Ozymandias
Bjork’s "Declare Independence"
Bjork has been pissing off governments all over the place with this new song. Here’s a live performance in California last summer: And here’s the video: Here’s a link to the lyrics. I particularly dig Damn colonists/Ignore their patronizing/Tear off their blindfolds/Open their eyes Here’s a hard copy of the record, if you want it.
Explanation of Website Problems
Obviously, many of the regulars here must have noticed that this site has been down for most of the day. The site has also been down for some time in the past, and has been very slow of late. Well, I hope to offer an explanation for these issues and a solution. First of all, [...]
Major Change to DemocracyNow Site
Um, I think I called for this in a comment awhile back on this site. Anyway, the streaming section for each show now contains MP4 links for video, as well as a “More Video Formats” link which takes you to archive.org where there is a youtube-like flash version, complete with embedding code. Also, there is [...]
Publisher Rejects Title of New Buchanan Book
Originally, Pat wanted it to be called “Keep Out The Wetbacks!!!”. Sadly, he was overruled by his publisher, which has named it “Day of Reckoning” Here’s Drudge’s preview: “To prevent America becoming “a tangle of squabbling nationalities” Buchanan urges: No amnesty for the 12-20 million illegal aliens; a border fence from San Diego to Brownsville; [...]
A Couple of Next Generation Browsers
After a year of work, Mozilla has released the second beta of Firefox 3. It’s much faster than Firefox 2, and has a better graphics and layout engine. Also, Opera 9.5 is out as an alpha, which should be less stable than a beta release. Of the two, Opera is more sophisticated, the layout engine [...]
If Elected, Edwards Promises to Destroy the Country
No, really. Here’s his platform, according to a news story: higher taxes for the highest income earners or would require tough energy conservation standards to wean the country off its dependence on foreign oil while dealing with global climate change. He said his universal health-care proposals would take power in the health-care sector away from [...]
GI Joe now stands for Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity
I saw this on IMDB today. Concerned about the current negative image of the American military in many countries, Paramount Pictures and Hasbro, the toy manufacturer, have decided that in their forthcoming film featuring comic-book patriot G.I. Joe, the character will become part of a multinational force, the London Daily Telegraph reported today (Tuesday). Even [...]
A Few Simple Rules for Computer Security
I do this stuff for a living, so I thought I’d pass on some of my knowledge. These rules only apply to Windows users. Mac users are too rich to care, and Linux is immune. You do not need an antivirus scanner if you know what you’re doing. I don’t have one in Windows, and [...]
Gore captures Nobel Jackass Prize
Al Gore has captured the first ever Nobel Jackass prize. Instead of a large cash award, this particular award carries with it an even greater honour: Gore will receive a sack full of his weight in horse manure. Bill Clinton, reached for comment on his “Everyone Has AIDS” tour, said “That would be one big [...]
New Tags Feature
I have upgraded to WordPress 2.3 and there is an important new feature: metadata tags. There is a textbox under the blog writing textbox where you can enter tags for your posts. This information is like the subject line in an email, and it will help int he longterm grouping and organizing posts which have [...]
Sony BMG to charge consumers for thinking of the name "Sony"
Well, not really. But during testimony in a file-sharing legal case today, Jennifer Pariser, Sony’s head of litigation, made some odd statements (which close aids have attributed to an overly tight necktie). The story on Ars Technica goes like this: Pariser has a very broad definition of “stealing.” When questioned by Richard Gabriel, lead counsel [...]
Upgrade to WordPress 2.3 in the works
I’ll be upgrading this site to WP 2.3 in the next few days. I mention this because on Slashdot today, there appeared an incorrect and misleading article in which the writer claimed that this new version sends confidential information about registered users to WP developers. Matt Mullenweg shot this down quickly, but I want to [...]
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