Boethius

November 8, 2018

How to Host Your Own Debian Repository

With Linus surrendering to the forces that will consume Linux, it’s time to rethink a few things and make some decisions now that could save our nerd bacon, at least locally. This

December 20, 2016

So you bought your first handgun, now what?

You did it. You studied the models, talked to friends, dug into online forums and picked the handgun you liked the best, found a deal you liked and now have joined the ranks of men. Now what? In some ways

May 5, 2017

Modern Art Is Crap

November 3, 2016

First look at the Springfield XD-S

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The Mandelbrot Set And Narnia

January 10, 2023

The Mandelbrot Set What struck me was how in C.S. Lewis’s final book for Narnia, there was something very much like the Mandelbrot set. I won’t quote the entire chapter but here

Art·Culture·History·Religion

Christmas Is Not Pagan

December 15, 2022

It’s that time of year again when good Christians honor Christ’s birth though all sorts of festivals and rituals with the big lead up to the 25th for many. It’s also that

Culture·Philosophy

Hegelian Dialectic

November 10, 2022

The Hegelian dialectic is one of the more insidious tools the enemy uses to pervert and destroy moral civilization. On the surface, it doesn’t seem to be a festering boil of evil.

Art·Culture·Philosophy

Why Beauty Matters

November 8, 2022

Because Google and BBC is asshole, I can only find this documentray from Roger Scruton on Vimeo now: https://vimeo.com/128428182, I downloaded a copy using youtube-dl. (I mean, clearly this is a threat

Art·Culture·Philosophy·Religion

A Quick Introduction to Richard Wagner and “Der Ring des Nibelungen” or the Ring Cycle

October 11, 2021

Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelung is the most auspicious, grandiose, more-than-slightly unhinged, opera of all time. It’s such a big deal that people refer to opera and the musical arts as pre-

Culture·Film

Retro Review: 2010

September 30, 2021

First, the bad (mixed with some good). While some comparisons will happen, I’ll try to be as charitable as possible because Kubrick was a powerhouse director/visionary while Hyams wasn’t. Hyams, thankfully, was

Art·Culture·Film·Religion

A Tale of Two Movies

August 23, 2021

I recently rewatched Alien and 2001: A Space Odyssey. Alien still holds up as a space survival horror flick. 2001 is still as visually stunning as when it was made in 1968,

Culture·Enemies·Philosophy·Politics·Religion

A Short Sermon On Hate

June 5, 2021

Only through hate can we understand the profundity of love. Only through love can we grasp the fury of hate. Asking to give up hate is to give up your humanity, to

Culture·History·Religion

"No, Christmas is Not Pagan. Just Stop."

December 14, 2019

Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick lays into a number of misconceptions about Christmas and the celebrations around it. No, Christmas is Not Pagan. Just Stop.

Culture·Philosophy

"The Toolbox Fallacy"

November 26, 2019

It’s a short video, 7 minutes long. Watch it, I’ll wait. Ok, this shouldn’t be anything you haven’t heard before, but it’s always good to get one’s butt kicked now and then.

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