India is the world’s largest democracy, and Indian politics is interesting. It’s amazing that anything actually gets done. The government is a bureaucracy-choked mass and moves like drunk tortoise wading through tar, whereas at other times it surprises everyone by flashing by like a hyperactive cheetah on speed. But anyway, that is another issue. India…
Fixed a problem with Comment submission
Sam alerted me to the fact that the comment submission feature wasn’t working. It had to do with improperly setting the action attribute of the form. Well, it was set correctly, but after created an .htaccess file, and wrote some Rewrite Rules, it got messed up. I just had to set it to an absolute…
RIAA Retards
The RIAA gets a hard-on everytime they talk about DRM. Anyway, Hilary Rosen, formerly head of the RIAA, is complaining that she can’t get music for her iPod that doesn’t come from iTunes. More details here. What it comes down to, is that Ms. Rosen is bitching about a problem that she helped create. Talk…
Going to War
Maybe it was close to a month and a half ago, perhaps two months. I don’t recall correctly – as strange as that sounds. I should be able to recall an event so significant. I chose to join the Armed Forces of the United States in what was a relatively peaceful time. It was on…
Sandstorm
I’m sure most of you have seen the movie The Mummy. If so, I’m sure you remember the sandstorm scene with the huge, towering sand wall. Here are some pictures of a real sandstorm in Oman. A wall of sand approaching the campsite. How big is this thing?! Getting closer… The sand wall, right before…
FCC Broadcast flag struck down!
From C|Net News: Court yanks down FCC’s broadcast flag Published: May 6, 2005, 9:52 AM PDT By Declan McCullagh Staff Writer, CNET News.com In a stunning victory for hardware makers and television buffs, a federal appeals court has tossed out government rules that would have outlawed many digital TV receivers and tuner cards starting July…
Cinco de Mayo
Yesterday was Cinco de Mayo. I went down to Tempe and met up with Josh, Suhrid and Lance. We paid the $5 cover charge to get into Macayo’s and walked around and had a couple of beers. Well, Josh, Lance, and I did. We pretty much just hung around the patio and checked out the…
The Internet is full of crap
From Friendster Today’s Forecast You’re still quite focused on your sweetheart, and the feeling is mutual. Have dinner out, and don’t be afraid to talk about the future. You won’t be the only person at that candlelit table who’s been thinking in terms of permanence. It’s all good, on both sides of that romantic candlelit…
RSS Feed
I set up an RSS Feed yesterday, for this website. I know there are tons of bloggers out there who write about many amazing topics like what their cat threw up yesterday. Then they even go so far as to set it up on RSS. I can’t claim to be completely innocent because I have…
Firefox hits 50 million downloads!
Firefox, the Open Source browser has hit 50 million downloads! Absolutely amazing! I remember when I used to use Internet Explorer because I didn’t think there were any good browsers out there. I also remember when I even flamed Mozilla (I knew this would bite me in the ass later), but that was because this…