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White Lightning – Finished

Posted on December 23, 2016 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

While it happened in December, the upgrade to this system occurred a little sooner than I expected. The ASRock mainboard with the A8-7600 just would not remain ...

Capitalism/Politics/Religion

My Christmas rant…

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

(Note: I originally wrote this in 2009. Opted against updating the dates.) Over the years, I’ve stepped back and thought about what Christmas has become. ...

Feminism/Libertarianism

You’re a libertarian, not a libertarian feminist

Posted on December 11, 2016 by Kenneth Ballard / 2 Comments

Over at Libertarianism.org, Sharon Presley has written several articles on what she dubs “libertarian feminism“. Yet if you read through her article...

10Gb network upgrade

10 gigabit (10Gb) home network – Zone 1 switch

Posted on December 10, 2016 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

The first switch is complete. Mostly. Current specifications: CPU: AMD FX-8320E with Noctua NH-L9a Mainboard: ASRock 990FX Extreme6, Enzotech SLF-40 w/ Noctua N...

Economics/Feminism/Politics

One question no one seems to ask about diversity

Posted on December 6, 2016 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Article: “Diversifying tech: Yes, white men can be part of the solution and not the problem” Ah another piece of virtue signalling. In other words, ...

10Gb network upgrade/Amazon.com

Again, Amazon?

Posted on December 2, 2016 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

I’ve written of several problems I’ve had with Amazon. The one that still takes the cake is when I ordered the Shrek collection on Blu-Ray and recei...

10Gb network upgrade

10 gigabit (10Gb) home network – Part II

Posted on November 27, 2016 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Before continuing, first a few notes on the previous iteration. Firmware. FreeNAS’s driver for the Chelsio card complained about the firmware version. The...

Crime/Feminism/Second Amendment

Teaching men to not rape

Posted on November 26, 2016 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

This is a response I gave on Facebook to someone who said Can’t we teach men not to rape at the same time as teaching women how to defend themselves? Oh w...

Children/Health/Health care/Science

Smokers can never be considerate

Posted on November 23, 2016 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Let’s see, where to begin — and this is coming from someone who grew up around a smoker that quit 20 years ago this coming January: 1. The root word...

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Misconstruing free speech – #TrumpCup

Posted on November 20, 2016 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

On November 18, a woman named Sam Montgomery posted this to Twitter: I work at the Starbucks in Lexington, Kentucky and if anybody asks me to write Trump on the...

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