Author Archives: Michael Wigle
What Do You Have To Hide?
Since the 9/11 airline hijackings and subsequent deaths we have seen a significant change in people’s willingness to give up freedoms for security. We have been warned over and over again how dangerous and elusive this threat is. Two huge … Continue reading
48 Hours Off-Grid
Background My wife and I have been interested in emergency preparedness for quite some time. She is a volunteer for the Medical Reserve Corps (although currently inactive) and I’m an Amateur Radio Operator (though I haven’t had a great deal … Continue reading
Death, Guns, and Perspective
I have been hearing a great deal of talk about gun control, gun violence, and gun rights lately. It got me wondering what some of the real statistics were and how it fit in with the rest of life. I … Continue reading
Racism
I was in a bible study with men and boys one night when an unusual event took place that got me thinking very heavily about racism. A black cat crept up behind two of the boys and one of then … Continue reading
Thoughts from the Abbey 2012
Settling In I arrived as I always do. My head was full of the business of life, my body was tense, and everything was normal. I was asleep within an hour, having unpacked and settled in with prayer. After waking … Continue reading
Locked Out! How to gain access to your Windows computer when you forget the password
This may be a bit controversial because this article is going to give step by step instructions on how to gain access to any computer running Windows regardless of whether or not you know the password. Let me start by … Continue reading
Safer Web Browsing
After years of the mantra being repeated over and over, most people know not to open e-mail attachments from people they don’t know. Slowly but surely, people are beginning to realize it’s also not safe to open strange, unusual, or … Continue reading
How to run a startup or boot script as root in Linux
Every once in awhile I have wanted to be able to run a specific script automatically when Linux starts regardless of the user. Typically, I have also wanted that script to run as root because I’m doing random odd things … Continue reading
Lights Out Family Day
I would like to share a recently started tradition in our family. It’s called Lights Out Family Day. It was an idea I had awhile back but didn’t follow through on. My loving wife gave it to me as a … Continue reading
Dealing with Sin in Others
If my friend lies to me, who has he sinned against? Surely it is against God and not me. For that sin my friend will have to answer to God Himself. So, if my friend, by lying to me, has … Continue reading
