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Oct 24, 2004
Politics

A Recursive History Lesson

This is from James Wolcott by way of the always incredible William Gibson (yes, that one): “The savage Iraq insurgency, a tragedy for the Iraqi people and the Americans and other foreigners who have been victims there, has unwound the future in wa...

Oct 23, 2004
iRooster

iRooster 2.0.1

I have almost finished iRooster 2.0.1. As the name implies, it’s just a couple bug fixes. However, I have tossed in one extra thing. Now, if and when iRooster crashes, you will be able to send crash report information to me instead of Apple. I don...

Oct 23, 2004
iRooster

Fooled Around and Ready to Settle Down…

WesnerM writes today on a topic that concerns me occasionally: “By denying the customer a second chance to evaluate the software when they are likely ready to buy, I bet FeedDemon has lost a number of customers.” How many customers for iRooster h...

Oct 23, 2004
Politics

Armchair Punditry

I feel like I’ve been engaging in armchair punditry for too long now. I’m going to play all my cards, and make my prediction for this election. We’ll see how realistic my guesses are in another nine days. I’m not going to touch this entry, but I’...

Oct 21, 2004
Politics

GO BOSTON!!!!!

I am not a huge baseball fan by any stretch of the imagination. Nonetheless, I was absolutely thrilled by watching the Red Sox crush the Yankees last night. I’m hoping for another Massachusetts win in a little under two weeks, too.

Oct 17, 2004
Politics

Badnarik! Badnarik! Badnarik!

First off, what the heck is the deal with the Republican flipout over Kerry’s reference to Mary Cheney in the third debate? Sure, I can understand being a little peeved over such a personal reference, but to listen to Lynne and Dick telling it, Ke...

Oct 13, 2004
Politics

Dred Scott and Roe v. Wade

I was as confused as everyone else during the last debate about what the hell Dubya meant when he started talking about Dred Scott. “Huh?” I asked myself, “I’m glad to hear he’s opposed to slavery…” Bush wasn’t actually wandering off into some bi...

Oct 10, 2004
Video Games

Master Chief for President

Regardless of who wins next month, I’ll still have my beloved Master Chief a week later. In other news, Sony’s “Halo Killer,” Killzone, drops one week before the 800LB gorilla of FPS console game, Halo 2. My take on it? Snooze, Sigh, Ho-hum. What...

Oct 09, 2004
Politics

Network TV Smear Campaign Call-to-Arms

You may have heard that the Sinclair Broadcasting Group is ordering its member stations to show partisan programming in the final days before the election. The movie, “Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal,” was made by Carlton Sherwood, who used t...