May 30, 2005
And Now a Short Break
Just a short break from the usual stuff to bring you a picture of a hibiscus in our garden:
It rained earlier, but the sun has come out.
May 25, 2005
Sigh
I gave up on trying to work through Cingular's web site to add my feature, so I called customer service to order it. But, the feature I added doesn't work. CS was clueless about fixing the problem, and I decided to try emailing them (through the web site) in hopes that someone who actually knows something might read it.
And I got this:
God, I hate Cingular.
May 23, 2005
Tick...Tick...Tick...
Time is running out:
China takes emergency steps as bird flu found
May 21, 2005
Rights of Monsters
Paper Prints More Photos of Saddam in Jail
Interesting article.
Okay, Saddam in his tidy whities may "offend Arab sensibilities" but they're perfectly okay with pictures of their own guys cutting off people's heads. Right. Got it.
I am having trouble with the concept that a guy who ordered the use of chemical weapons against his own citizens, and who had people put into wood chippers, has a right to privacy.
May 19, 2005
Why Cingular So Often Sucks
I am trying to add to my plan, to give them even more of my money, and I get this:
This happens way too often at Cingular.
Update: it's now May 24 and it still gives me the same error. What kind of organization has a broken web site as their online representation? Cingular does. "Error in our systems"? Fix your damn systems, morons.
Big D
Some examples by Jim Schutze of how the city of Dallas is a corrupt cess pool led by an arrogant queen bee mayor and run by a criminal syndicate, known locally as the Dallas City Council:
May 18, 2005
May 10, 2005
Disgraceful
The despicable Maureen O'Gara of G2 Computing, Client Server News, and (formerly?) Sys-Con, published a hit piece over the weekend targeting Pamela Jones of Groklaw. Complete with photographs of what O'Gara claims is Jones' home, she also printed the address, phone number, and even a description of Jones' car, making frequent sneering references to Jones' religious affiliation. Got to make sure the SCO loonies can find the right place, don't ya know.
That makes me wonder, how would O'Gara feel if someone were to make use of widely available internet search systems and publish information like, oh, say this:
11 Danis Ave
GLEN COVE, NY 11542
516-759-1571
Maps & Directions | Did you go to school with Maureen O'Gara?
Coincidentally, that address is a scant 2.2 miles from G2's headquarters in Sea Cliff.
But it would be wrong to publish information like that.
Update: Apparently their are places even Sys-Con won't go. Maureen O'Gara has been dropped from Sys-Con publications.
If this holds up, I might resubscribe to some of their print magazines.
May 09, 2005
Mething around
Mexico drug use soars as U.S. meth labs shift south - Yahoo! News
"Rogue suppliers"? Is that a euphemism for the Chinese government? I think it is.
May 06, 2005
Woo Hoo!
Court Blocks TV Anti-Piracy Tech Rules
Looks like FCC's earnest attempt to kiss the movie industry's ass has come to naught.
May 04, 2005
Confederacy of Idiots
At Pinkdome, some liveblogging of the disgraceful Texas house vote on outlawing suggestive dances by high school cheerleaders:
PinkDome.com: Finally we get to the Cheerleaders!
With all the problems facing Texas (school funding, children's health coverage, etc., etc.) these morons waste time voting on this. Some idiot house member got all offended because the cheerleaders at his alma mater laid some hootchie moves on him at halftime, so he's gonna show them who's their daddy!
God save Texas, because these asshats aren't going to.
Got to Love This
Technology - Why Google Scares Bill Gates - FORTUNE
Bill Gates once again reveals to the world that he is a raving lunatic with the emotional maturity of a three-year-old ("gimme that! that's mine!") and the ethics of an alley cat.
Look, asshole. You have umpty-fuck billions of dollars, you're richer than a fucking oil sheik, give it a rest already. Go screw your wife or something. The rest of us want a break from your fucking paranoid megalomania, let us enjoy the internet without you trying to screw it up with Microsoft shit. GO THE FUCK AWAY ALREADY.
May 03, 2005
Utah Steps Up
Utah steps up and shows some courage:
HoustonChronicle.com - Utah takes stand against No Child Left Behind
<Twin Peaks>It's Happening Again</Twin Peaks>
HoustonChronicle.com - Customer finds employee's finger in frozen custard
Only this time, there's an employee missing a finger!
May 02, 2005
Very Funny
Cute idea, having Bright Eyes on the Tonight Show.
Fuck you, Leno. Go to hell.