A Reconsideration
After a nudge from my wife, I have taken a look back at my posts regarding Hurricane Katrina and the aftermath of that storm and have realized that I came across as extremely strident and meanspirited. I’d like to apologize…
Year 2005
Everyone Give Slashdot A Round Of Applause As They Join Us In The “Noughties”
Slashdot: finally moving to CSS-based layout, and not a momentfive years too late. Heh. Maybe it’ll finally render correctly in Firefox, for a change.
Doing What Humans Do Best: Face Down Adversity With Humor
UPDATE: I’ve reconsidered the tastefulness of this post (see here for details) and am leaving it in place. However, consider it superseded by the above-linked post. Tragedies of the scale of Katrina are a difficult time for all involved and…
Mildly Intemperate In The Face Of Political Criticism
Brad recently got himself into a bit of hot water with his commenters while commenting on the general state of affairs in the New Orleans area post-Katrina. I think his point is valid, albeit perhaps inelegantly expressed. Well, if your…
Eeeenteresting…
As previously noted in this space, the Google Mini isn’t exactly a model of openness. I’d always assumed that it ran a version of Linux as its operating system, but was never quite sure. That is, until today. Google issued…
Old Coot Alert
I may well earn my AARP card with this one, but oh well. I’ve a confession to make, and it may well peg your “Crotchety-Old-Crank-o-meter”: I don’t “get” what’s so great about Kanye West. There, I’ve said it. He’s pulled…
Instant Replay – Fantasy Football Draft, Round 2
We held the fantasy draft for the second league I’m a member of this evening. This draft ended up being quite a bit shorter than my last one – we hummed through the picks at a rapid rate. Below are…
Astounding
The Penny Arcade fellows are auctioning off an original piece of PA artwork (the cover design to this year’s PAX booklet, for those that care to know) and are intending on donating 100% of the proceeds to the American Red…
A Simply Brilliant (Or Is It Brilliantly Simple?) Idea
The SciFi channel has obviously been playing its cards right when it comes to its new Battlestar Galactica series. They are not only offering a high quality, well-written science fiction show, they are offering a high quality, well-written dramatic series…
May The Fires Of A Thousand Suns Give Them Melanomas Of Varying Sizes, Shapes And Severity
My credit union called my house the other day and left a worried-sounding message on my answering machine stating that they were tracking some suspicious activity on my credit card. I finally got ahold of them today only to find…
