Source finished! (2006/02/16)
I sorta spaced off mentioning this. See, every time I come to my blog, it’s buried in unapproved comments, 99.5% of which are spam. I’m lucky to get one comment per two hundred which isn’t spam. Spam has random plausible names on it, and comment bodies like “Pending Very interesting site, beautiful design, thank.” (attributed to “Nelly”). I have to skim it and delete it ALL to find the one comment from an actual person.
[read more...]How to do backlash like an adult (2006/02/15)
So, as you’ve doubtless already heard, there’s been some anger about cartoons allegedly offensive to Muslims, and a large Iranian newspaper decided that the best way to get back at the Danes for not having clear policies against offending people was to, get this, have a contest for Holocaust cartoons. Because, you know, Denmark is almost entirely Jewish, or something.
[read more...]I love Linux, but I hate it. (2006/02/01)
This’ll sound strange coming from someone making a living using and writing about Linux, but it’s damn hard to take it seriously sometimes.
[read more...]Domestic Discipline: Abuse by any other name (2005/12/11)
Someone started a thread on a “lifestyle” called Domestic Discipline. This is the term used for it by some Christian groups, although similar practices are found in some Muslim communities.
[read more...]In All Things, Love (2005/12/10)
So, I started hanging around at another Christian BBS. It’s called In All Things, Love, and it is a site run by Christian principles, not just a site run by Christians. No doctrinal purity test for membership. No 12-page rules documents. Just people who have agreed to be nice and treat each other decently.
[read more...]Okay, this is just pathetic. (2005/12/08)
So, a friend of mine does fanart. (And before you ask, yes, most anime/manga publishers actively encourage fanart.)
[read more...]Bertrand Russell 3 (2005/11/29)
Well, it’s time once again for a Bertrand Russell party.
[read more...]Wow. (2005/11/14)
We have a kitten, around 10 months, running around the house. He’s energetic and bouncy, and loves to playfight; my hands are normally covered with tiny little scratches. Nothing serious, mind you.
[read more...]Ways to eke more money out of ex-customers. (2005/11/11)
So, I run an ISP as a hobby. And for that, we have various services; T1 lines, things like that.
[read more...]Never mind the numbers, I don't get what the damage is. (2005/11/10)
I recently had the opportunity, no, the privilege, to watch a court proceeding that I think would have been improved only by a car from which an unreasonably large number of clowns climbed during the course of the event. [read more...]