I'm the village idiot, I don't have anything to do with this pathetic little opera, I just felt like passing through!
I did my Navy thing this weekend. I am a member of the United States Navy Reserves. One weekend a month and two weeks a year. That thing. Only one weekend a month and two weeks a year doesn’t really cover it. In order to truly make a successful military career in the reserves it … Read more
Writers Block Live is calling for a complete boycott of all high definition video (HD) that uses any kind of DRM such as AACS. The core issue is the desire of major corporate content publishers to incorporate control over how and when copies are made. Digital Rights Management (DRM) is the term that has come … Read more
I have this friend who buys a lot of really cool toys. Bicycles, motorcycles, table saws, band saws. Expensive stuff. I mean, he buys the expensive ones within each class. However, he never has time to go out and play with his toys. Moreover, he also does not have time to maintain the physical condition … Read more
Zillow.com is pretty cool. Not at all cool that it doesn’t support (read: actively prohibits) Safari. So, you have to install Firefox to check it out. Zillow.com proposes to tell you the current market value of your house. They’ve incorporated the now required satellite maps which is kind of cool. You can see the values … Read more
Greetings Senator, I am an American serviceman. On December 5, 2003 when my country called me to serve in Operation Iraqi Freedom, I packed my gear, kissed my wife and kids, and marched off to war. I put a successful career at Apple Computer on hold. My wife stepped up to the commitment we had … Read more
Now, three congressmen have decided that they didn’t really want to vote in support of going to war with Iraq (Fox story here). The article goes on to clearly state the political benefits of the statements these three have made. Reversing their positions has been politically expedient especially in light of the fact that their … Read more
This whole business of naming anything and everything after corporations is really kind of odd. Now, we have a town in Texas that is changing its name in exchange for free satellite TV service for a decade. On the face of it, that seems innocuous enough. I mean, who cares what the name of the … Read more
During a recent visit to Washington State on the Navy’s dime I had the opportunity to visit an old friend. I used to work for him when I was at Microsoft. We remained friends after I left some six years ago now. I always enjoy his company because we can talk about every thing under … Read more
I was talking via instant message with a friend who pointed out that I haven’t blogged in months. He’s right of course and I do miss it. While I was in the gulf blogging was a way to fill way too much free time and I was recording a unique experience. It’s harder to write … Read more
This article states it precisely. There is a lot of discussion, most of it heated, about how terrible it is that many countries have villainized Muslim males in the wake of 9/11. Mr. Friedman makes the excellent point that if the Muslim world does not regulate and police itself and if that failure then results … Read more