Archive for the 'General' Category

I think everyone who reads the blog (thanks to both of you!) knows how I feel about the whole NSA spying story. At the end of this article they mention that the NSA uses a 48 point checklist to determine whether or not a wiretap is justified. What if they made it a 49 point checklist with the last point being whether they have included the judicial branch in their little process.

I’m not too sure how I feel about this one.

I can sympathize with the Muslims who find this offensive, but a building burning riot in the street kind of offensive?

I can imagine that many religions around the word do not believe in the same level of sacrilegious freedom that many countries take for granted.

I wonder if this one will cause the same level of outrage among the Christians?

If you live in the Atlanta area and are free February 4th,6th or 7th. Come to the Johnny Walker Journey event.

For all those who have data they would like to keep forever. We have all learned by now the burnt CD’s and DVD’s are only good for a few years at best, so your best bet is the hard disk juggling routine for backing up your precious data. Here is an article on how to use free software to keep your data backed up over a external drive (you could use a network shared drive just as easy).

Please bear in mind that you could have two simultaneous drive failures, the odds against are very high, but it has happened to me once. I will describe the loss of all my data as being disappointing but somewhat cathartic. :)

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Ok, since New Orleans is closed I’m headed to Mobile for the Mobile Mardi Gras.

Informative article on website design do’s and don’ts.

I wonder if Nagin is picking up the hint. It sure seems to me that if Biblical Wrath is involved, it seems to be pretty selective as to where it is being applied.

I wonder if Nagin is going to call another press conference.

The search for fresh beer

Microsoft will not issue patch without pay. Praise Bill!

Some days I really believe that our IT department will eventually kill the company I work for. I really like the first comment “You don’t. You fire them and outsource their jobs to India”.
Overwhelming Bureaucracy in the IT Department?

Hmmm I wonder if the amateur satellite hunters will ever find Misty, or Son of Misty…

Interesting article…

It seems that Windows XP can install device drivers that are not necessary for your specific system. Apparently these drivers suck up system resources while giving no benefit to the end user. Here is a quick and dirty article on how to remove these drivers from your Windows XP machine.

Remember this sounds like a sales pitch for a book, but it looks pretty bad on the RBOC (phone company) side. According to this review the local phone companies collected quite a bit of money to give true fiber to the curb service, but quit the process shortly after they received the money…

I really do not like aligning myself with Mikro$oftNBC but one the MSNBC anchors Keith Olbermann has a really fun time sticking it to Bill O’Reilly.

To keep up with the Free SQL server Microsoft is offering and the free Oracle that Oracle is offering, IBM has made a free version of their DB2 Database. Available for Windows and Linux…

I bet Ebay pulls this one down pretty quick…

Aparently a librarian, together with her Director, refused to let the FBI seize library computers without a warrant. Note that the FBI wanted 30 computers to do with what they wanted. The judge only approved 3 computers, and limited their search to only material they were supposed to be looking for.

Not part of a rant, just looking up info on why New Orleans was known as “The City That Care Forgot“.

Time for the Luddites among us to give it up. Now officially the greatest technological advance in the last decade. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you The Beer Pouring Robot…