I'm the village idiot, I don't have anything to do with this pathetic little opera, I just felt like passing through!
Smittie 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
Whew! What a pain in the butt. I finally got my weblog nailed back together. This time with no plug-ins installed. I can’t honestly say that the plug-ins were to blame. It does seem that the problem stemmed either from the plug-ins or the fact that I’m not technically savvy enough to properly handle plug-ins. … Read more
The content management system (CMS) I used, MovableType, crapped out on me. It won’t let me log into the control panel. I’m trying to get it fixed but since I don’t really know what is wrong… We’ll see how it goes. Maybe it’s time to switch on over to Expression Engine or some other CMS. … Read more
My political compass Economic Left/Right: 1.25 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.62 I want less government because I don’t believe that the government is the best way to get most things done. There are few things that absolutely need to be the responsibility of the government. Although I am a registered Republican I feel that all politicians are … Read more
I like online tests that tell us something about ourselves. In many cases, I learn something new about myself through these tests. Today’s case in point, the Myers-Briggs personality model (Google Search, Wikipedia) and the tests based on this model. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is based on the psychological research of Carl Jung. At … Read more
So, I’ve managed to get my fat, old butt out and run every morning this week so far. One more day and I’ve finished a full week. Very cool. Not as hard as I thought it would be. Monday I was really slow. Almost 50 minutes to run 4 miles. 12 minutes to go one … 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
I finished “R Is For Ricochet (Kinsey Millhone Mysteries)”, “S is for Silence (Kinsey Millhone Mysteries)” and “Eleven on Top (A Stephanie Plum Novel)” haven’t been released in paperback yet. So, I’m hard up for stuff to read. I resorted to reading stuff that’s good for me. I mean like, books where I’m going to … Read more
Last night my wife of 17 years and I went to a dinner celebrating Valentine’s Day. At this dinner Steve Clifford and his wife were the guest speakers. They talked about marriage and how to keep the romance live. It was a great night. Steve Clifford is the senior pastor at Westgate Church. Steve and … Read more