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Steven M Scotten

Saorsa!

Saorsa!

As the United States celebrates 238 years of independence from Britain, Scotland is approaching the important decision whether to no longer be a part of the United Kingdom. On the 18th of September, Scots will go to the polls to vote on a referendum on independence [http://www.scotreferendum.com]

How to celebrate Independence Day

There are of course a number of ways in which Americans traditionally spend the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, many of which have nothing to do with the significance of the founding of this nation, or for which the significance has been forgotten along the way.

SSL on a Beaglebone Black: balancing performance with security

SSL on a Beaglebone Black: balancing performance with security

I’ve recently set up a local server on a Beaglebone Black [http://beagleboard.org/Products/BeagleBone+Black], which is a credit-card sized computer with a 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor. I’m using it as a cloud server to sync my calendar and contacts, having moved the ownCloud [https://owncloud.

Owning my own data

Owning my own data

I finally got sick and tired of the sync dance with Apple and Google not wanting to talk to one another. I use a Mac but I also have an iPad and since recently I now have an Android phone. I had been syncing with iCloud and a long time

Why I'm not upgrading to Omnifocus 2

I like Omnifocus1 a lot. I can’t say that I’ve mastered it to the point where it has fully become a trusted repository for my tasks, but it is useful for keeping track of the things I have to do. The new version looks great. I got the

Bagged my first Messier

Two nights ago I went out with the telescope to look at the Moon and the planets. Right now the moon is so bright and lately the air has been so hazy that even though I would like to start looking for other kinds of objects, it’s got to

Is calling Buddhism «stupid» unconstitutional?

Is calling Buddhism «stupid» unconstitutional?

An early version of this story referred to Sabine Parish as Sabish Parish. Monochromatic Outlook regrets the error. There has been a little controversy over the case of Lane v Sabine Parish [https://www.aclu.org/religion-belief/lane-v-sabine-parish-school-board] and the question of whether a teacher telling a kid that his