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There was a lay punk living in a village. The villager left the village to visit a master punk to inquire about enlightenment. After going to a very remote place and scaling a very tall mountain the villager found the punk house of the master punk and spoke with the master punk. I want to [ ] The post What does it mean? first appeared on Bryan Hoffman .
It s been quite a while since I ve published anything hasn t it? Here s a checklist I ve used and iterated upon many a time when going on a trip. -Clean dishes, sink, and run disposal if present-clean laundry-take out trash-water plants Let s pause. Now by no means is this list going to cover everything. It s probably impossible [ ] The post A checklist for trips first appeared on Bryan Hoffman .
SATOR AREPO TENET OPERA ROTAS The post Return of Saturn first appeared on Bryan Hoffman .
So, there I was, pirating textbooks on Kabbalah. Which was the greater crime? The piracy? Or that I intended to study Kabbalah so young? Meanwhile, I m doing the tarot cards here and there, and well that s a gateway to stuff maybe? Who knows? It s all pretty random. And then, the inexplicable happens; I can perfectly explain it. But I won t. So, then, I m like: what do I say next? And that s…
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I wrote a gentle introduction to PHP for web applications. The text is titled: PHP For The Web: Enough to be Dangerous and it is available for free online at: https://bryanhoffman.github.io/ and for download at: https://bryanhoffman.github.io/PHP-For-The-Web Enough-to-be-Dangerous-by-Bryan-Hoffman.pdf The post I wrote a short, technical book! first appeared on Bryan Hoffman .
Spring is here. The quietest signs of growth are now stirring across the land. If you don t look for it, you could miss it. And who could blame you? Growth is subtle and gradual; the nature of growth is compounding, microscopic movement. The start of spring is anything but subtle and gradual, especially around here. The ice and snow melts and this fills the air with sounds of drips and trickles…
Food is important. I want to be like the Khan academy guy. This is going to be a weird format. Should I join the Masons? Should I have not mentioned them? I have a manuscript. Gosh, that word sounds pretentious. I d be content living in a yurt by a clean stream. I would prefer a yurt to a van, but let s not miss this classic SNL reference. I d honestly be so happy, if the water wasn t polluted.…
As a child, I took after St. Augustine, without ever knowing it. I was raised Christian and felt a sort of pressure to claim that title. I didn t. I chose Jainism. I learned early that people will talk one way, and walk another. I met people who were wicked and smart, and people who were dumb and righteous. The smart and wicked, those I thought were the biggest hypocrites of the bunch: they preach…
Permaculture is revolution disguised as gardening. — Mike Feingold Gardening 101 Gardening is a rather cheap and accessible hobby. Without much space, much can be accomplished in containers. The complaint I ve heard before is you might spend $100 and save $5 on tomatoes. Tomatoes are fun to grow, but store-bought ones are pretty darn good and cheap. I m not saying you shouldn t grow tomatoes, but…