Archive for July, 2005

Full of Wit

Friday, July 29th, 2005

I’m witty! I mean people have told me I’m full if wit quite a few times… at least I think they said wit…

the Wit (52% dark, 34% spontaneous, 22% vulgar)

your humor style:CLEAN | COMPLEX | DARK
You like things edgy, subtle, and smart. I guess that means you’re
probably an intellectual, […]

Shoot someone? Not Smith & Wesson’s fault. Copy a movie? Grokster’s fault.

Friday, July 29th, 2005

The Daily KOS has a great post comparing a law shielding the gun industry from lawsuits with the recent Grokster decision: Shoot someone? Not Smith & Wesson’s fault. Copy a movie? Grokster’s fault.
He makes an excellent point. We all know a lot of illegal file trading happens using Grokster, but the amount of misuse is […]

Define “News” please

Wednesday, July 27th, 2005

Why I don’t bother to watch network news:

Be a Witness

The Christian Paradox

Wednesday, July 27th, 2005

The August edition of Harpers has an interesting article that asks just how “Christian” America really is.
Answer: Not very
Only 40 percent of Americans can name more than four of the Ten Commandments, and a scant half can cite any of the four authors of the Gospels. Twelve percent believe Joan of Arc was Noah’s wife. […]

Dump Adobe Reader

Friday, July 22nd, 2005

It’s widely and universally known that Adobe (aka Acrobat) Reader is about the slowest loading piece of software… ever. Glacial at times.
There’s a few things you can do about this:
Never view a PDF again
or
Hack the Adobe Reader plug-ins directory and remove the plugins you rarely or never use - but be careful or you may […]

Egg and Muffin Toaster!

Friday, July 22nd, 2005

Makes me hungry just looking at it… mmmm… toasty.
Back to Basics - Egg and Muffin Toaster