The Register has the text of a letter they claim US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice sent to the EU regarding the recent UN takeover bid and the subsequent rebuff by the US gov’t. The Register claims the letter uses…
Sean Gleeson has asked for commentary (or put out an RFC, in geek terms) on a potential system of icons that could be employed to indicate the actual content of NSFW links. So far he has “Offensicons” for nudity, sex,…
As I’ve previously discussed on this blog, I’ve really been enjoying my experiences with Mac OS X. One of the truly nice things about the OS is that, due to the fact that it is a true UNIX, all of…
I pretty much knew this was going to happen: Warner Brothers Records has C&D’d the wonderful American Edit mashup I mentioned a couple of days ago. All hope is not lost for those who neglected to grab it while it…
Like many of my ideological brethren, I’m a dedicated supply-sider, so the solution to our current illegal immigration crisis seems obvious to me: punish the companies that employ illegal immigrants. Let me take a step back. I believe there are…
From the Literal Barrage Conceptual Series. With apologies to Jeff Goldstein for ganking his schtick. “Whoa, wrong meeting, I guess! So it’s pronounced ‘May-cha’, not ‘Mek-kah’, huh? Guess me and my 3XL Gundam shirt should vaminos, eh, muchachos?”
Martial arts fans, have you seen Ong Bak? If not, Netflix it, grab it from Blockbuster, do whatever you have to do in order to see this movie. I won’t bore you with the details of the “plot”, such as…
If you have even a passing interest in the history of operating systems, then you owe yourself a look at the comprehensive timeline of UNIX’s existence. Dang. Just try to follow some of those OS family trees…
A coworker of mine forwarded me a link to a photo montage from this year’s air show at Edwards Air Force Base. It features the first picture of an F-22 with the missile bays open evertaken in public, among many…
I’m always left to wonder if anyone, anyone pays attention to SciFi movies as “cautionary tales”. For instance, while Tetra Vaal is cool in concept, in practice such a system practically reeks of Terminator 2. Yes, let’s put weapons into…
