Fundies Said the Darndest Things (2005/11/04)
A friend of mine, Allan (a.k.a. WinAce), just died of complications from cystic fibrosis. He was perhaps best known for his very funny web page, Fundies Say the Darndest Things. Where others might have preferred to take things out of context to make them look bad, Allan went out of his way to provide links so people could evaluate the context. He removed quotes when people were offended or hurt. In this, as in most things he did, he showed compassion and grace along with his inimitable sense of humor.
[read more...]McLeod USA's vaguely threatening customer retention (2005/10/25)
So, we have a T1, through a local company called McLeod USA. We got involved with them many years ago, when they were related in some way to a smaller local competitor, and when Qwest was at their worst.
[read more...]Copy protection: Dismally ineffectual (2005/10/21)
The yutzes who tried to sue some kid for mentioning the existence of the shift key are still collecting money for their snake oil. The latest Black Rebel Motorcycle Club album is protected (hah!) by SunComm’s stuff.
[read more...]Just to put things in perspective... (2005/10/20)
Two steps forward, one step back. (2005/10/17)
Okay, so, I reorganized my office. (I’m still working on it, some, every day.)
[read more...]Why a Greyhound bus is acceptable blues transportation (2005/10/13)
As you may be aware, a Greyhound bus may be acceptable blues transportation.
[read more...]Reorganizing my office (2005/10/13)
Okay, so, I just spent, get this, roughly a whole week cleaning my office.
[read more...]So, about this whole "pro-life" thing. (2005/10/09)
I’ve heard it said that “pro-life” tends to pretty much cover people only before they’re born or once they’re actually dying. I’m not that cynical, although I’ve seen it in action. But I’d like to explore this thought a bit.
[read more...]Soyo rebate lawsuit: I win. (2005/10/01)
On August 1st, 2004, I bought a Soyo product with a $20 mail-in rebate.
[read more...]Too busy! (2005/07/11)
You may wonder why I never write. The answer is that I’m in the phase every book I’ve ever seen goes through, where the deadline is already gone, and all available cycles must go into producing improved text and dealing with review comments.
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