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Monthly Archives: July 2003
News Media
An interesting article in the L.A. Times about media coverage of politics, or more appropriately the lack of coverage: Another of the Lear Center’s research projects suggests a dispiriting answer. During the 1998 gubernatorial campaign, researchers monitored stations in California’s … Continue reading
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May
May is a horror/comedy about a young woman who was never socialized as a child (because of the lazy eye, and the eye patch), and her only friend ever is a doll that her over bearing mother gave her. If … Continue reading
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Translate Schwer
There are all kinds of great direct translations of the German word schwer . My favorite is arduous.
Tagged life, life::humor
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Emailing the President
According to this S.F. Chronicle story (which is a N.Y. Times reprint) the President of the U.S. is no longer accepting your comments or questions at the email address: president@whitehouse.gov. Instead you must navigate to the White House Web Mail … Continue reading
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urpmi
A brief how-to for using the urpmi utility to update your linux servers/workstations much more easily. Continue reading
Tagged work, work::linux
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SSU Fee Hikes!
According to this Press Democrat story Angela and I can expect to pay 30% more this upcoming semester. The saddest part is that the school has already cut teachers and programs back, but hopefully this increase will bring some of … Continue reading
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Recall Davis
It looks like the Recall Davis camp may very well get its chance to recall Gov. Davis, however I agree with David Brooks in this NewsHour interview, that this is not democracy. We just voted this guy in nine months … Continue reading
Record Budget Deficit
We have currently gone from a budget surplus to the largest budget deficit ever, and this NewsHour report says it will get worse before it gets better. A down economy; increased spending in Iraq, and Afghanistan; as well as the … Continue reading
New Error Documents
So with this domain name I can create my own custom ErrorDocuments. I found this one over at www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk and thought it was rather fitting for the current times. Note: read it carefully. I also found a nice little script … Continue reading
Tagged life, life::humor
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Double Whammy
Double Whammy starring Denis Leary, Steve Buscemi, and Luis Guzman is about Ray Pluto (Leary) a New York Police Detective who is in the middle of a string of real bad luck. Starting with the death of his family, for … Continue reading
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The Emperor’s Club
The Emperor’s Club is not very original, and there are few surprises. Mr. Hundert, played by Kevin Kline, is a teacher at an all boys private school. He is a beloved teacher who apparently has never had a kid act … Continue reading
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N.A.D.D.
I think I have N.A.D.D. . As proof I submit exhibit A: I only got half way through reading the article before I got distracted, ended up at an N.B.L.U.G. board meeting, then three hours after I stopped reading the … Continue reading
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McDonald’s Goes Wireless.
Tuesday McDonald’s announced the addition of broad band wireless access to 75 stores around the S.F. bay area. Pricing is $4.95 for two hours, and I seem to remember seeing somewhere that buying a value meal got you a free … Continue reading
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grrr…a-holes!
We are selling Angela’s ’89 Ford Probe, and we have it sitting in a lot with a For Sale sign on it with her cell phone number as the number to call. Well Saturday she got two odd messages on … Continue reading
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mod_ssl and being your own Certificate Authority
mod_ssl and being your own Certificate Authority. Continue reading
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Links to Help Become an Informed Voter
For this July the 4th, I thought it was appropriate that I found these links which can help to keep voters informed about their elected officials. opengov.us is an MIT project aimed at collecting as much information about public citizens … Continue reading
Weapons of Mass Destruction not found, “it’s cool” says America
So we are currently three months into a post-war Iraq, and still no weapons of mass destruction (WMD) have been found. WMD was the crux of the administration’s argument that Iraq was a dangerous country, and was what put most … Continue reading
The Jimmy Show
The Jimmy Show is terribly depressing, and more than a little bit boring. Written, directed, and starring Frank Whaley, Whaley plays Jimmy, a serious underachiever who must have taken courses on how to be a loser in highschool, just before … Continue reading
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Russia Kills Last Independent Television Station
According to this BBC story and further discussion on the NewsHour, Russia has closed its last independent television station, and just before elections, what a coincidence. The station was critical of the Kremlin, and of President Putin in particular, now … Continue reading