WordPress 2.0, Feed Icons And The Rise Of WordPress "Theme Engines"

The "Duke" Is Back In Town
WordPress version 2.0 ("Duke") was officially released this week with very little initial fanfare, although the main WP site was given a complete facelift to mark the occasion. You can grab the 2.0 release on the download page. Be warned, however, that there have been a lot of [...]

The Only 2006 Predictions Thread Worth Reading

RedState has compiled a fairly extensive list of predictions for the year 2006 as profferred by various bloggers of right/libertarian leanings. Funny, insightful stuff. Give it a look.

Current Events + Microsoft Bashing = Teh Funny

Scrappleface: Bush Orders NSA To Secure Windows XP. Heh.

A Message To Andy One

Do not, I repeat, do NOT allow your father to click on this link, as it is entirely unclear to me what a completely free game in the vein of Masters of Orion would do to him. He might simply cease to be. The dangers are too great, you cannot let him know!
For [...]

I Swear That Scott Adams Works At My Company

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Scott Adams is eerily gifted at describing the work environment at my place of employment.
What else can account for his accurate portrayal of Power Point Engineers:

…or his scathingly accurate portrayal of our end-of-year budget scramble?

Heh. And speaking of Dilbert, you are reading Adams' [...]

A Very Merry Un-Birthday, To Me? To Me!

Well, it's time to celebrate your birthday, it happens every year
We'll eat a lot of broccoli and drink a lot of beer
You should be good and happy that there's something you can eat
A million people every day are starving in the street
Your daddy's in the gutter with the wretched and the poor
Your mama's in the [...]

My Better Half's Worse-Off Foot

As previously noted in this space, my wife and I were due at the orthopaedist's office this morning. The doctor, a kindly older gentleman with thinning gray hair, took a look at the x-rays from the emergency room and pronounced that, yes, she has three broken metatarsals. However, the x-rays didn't show whether she [...]