not THE way, but A way
A number of friends and family have asked me why I decided to jail break my phone. I have read many articles out there that list reasons and applications that are used, but I can’t say those articles convinced me. Many of those friends and family are non-technical so I thought I would write a [...]
This installation process includes working wireless and sound on OSX running on MSI Wind (without replacing any hardware), and OSX installed on an extended partition. Yes… really…
The Break Down
1. Background – how I got to OSX on the MSI Wind U-100
2. Experience with running OSX on a VM
3. What you need to do to get [...]
The summer is almost gone, and what a wonderful summer it has been. It has been scary to put aside my writing for a while. I had to trust my intuition that told me that like most other things, a break for reflection is a good thing.
There has been so many experiences, so many [...]
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Flowers Fall: A Commentary on Zen Master Dogen’s Genjokoan by Hakuun Yasutani
This book was discussed in the post: “When Meditation Feels like Un-Meditation?”.
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition by Unknown
This book was discussed in the post: “Cloudy Days, Musical Seduction, and Concertina Adventures - Part I”.
Letter to a Christian Nation (Vintage) by Sam Harris
This book was discussed in the post: “Book: A Letter to a Christian Nation – Atheist Porn?”.
Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health (Vintage) by Gary Taubes
This book was discussed in the post: “Dharma’s Stuffed Peppers with Anchovies - Take 2 – This time it's paleo / low carb /no grain / whole foodish”.
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series) by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein
This book was discussed in the post: “High Priority – Designing a Deck”.
What the Buddha Taught: Revised and Expanded Edition with Texts from Suttas and Dhammapada by Walpola Rahula
This book was discussed in the post: “A Year Later - The Eightfold Path in Reflection”.
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