Year 2005

Further Site Updates

Since the backup/restore process appears to have slightly b0rked my WP install, I am going to be performing some site maintenance today. This will entail disabling all of my installed plugins (except for SpamKarma, of course) and moving quite a…

He Shoots, He Scores!

Sean Gleeson nicely summarizes my feelings on the rampant idiocy reporting that has followed in the wake of the Pope’s death in an entry titled Birdbrains on the religion beat. He is not impressed, to say the least. Oh, and…

Aaaand We’re Back! (Sort of).

As you can probably tell, the server has been restored to working order. There is still some residual funkiness (such as the backups being too complete – there’s stuff here that I deleted a while ago). Once I get that…

Meeting Adversity With A Quiet Dignity And Grace

Bill Kristol demonstrated how best to win an “argument” with an opponent: don’t let anything ruffle you or break your resolve. The meat of the story: RICHMOND, Ind. — A pie in the face didn’t silence conservative pundit William Kristol…

Hosting Status Update

More downtime information, straight from the horse’s mouth: Unfortunately the testing last night of the primary hard drive indicated permanent physical damage to the platters and the hard drive will have to be replaced. We have established the window for…

Online Intimidation

A few stories have cropped up over the past week that cause me to worry quite a bit about free speech protections on-line. First up is the silencing of GayPatriot by a gay activist convinced that if you’re gay, Republican’s…