Archive for September, 2006

The Free Press — Independent News Media - Election Issues

Saturday, September 30th, 2006

The Free Press — Independent News Media - Election Issues
Ohio election protection activists have won a landmark court battle to preserve the ballots from 2004’s disputed presidential election, and researchers studying those ballots continue to find new evidence that the election was, indeed, stolen. Among other things, large numbers of consecutive votes in different precincts [...]

Bush’s Faustian Deal With the Taliban –May 22, 2001

Thursday, September 28th, 2006

Bush’s Faustian Deal With the Taliban –May 22, 2001
Enslave your girls and women, harbor anti-U.S. terrorists, destroy every vestige of civilization in your homeland, and the Bush administration will embrace you. All that matters is that you line up as an ally in the drug war, the only international cause that this nation still takes [...]

Stevey’s Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile

Wednesday, September 27th, 2006

Stevey’s Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile
Scrums are the most dangerous phase in rugby, since a collapse or inproper engage can lead to a front row player damaging or even breaking his neck.
— Wikipedia
Nice talk about good vs bad agile programming.

Hasselblad to release H3D at Photokina - Engadget

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

Hasselblad to release H3D at Photokina - Engadget
[...] DSLR camera, and comes in two versions, starting at 22 megapixels and ranges as high as 39 megapixels.
Two versions make a range?
Oh, the camera looks cool too, but since it’s a Hasselblad, expect it to cost more then the average American makes in a year.

Flickr Passes 1/4 Billion Photos

Friday, September 22nd, 2006

Flickr
My first photo on Flickr was one in the Transaparent Screen meme, photo number 7,358,479. I can remember them passing 70 million just before Christmas of last year. I noticed that they were approaching 250 million million this morning. That was passed soon afterward.
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Microsoft Lover Blames Google for Bugs in His Beloved Program.

Friday, September 22nd, 2006

» Playing Google Videos In Windows Media Player » InsideGoogle » part of the Blog News Channel
Despite being an .avi file, a very standard video format, Windows Media Player can’t play it because Google has included in the file a bogus fourcc code in the file that WMP chokes on. Take that same file, change [...]

Stevey’s Home Page - A Quick Tour of Ruby

Friday, September 22nd, 2006

Stevey’s Home Page - A Quick Tour of Ruby
Ruby used to annoy me simply by existing. I first heard about Ruby years ago, in maybe 1997 or 1998, and folks said it was kind of like Perl, but “cleaner”, whatever that meant. Ruby fans back then seemed like a tiny minority of rebels and [...]

Remember Ring - Never Forget an Anniversary! - Alaska Jewelry

Thursday, September 21st, 2006

Remember Ring 09/15/2006 Never Forget an Anniversary! - Alaska Jewelry
The Remember Ringâ„¢ utilizes patent pending Hot Spotâ„¢ technology to deliver a reminder that it’s “That time of the year again!”
24 hours before your special day, the Hot Spot™ on the interior surface of your Remember Ring™ will warm to 120º F for approximately 10 seconds, [...]

Who Would Jesus Attack with Dogs?

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006

Griper Blade: Remember When Everyone Thought Torture was Evil?
In the US, however, the right seems to have been taken over, to a certain degree, by big torture fans. Oddly, the religious right has weighed in in favor of torture.
I first heard the case of Maher Arar on NPR on the way home today. This [...]

Butter Fried Krispy Kreme Donuts

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006

Butter Fried Krispy Kreme Donuts | Family Resource (FamilyResource.com)
Several months ago I was visiting my grandmother in Kingsport, TN and discovered the most delicious food ever! I awoke one morning and found her frying a Krispy Kreme donut. My immediate response was, “that’s disgusting!” She told me to hold off until I had tasted it. [...]