Time to step up on my soapbox (a short one, but 160 people end up here daily) for a cause. Please take a moment to visit MoveOn.org and educate yourself about the latest moves to consolidate media power. Simply because you’re browsing the web right now, and moreso because you are aware of […]
Monthly Archives: May 2003
Phonetic nightmares
May 29, 2003 – 12:00 am
So I thought I had a plan. I’d give in to the Moveable Type hegemony and sign up for TypePad, then work on a simple tool that met my needs as a personal project, maybe to learn Ruby or Cocoon.
Enter blojsom. Looks like it’s time to dust off the Cube.
Technology adoption
May 28, 2003 – 12:00 am
I’ve seen a few news items lately about “wireless power” in the form of surface pads (imagine a large mousepad) that use induction to transfer energy to devices placed on their surface. Thus far, I have not seen the point is a pad really that much more convenient than a dock for an iPod, […]
Scripting
May 28, 2003 – 12:00 am
Cedric has me thinking about scripting languages. I’m already intrigued by all the Ruby hype, but he’s made me reminisce about the speedy development cycle of PHP and ASP. If Ruby on
the web can bring back that empowerment without wasting my time with arcane syntax quirks or pre-OOP baggage, then count me interested. […]
Google Wars
May 28, 2003 – 12:00 am
I must fight the temptation to register brianjnoggleisacheesehead.com.
Maybe I should turn my attention to the fact that this site does not appear on the first page of results for phobia or my real
name.
Maybe trying to manipulate Google results is a futile waste of energy. Why needlessly contribute to the heat death of the universe?
Immortality
May 23, 2003 – 12:00 am
Before moving A
Soldier of the Great War from the bedside shelf to the “library,” I want to log at least one memorable passage:
“In a thousand years,” Alessandro said, “this incident will be remembered. By then, of course, we will have become angels, devils, or a dragon that breathes fire?but we have given this rock […]
Masturbation tax
May 22, 2003 – 12:00 am
“I’m
going to be taxed if I masturbate! Holy moly! How’s that for invasive
government?”
The proposal has already been scrapped but that doesn’t really make it any less humorous.
Matrices
May 21, 2003 – 12:00 am
There sure is a lot of Matrix
chatter out there. Some people understood, others are explaining, yet even some bright people just miss the point
entirely.
And, as with all things, a few are taking it all way too seriously.
