Gathman Happenings
I have tried to reconcile conflicting reports in
the Story of Terri Schiavo.
Stuart's class on
Roman Catholics and Evangelicals had only 4
members in 2002. However, they were very appreciative; most were repeating
the class. On September 20, 2002, we tried a
different topic
with the book
Intelligent Design by William A. Dembski.
Stuart also enjoys a local Apologetics Club.
Check out Jonathan's Web Page,
and now Jim's Web Page
as well as A Musical Offering and
Mindi's Web Page! The girls won't give me any
more of their writing, but
Elissa,
Julie,
Laura,
Daddy have Xangas
which they occasionally update.
The Virginia Gathmans have a new cat.
Microsoft XP and Treacherous Computing Warning
While previous versions of Microsoft Windows have had some advantages
to offset the problems, the
new licensing
and Digital Restrictions Management (called Digital "Rights" Management by some)
features in Windows XP make it truly a force for evil. Microsoft calls their new DRM
"Trusted Computing", but it is actually
Treacherous Computing. Microsoft applications with DRM (currently only
Windows Media Player), among other things, delete banned documents on demand.
Microsoft Word is next to get the DRM treatment, and I hope you can
understand the implications enough to shudder.
If you have Windows applications that you can't replace, stay
with earlier versions of Windows if you possibly can (of course, this
will mean you can't read documents produced by later versions). Better, don't
use Windows. I use Fedora Linux which
runs on the same hardware as Windows (except for some WinModems and other
hardware with secret interfaces). One of my coworkers
uses an Apple PowerMac. MacOS uses
more expensive (but superior) hardware.
Recipes
Literary and Musical Efforts
A Musical Offering, by Stuart Gathman
Gathman History
Runaway Horses! (Vignettes)
Essays
Reports
Book Reviews
Stories
Stories by Older Children
Stories by Very Young Children
Stories by Adults
Poems
Photos
Programming
See my online resume for some of the useful things
I've done at work. (Ignoring the many hours of useless drudgery.)
Send canned meat to pooh@expolit.com.