talk radio Archives - The Silicon Underground David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Fri, 10 Jan 2025 14:04:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://kerosin.digital/rss-chimp16321610 What you really need to know about net neutrality https://dfarq.homeip.net/what-you-really-need-to-know-about-net-neutrality/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-you-really-need-to-know-about-net-neutrality Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:36:17 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=3078 I ran across a former classmate’s name in Google News recently, and when I flipped through his back catalog, I found the very best definition of net neutrality that I’ve seen. “Net neutrality is an arcane term that basically means

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]]> 3078 Marley and Me https://dfarq.homeip.net/marley-and-me/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=marley-and-me https://dfarq.homeip.net/marley-and-me/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:42:58 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1824 My wife and I watched Marley and Me tonight. Good movie. Not as good as the book, of course. But I think they did a good job of adapting it to the screen.

I guess the book and movie hit me on three levels, rather than just two. I'm a parent, I have a Labrador Retriever, and I went to school to try to be John Grogan. That last part didn't quite work out, but that world just doesn't seem to exist anymore, not with a major newspaper closing its doors pretty much every week now.

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]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/marley-and-me/feed/ 1 1824 Being more interested in growth than being Lutheran? Hardly. https://dfarq.homeip.net/being-more-interested-in-growth-than-being-lutheran-hardly/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=being-more-interested-in-growth-than-being-lutheran-hardly https://dfarq.homeip.net/being-more-interested-in-growth-than-being-lutheran-hardly/#comments Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:06:32 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1734 On Monday, a group of protesters gathered outside the Vatican, er, 1333 S. Kirkwood Road.

Their complaint: Issues, Etc., a popular radio show on the LCMS's unpopular talk radio station, got cancelled without warning, and the host and producer were fired.

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]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/being-more-interested-in-growth-than-being-lutheran-hardly/feed/ 2 1734 This is a blog https://dfarq.homeip.net/this-is-a-blog/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-is-a-blog https://dfarq.homeip.net/this-is-a-blog/#comments Sat, 04 Jan 2003 16:34:52 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=225 News flash: This is a blog.

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]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/this-is-a-blog/feed/ 8 225 Memoirs of writing a book https://dfarq.homeip.net/memoirs-of-writing-a-book/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=memoirs-of-writing-a-book https://dfarq.homeip.net/memoirs-of-writing-a-book/#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2001 17:21:17 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=626 Book memoirs. I got e-mail yesterday asking me to reflect back on dealing with a publisher while writing a book. I'll never talk publicly about specifics, and I'm not even positive how much I've told my closest friends, for that matter. But it got me thinking.

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