I’ve been engaging in a really spirited and stimulating debate with a number of colleagues about word processing and whether Open Office or Microsoft Office or any other office suite is more or less suited to preparing today’s students for the world of work.
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Bullshit bingo
Nowadays there is no shortage of bullshit in the workplace. We’ve replaced common language with an endless stream of verbiage whose sole purpose seems to obscure any real communication from occurring. It doesn’t matter if you’re watching television, visiting your child’s teacher, listening to a salesman or hearing the President of the United States, bullshit rules.
Virtual vista
In early June I bought a Dell Inspiron 6400 from Dell’s Outlet store. It came with Microsoft’s Vista Home Basic which I promptly deleted and reinstalled Ubuntu 7.04. I have a Vista license and the Dell recovery disk for reinstalling the OS. I have installed Automatix and as part of that install I’ve got Innotek’s … Read more
Word processors
I’ve been giving a lot of thought lately to the importance or relative unimportance of word processors. I learned how to process words with a pencil. Nowadays word processing has come to mean more than writing, but is it?
St. Irenaeus
Thursday, June 28 was the feast of St. Irenaeus. Irenaeus has come to have a lot of meaning for me. I am a member of the Mt. Irenaeus community and regularly attend Mass there. I’m also a member of the St. Irenaeus Fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order. This week I also came to realize … Read more
In the gap..
The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery; they have oppressed the poor and needy, and have extorted from the alien without redress. And I sought for anyone among them who would repair the wall and stand in the breach before me on behalf of the land, so that I would not … Read more
Impeach Cheney
I’m impressed with what Bruce Fein, a Reagan era associate deputy attorney general has written in a piece which appears on Slate today. Cheney has dulled political accountability and concocted theories for evading the law and Constitution that would have embarrassed King George III. Read more here. I don’t think much is going to happen … Read more
Peace is every step
I read the book, Peace is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh about 6 years ago. It was right after 9/11/2001. I remember how much I savored every word. This film sums up some of that sentiment.
Horsing around
I spent part of my afternoon filming this short piece for a friend of mine. He is the owner of a team of horses pictured in the video and of the buggy they are pulling. It was a very warm day, but the horses seemed up to it and their owner was grateful that I … Read more