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The Soviet Union lives on!
Via Slashdot
Linux as Gaeilge — a second look, with some thoughts about keyboards
As I suspected, I could not let go of this. I did some more research on the subject of my
previous post about this. Then I made a slightly different change to the keyboard section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
A visitor to Assisi
Mikhail Gorbachev admits he is a Christian
Mikhail Gorbachev is a Christian say Franciscan friars
Via The Angels are in the Details, which asks some good questions and comments:
This going to be a major shock for the old “Gorby is the Antichrist” crowd. Or maybe not. After all, it seems that Gorbachev has embraced an ancient, liturgical form of the faith.
Icons and visions
A remark by the rector of our church, in this morning’s sermon, reminded me of visit I made in 1973 to the house of the Order of the Holy Cross in Santa Barbara, California. There I met Fr. John Walsted, who is an icon painter. Our talks made a deep impression on me, which sustained me through the dark years when we were realizing the full extent of our son Tom’s disability. I had the good fortune to meet him again in 2003, and to thank him for what he had said, and shown, three decades earlier.
Time’s Person of the Year
Russia has long held a special fascination for me. Continue reading
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 