Recent Computer Trials and Tribulations
I’ve been having a rough week with my computers. It started out alright on Saturday when I successfully upgraded my main Ubuntu server. The upgrade consis...
Tag: rant
Three hour fiber outage this morning
USInternet decided to do some service-interrupting scheduled maintenance this morning. Apparently they swapped out some fiber switches. All-in-all I was down fo...
Airline Boycott Letter
I just sent the following letter to my congresscritters, my representative and Delta airlines: As I’m sure you know the TSA has started requiring passenge...
Anti-DRM Screed
Look! A blog post! This morning I posted a link to an anti-DRM comic on my Facebook feed. There was a comment thread that I wanted to save, so I decided to put ...
One Step Closer to Theocracy
The DNC moves us another step towards the future envisioned by Robert Heinlein in “If This Goes On“. Who is going to play the role of Nehemiah Scudd...
Why is Religion Still Here?
I sent my last missive – Why Do I Care About Other’s Religions – to my email list and got this thoughtful message in response: Tim, You raise ...
Why Do I Care About Other’s Religions?
I emailed a link to my previous blog posting about the Hello Kitty Jesus tattoo to a mailing list I am on. I got the following question in response. Tim, with a...
Get A Mac, Pt. II
To another friend with a Mac: > Yup, saw that. You’re just jealous because you don’t have one! 🙂 Um. No. Please give me one *compelling* reason I...
Get A Mac. Um, no.
This morning at work this article was passed around in email. It’s about a hacking contest and tells how the MacBook Air was hacked in under two minutes w...
Swear Word Replacement
****Warning**** Adult content (swearing) in this post ****Warning**** There was a thread about impeachment today on one of the mailing lists I run and one of th...