Monthly Archives: May, 2008
Router for Open Source Christians
A while back on my other hangout, I reviewed the ALIX LX800-40 from New World Data Systems. This router runs on the pfSense firewall software based on BSD. It was a fork from the m0n0wall project. What really makes this router the berries for Christian parents and for churches is that it has filtering software [...]
Catholic Church Considers the Success of Internet Based Communities
The Catholic News Service today, May 6, 2008 posted this interesting article. Among other things the article explores the teachings of Michel Bauwens, a Belgian philosopher and theorist specializing in “peer-to-peer” Internet collaboration. The article seems to assert that there may be much to learn from the collaborative successes of the Linux Operating System community [...]
The Over-Committed Geek’s Firewall
As the traditional small church grows to have multiple computers on the network the need for good and simple firewall solution grows, as does the demand for the time of the good fellow who maintains these systems.
Importance of Living Analog….Every once in a while.
As of late, God seems to be trying to tell me something. I listen to alot of Linux podcasts and of course some Chrsitian ones. One of the non technical shows I listen to is called Two Blind Squirrels. Their show from yesterday is called “Being Amused to Death.” What it talks about is a [...]
Participation in Our Free Time
I just watched Clay Shirky’s speech at Web 2.0 Expo on Participation in Our Free Time. Christians have been saying for years that TV is causing our community great problems. The deeper open source elements of the tech community also have the same misgivings, despite often very different perspectives on faith. It fascinates me that [...]