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by Pete on January 31, 2006
Five years later and he still can’t fucking pronounce “nuclear.” Otherwise, the speech isn’t half bad, as political speeches go. That is, of course, aside from the fact that it is a giant pack of lies, mischaracterizations, false dilemmas, and (…)
Flirting with the dark side
by Pete on January 31, 2006
I’m currently tinkering around with Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2, which Microsoft released today. While there are some clunky aspects to it that are an immediate dead giveaway of its beta status, it’s actually pretty nice. The first obvious changes (…)
What if you had a demonstration and no one cared?
by Pete on January 31, 2006
Apparently Code Pink held some sort of “Impeach Bush” demonstration yesterday around the corner from the office where I work. This sentiment is not uncommon here in the Northeast. While we have our share of Republicans and rednecks, there is (…)
Countdown to a big waste of time
by Pete on January 30, 2006
Senate hearing into the White House’s warrantless wiretapping scheme begin on Feb. 6, one week from today. In case there is any question, let me be clear: I have absolutely no faith whatsoever in the Democrats on the Judiciary Committee (…)
When the hair was big and the booze flowed like water
by Pete on January 30, 2006
Having recently given in and finally joining Netflix, I was perusing their selection yesterday for more DVDs to add to my already overflowing queue, the thought suddenly popped into my head, “Gosh, it’s been years since I’ve seen The Decline (…)
Weekend music update
by Pete on January 29, 2006
The music project is pretty much done, at least this stage of it, anyway. I ended up ripping close to 60 discs’ worth of music, and am now happily listening to a bunch of stuff I haven’t heard since circa (…)
The New York Times finally throws down
by Pete on January 29, 2006
While the Times is responsible for originally breaking the NSA wiretapping story and has run a few follow-up pieces, they have been largely quiet in recent weeks as the debate has percolated through the chattering classes. However, the gloves appear (…)
Today’s project
by Pete on January 28, 2006
Having drastically increased my hard drive space, I am spending the day ripping CDs to mp3 and uploading them to my server. This is mostly stuff from back in the Napster and Morpheus days; music was a lot easier to (…)
What not to be looking for on a slow Friday afternoon
by Pete on January 27, 2006
So here’s something. I’m sitting at work this afternoon, and for no particular reason was reminded of a website I had heard about that features extensive photography of the area in and around the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. (…)
The broken record continues to spin
by Pete on January 27, 2006
So I open up the New York Times this morning to find this headline: “New Poll Finds Mixed Support for Wiretaps.” The poll, we are told, found that Americans were willing to give the administration some latitude for its surveillance (…)