Trouble With SamKnows Router cont.

I received the following email as a reply: Hi Marcus User update We are very sorry to hear that you are having trouble with your router. Please follow the steps below to update your router. Please follow this link to setup http://fcc.samknows.com/install To install the firmware, please download it from:…
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Trouble with SamKnows Router

Here’s an e-mail I wrote to the SamKnows/FCC Reporting support team on my trouble with their router (it’s sometimes referred to as a “whitebox”): SamKnows Personnel; Some background on my network configuration before my question: Before my SamKnows/FCC Whitebox, my home network consisted of a modem serving IP public internet…
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My Use of Technology

Time for something new! From a conversation I’m having on OKCupid: You say that you’re stepping back from technology a bit? Why’s that? As far as my use of technology goes, I’ve obviously not cut myself off from it completely (since I’m using it now). I’m just trying to be…
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You’ve read this before.

You’ve seen most of this before, but with this version, I finally feel like I have all of my feelings on this life change put together succinctly and eloquently: I graduated college in 2007 with a major in Media Production and a minor in Computer Info. Systems. Computers were my…
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My Quest

I’m on a quest. Like in a “Dungeons & Dragons” styled role playing game, I’m trying to answer a question: am I consciously living the life that follows my core values? I hadn’t realized I was on this quest until I got back from my recent trip to Texas (photos).…
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My next step…

For those who have not heard the rumor: I AM LEAVING MY EMPLOYMENT with Hillsdale Community Health Center. With the winter fast approaching in ’07, and being stuck in an RV camper, I gratefully accepted the job as Computer Tech at HCHC. I did this knowing that computers were my…
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To the Facebook Ad Reporting Team:

Facebook Friend Finder frequently says that "Russell" and "Matthew" have found friends using it, when I know they have not. I’m also told that my name is appearing to others advertising that I’ve used the service. This is not just blatant false advertising, but also libelous! You’re service is using…
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Thoughts On My Intentional Community

I took a couple minutes today to jot down some ideas about my intentional community project. My first question to answer is, “What’s the goal of this community?” And at it’s practical core, The Community will exist to provide its members with the basic necessities for pursuing one’s own happiness.…
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Quote on living the old ways

Take from a member of a Yahoo Newsgroup that I troll around: Going back to the old ways doesn’t mean giving up electricity, homes, and cars. It means living by the same principles, laws, and values that our ancestors lived by. This will allow us to live successfully in today’s…
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Becoming a Planeteer

I’m not sure when Captain Planet last aired on television, but apparently the persona is still alive in other forms.  For instance, here’s the website for the Captain Planet Foundation:  http://captainplanetfoundation.org/  and a blog titled "What Would Captain Planet Do?":  http://wwcpd.org/Awesome.  Ted Turners legacies will live on forever. 
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