If you aren’t really Web 2.0 savvy, and haven’t a clue what social bookmarking is, in my opinion the best example is Digg.com.
I use Digg regularly, and often find a lot of interesting stories there that I would probably never find otherwise. The principle involved is quite simple - users submit stories, other users vote [...]

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It’s no secret to those in traditional circles that Mark Shea has spent more than his fair share of words on blasting traditionalists for their conduct. Practically trademarking the term “rad-trad-malcontent”, he is known for his ready use of hyperbole and generalization in dealing with his opponents.
Most people who care to have reasonable discourse on [...]

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So, I decided to give the ol’ PC one last look before heading off to bed. I had noticed earlier that the screen seemed to have a faint glow, so with all of the lights out, I watched it intently, saying the obligatory 3 Hail Marys to St. Jude that I say whenever my computers [...]

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OK. So I came home tonight and it appears my computer is fried. I am greatly vexed. It’s a custom build that I put together at Christmas. From memory, here’s a rundown:

EVGA 608i Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo E6550
XFX GeForce 8800GT (Alpha Dog Edition - it came overclocked but due to instability i’ve been running it [...]

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Our parish dates back to the 1800s. As such, it’s beautiful, but a bit small. There are no cry rooms. The narthex is a narrow corridor in the back of the church with double-hinged doors (easy for little hands to push) large, hollow radiators (easy for little hands and feet to bang on) an old [...]

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I’ve had complaints from one of my readers that I need to post more pictures of my adorable children to balance out all the intellectual content on the blog.
Since I’m procrastinating about mowing the way-too-long grass, I thought this would be the perfect time to do just that.

(Note: The camera tends to gravitate toward the [...]

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Last night, I started watching the HBO series John Adams, which I rented from Netflix. Everyone in my office was raving about it, and I have to say that the first two episodes were really quite good.
I’ve always found American History kind of dull, and as such, I can’t vouch for the accuracy of the [...]

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So some chicken we ate here made a couple of us sick. I got it in the middle of the night, and am feeling pretty lousy this morning.
I don’t feel much like posting at the moment, and I’m a bit tired out from our long discussion on Distributism. Feel free to keep knocking it around [...]

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And now, I can.
Problem is, I’ve looked at the new stuff coming into the stores, and it’s about $70 a bottle. Not sure that I see any short-term likelihood of satisfying my curiosity at that price.

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I’ve had an iTunes credit on my account since Christmas, thanks to a giftcard I got as part of our office Secret Santa program. (Program - like it’s Christmas welfare. But I digress.) Anyhoo, despite my willful immersion in the delicious decadence of mainstream culture, I’ve not been able to find anything I really wanted [...]

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