Paul ⁽³³⁹⁾

Yes, ROMs. Not Romulans, as this is not Star Trek. Alas. A while ago I got an Android update on my smartphone. It was for Android 4.4.2. I installed it and I was not a happy camper: suddenly only Google's own apps could manipulate the SD card! The trick would be to ROOT the phone (breaking it open, in a way, to give me all the permissions again). It was quite an experience. How to root…

Before you wonder what this is: it's a keyboard. Yes, I know it looks like a typewriter. That's the beauty of it. It's a 'Qwerkywriter', crowdfunded via Kickstarter. This keyboard can connect to devices via USB and BlueTooth. And I ordered one by pitching in on the Kickstarter. I find this an amazing thing to look at. It breathes steampunk and back to basics typing. Love it.

You are undoubtedly aware that your car is expensive. It's expensive in ways you may not even have considered. First of course there is a lot of money involved in actually buying the thing, after deciding on the right colour. Fun bits like insurance, taxes and inevitably fuel costs are something that you take into consideration as well. But did you ever stop to think how much of the time you use that precious car?…

Some people don't have a clue what traffic is all about. They really don't. Well, perhaps you do, or it's different in your part of the world, but... The problem splits up in several parts. One is speed. Many people don't seem to understand that when they make their car move at 80mph/120kph, that they are moving fast. What? Oh, of course, everyone moves fast, so there's no problem. Really? Speed kills. Accidents happen. People…

If you're a pagan you probably know what 'skyclad' means. There are plenty of groups out there in the real world who perform their rituals that way. 'Skyclad', for those who don't know, means 'naked'. You wear nothing but the sky. A skyclad circle Not all pagans go naked when doing rituals. Not all pagans do rituals. But there are also non-pagans who go naked when they can, simply because they like it. They're called…

It's indeed worrying. And Mr Barton isn't the only one. That's even more worrying.

Image courtesy of wikimedia.org This thing from the current pope had the world in shock for a while. Lately you don't hear much about it any more though. It even had the Vatican in shock (and perhaps still has). What many people perceive as the new Crusades to make the entire world become Catholic doesn't seem to be more than a "repositioning" of that faith so it's more modern. Will this pope succeed? Who knows.

One of my acquaintances/friends on the everpresent Facebook is a pagan writer by the name of Serita Tillson. She's published her first book about her experiences on the pagan path. It's called The darkened path (book 1). I've decided to let you all know about this. After all, this is a pagan blog, and if there's one thing pagans should do, it's sticking together. So here's a snip from Serita's blog about her first book:…

Plastic. The most wonderful invention of all, or so it seems. It's everywhere, and the more we have, the better it is. For instance in supermarkets, where you see something, wrapped in plastic. Before you buy it, it may be wrapped in more plastic, after which you get a plastic bag to take it home in. And water. That comes in plastic too. Naturally, because plastic is natural. Isn't it? Even our plastic comes wrapped…

You may (not) have noticed the attempts of the people in control (no, I'm not talking about politicians but about the big money-mongers) to make people more stupid by shoving all kinds of bizarre stuff into their heads via television. There is another path they're going, though. Another way to influence your mind and make you nice, dumb and docile. It's called safety. You probably think I'm nuts, because safety is good. Safety saves lives, safety…