. For UNIX admins everywhere, it is truly one of the ... http://geekyschmidt.com/2008/03/29/opensolaris-shortcomings/