Archive for May, 2007

Hardware issues

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

The fan on the power supply for my desktop computer died Monday at some point. Fortunately I got home Monday night. The computer was black-screened, and very hot to the touch. I hope it did not roast itself to death, but until I get a new power supply in, I cannot test. [...]

quote of the day

Thursday, May 17th, 2007

“[T]he temptation to use power to secure the faith has arisen again and again in various forms throughout the centuries, and again and again faith has risked being suffocated in the embrace of power. The struggle for the freedom of the Church, the struggle to avoid identifying Jesus’ Kingdom with any political structure, is one [...]

Baby Hatch

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

A Catholic Hospital in Japan has set up a “baby hatch” where parents can drop off unwanted infants anonymously.1 The Prime Minister and the Mayor of Kumamoto, the city in which it opened, oppose this, but found no legal grounds on which to stop it. Both appear to object to it on the [...]

A good movie

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

I watched part of Bicentenial Man this evening. It is amazing at times how much a good book or a good movie can brighten a day. I figure since I am paying for cable, I might as well use it. The commercials are annoying though, and I notice the missing bits of [...]