Author Archives: Patrick

Today Ubuntu linked their newest venture Ubuntu Edge on thier main page.  For those of you who are interested in latest and greatest tech gadgets take a look at this venture.  In my opinion this is worth supporting. http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge -BrotherLeRoy

It is official.  Verizion has joined the Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group. http://insights.ubuntu.com/news/press-releases/verizon-joins-ubuntu-carrier-advisory-group/ With any luck at all this means I will see an Ubuntu Phone on my carrier in no time.  Hopefully at least by the time I can upgrade my phone.  In the mean time I’m waiting for it to be supported on my […]

I pulled this photo from http://kootation.com/if-you-miss-someone-who-is-far-away-just-look-up-at-the-sky-tonight/bestquotes4you.com*wp-content*uploads*2012*05*1-mv.jpg/ It reminds me ever so much about the degrees of separation.  However great the distance from me to you no matter how far away we are.  If we both focus on one point of the Moon, that angle of difference in our view will be miniscule.  It is a […]

I pulled this photo from http://kootation.com/if-you-miss-someone-who-is-far-away-just-look-up-at-the-sky-tonight/bestquotes4you.com*wp-content*uploads*2012*05*1-mv.jpg/ It reminds me ever so much about the degrees of separation.  However great the distance from me to you no matter how far away we are.  If we both focus on one point of the Moon, that angle of difference in our view will be miniscule.  It is a […]

About a month ago I wrote an introductory post on Linux.  When I closed I said I would later give my reasons for why I started looking and eventually made the switch.  This post explains just that. Back in 1999, before home media servers were even really being built in most homes, I started thinking […]

In the case of the Zimmerman trial I am not following it.  I like everybody else see the headlines but it doesn’t generally interest me. What did interest me, was why just six jurors.  We all know the common practice of 12 jurors, many of us had to read the play “12 Angry Men” or […]

A few weeks ago Senator McCain advised that women should not join the military until it has cleaned up it’s sexual misconduct problem.  When the Joint Chiefs started going before Congress last month we had a discussion amongst Leaders with our Battalion Commander.  He reminded us that in Afghanistan a female Soldier is more likely […]

A few weeks ago Senator McCain advised that women should not join the military until it has cleaned up it’s sexual misconduct problem.  When the Joint Chiefs started going before Congress last month we had a discussion amongst Leaders with our Battalion Commander.  He reminded us that in Afghanistan a female Soldier is more likely […]

For those of you who know me fairly well, it should come as no surprise that I am an argumentative individual.  What you might not understand is why I am so argumentative.  The answer is I like to explore issues to their fullest extent.  I like to know exactly why I am wrong, right, or […]

For those of you who know me fairly well, it should come as no surprise that I am an argumentative individual.  What you might not understand is why I am so argumentative.  The answer is I like to explore issues to their fullest extent.  I like to know exactly why I am wrong, right, or […]