Rant
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Review: Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice
Note: First posted to my Facebook page March 26, 2016 Batman v (not vs, because that would make sense, and this movie doesn’t like that) Superman: Rant of Justice I’ll try to avoid major spoilers in this, but if you’ve seen the trailers, you already know everything you need to know. Seriously. You’ve seen the movie.
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Review: Captain America: Civil War
Note: First posted to my Facebook page May 8th, 2016. This won’t have much in the way of spoilers. Let’s get this out of the way. Lots of people will compare it to Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice due to the stupidly long name, they’re both about heroes fighting each other, they both have extra characters, and they both came out near each other. But they are very different movies. Civil War is about responsibility and consequences. Batman V Superman was about… something… I think.
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Review: Star Trek Beyond
Every once in a while, I’ll post a short review on a movie I’ve seen. I’ve been posting these to my Facebook page, but I figured, I’ve got this website, so I might as well use it. The first one is for Star Trek Beyond. I’ll warn you before I mention spoilers.
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The Case for Secession
I could have sworn that I’ve ranted about this before, but I guess not. By now, some of you have seen some variation of the image above. If you google “dumbfuckistan” you’ll find everything from internet memes, to hats, to even panties for some reason. This makes me think of an idea I’ve had for years. Forced secession.
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Artsy Fartsy
Modern Art is a cop-out. Let’s be clear here, though. I don’t mean “art in modern times”. I mean a style of art called “modern” or “conceptual”. Back in the long long ago, art required skill. Now, anyone can vomit on some canvas and call it “art.”
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Server Build Part 3: Domain Level Ad-Blocking with Pi-Hole
Welcome back. So far, we have installed and setup XenServer on a rack mounted server. We’ve also installed a guest OS. Part 1 can be found here, and Part 2 can be found here. Today, we are going to install a domain level ad-blocker. I’ve been working on this stupid part for months. Literally months. I’ve had absolute no luck until a few hours ago, so I wanted to write my steps down before I forget. This has been an absolute nightmare.
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Server Build Part 2: Setup and First Guest OS
I totally forgot I was going to do this. This is part 2 of my server build. Part 1 can be found here. So far we have the hardware, and have installed XenServer, which is a host OS that runs VMs. We installed the Management Console on a separate computer, and will be doing everything from here on out via the Management Console.
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Fun With Numbers: 2016 Presidential Election
I’m writing this March 8th, 2016, so there are quite a few caucuses (caucii?) to go. That said, the media has been doing absolutely everything they can to diminish Bernie Sanders as a candidate, and everything he’s accomplished so far. In full disclosure, even though I’m not a journalist, and this website is just for me to complain about stuff and make dick jokes, I am a supporter of Bernie Sanders, and plan to vote for him in the WA caucus, later this month.
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Chris Explains Rap Lyrics to White People
So yeah. I’m scraping the bottom of the barrel for topics. Writer’s block is a bitch. Anyway. There’s a huge cultural difference between African Americans and European Americans. Caucasians. Crackers. Whatever. We white people have almost no clue what it’s like, and especially what it has been like, to be black in America. Nowhere is this more apparent than in language. Well, police brutality, but also language. I’ve been told that I understand black culture pretty well. For a honky, anyway. As a public service, I’m going to try to explain lyrics to rap songs, so that white people can hopefully gain a little understanding and perspective.
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The Lunacy That is Language
For the love of the Great Keanu, can we please streamline language? I’m not sure if all languages are like this, but in English based languages, it is absurd to the point of illogical incomprehensibility. I love language. I love the ability of being able to convey concepts and thoughts and identity to others, and that they can understand the gestures and verbal sounds we utter. Even that is limited, though. Over the eons, our languages have evolved. I mean that literally, as they have changed slowly over time. Our modern American (which I maintain is a cousin to, but not the same as, English) evolved from Olde English (mixed with Spanish and…
