Of Calvin and Computers

Budgie. It's nice. It's simple, yet useful features are handily available. The panel design actually makes sense. On a 720p display, I wish I could downscale everything, but that's neither here nor there. It's responsive. Animations seem to be a bit buggy, but I turned them off. So that's okay. It's basically a modified Gnome 3, so nothing to talk about in the way of "What cool features does it have that other desktops don't?" Nothing. It's Gnome. Clean? I wouldn't say it's clean. Like KDE, it's not supposed to be clean, it's supposed to be functional. Gnome 3, that's clean. Too clean for some people. Budgie is okay. It's nothing to be excited about. But it's functional. And for this netbook, it works well enough.

Ethics: moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity. Morals: a person's standards of behavior or beliefs concerning what is and is not acceptable for them to do. I think it is safe to say ethics are law, morals are a conviction. Morals are unavoidable. As we read Scripture our worldview will flavor our understanding and we will all apply scripture differently to our individual lives. It’s part of the beauty of Christianity, freedom in Christ, grace. One of my morals is I don’t drink alcohol. Is it a sin to drink alcohol? No. I simply don’t think it is wise for me to do. Therefore, I don’t. If you do, more power to you. Your morals must allow that freedom. Which is fine. Scripture does not have anything prohibiting alcohol except under certain circumstances. Paul even tells Timothy to drink wine for medicinal reasons. Thus removing even its possibility of being a sin. Sin is always sin regardless of the reason it’s being committed. T...