It took me a while to track down the exact 10 point checklist the RNC has drafted. I had to have a look at it, just for the laughs, you see. And, it is quite the read, I have to say. It's quite striking. Seven of the points say "oppose" or a form of it. So, seven of the points are straight out anti- statements. One of the remaining ones could just ( Read more... )

So, the KKK is doing a rally at Ole Miss. Yay for freedom of speech? I mean, what a horrible thing for the school not to want to endorse or associate itself with racist overtones? Mostly, its probably just the KKK looking to get attention for itself. Which, I've seen before. They had a rally at my high school once. Really, they just wanted to start ( Read more... )

This article about the FCC and the US DOT got my attention, because solving non-technical problems with technical solutions is something I'm expected to do on a daily basis here at work. I admit that sometimes that's a good idea. But, sometimes its a very bad idea, and in this case I'm thinking that people driving while distracted is a social ( Read more... )

I find it funny that Shinedown's "Sound of Madness" can be summed up as "Less QQ, More Pew Pew."

It's that time of year again.

And, by "that time of year" I mean the part of the year where I start electrocuting myself constantly on even non-conductive material. The cold is setting in.

In October? I know know about where you're from, but it doesn't get cold here in October. But, yet, today it was 35 degrees F when I left for work. That is ( Read more... )

Workin' on Saturday.

I'm getting some of the main functionality on my latest application finished up today. In other words, making buttons do stuff and lights light up.
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Further proof that being female sucks.

Of course, there's abuse of copyright law thrown in as well, showing that, yes, you can try to use the law to stifle free speech, but, no, it will just get you in deeper than you were ( Read more... )

If you don't check the Astronomy Picture of the Day, you should. Every day. I made this awesome picture my desktop. Some of my favorites are Hubble's shots of galaxies. The amount of galaxies out there boggles the mind. And, there are so many amazing pictures in the archives, with new ones every day. The Universe really is spectacular.

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