“No screens found”
by Pete on September 26, 2006
As you may be aware, I have something of a sort of long-running battle with Linux’s display conifguration. Or, more accurately, with its lack thereof. The battle began three years ago, when I first installed Fedora Core 2 on my (…)
Light posting this week
by Pete on September 26, 2006
I have family visiting from out-of-town this week, so posts will most likely be light to non-existent through the weekend. If there is nothing new to read here, I would recommend any of the fine site on the “Links” list (…)
More evidence that up, which had, for years, been considered up, is now actually down
by Pete on September 24, 2006
Both the New York Times and the Washingon Post lead this morning with the story of the latest National Intelligence Estimate, which represents the combined wisdom of all U.S. intelligence agencies. From the Times article, entitled “Spy Agencies Say Iraq (…)
Studio 60
by Pete on September 23, 2006
I got around to watching the premier of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip a few nights ago. It’s Aaron Sorkin’s new series, and it revolves around the producers and crew of a Saturday Night Live-type show. The West Wing (…)
“We did our duty.”
by Pete on September 22, 2006
How surprising. After what I’m sure was much contentious negotiation and deep soul-searching, those “rebellious Republicans,” John McCain, John Warner, and Lindsey Graham, have arrived at an agreement with the White House about what kind of torture is okay and (…)
Trying out Last.fm
by Pete on September 21, 2006
I have been playing around with Last.fm for the past several days. It’s an online radio/music-recommendation service similar to Pandora, wherein one can tell it what sort of music one likes, and it recommends other music and sets up custom (…)
DNS joy and site down-time
by Pete on September 20, 2006
After nearly a year of having the same IP address, it would seem that Time Warner Cable finally decided to issue me a new one sometime over night. I have initiated the necessary DNS changes, but they will take some (…)
Shaddup the botha ya’s
by Pete on September 19, 2006
Last week, Pope Benedict XVI gave a speech about relations between Western religions and Islam. During the speech, he discussed the Islamic concept of jihad, and cited the following quote from a 14th Centure Byzantine emperor: Show me just what (…)
Brilliance Through Obfuscation, or, Another Example of Why Most Contemporary Fiction Sucks
by Pete on September 18, 2006
While perusing the new hardcover table at the local bookstore yesterday, I was disappointed to discover that Mark Z. Danielewski has a new book out, Only Revolutions. Mr. Danielewski is the author of House of Leaves, a virtually unreadable post-modern (…)
More brilliant legal analysis from the Right
by Pete on September 16, 2006
Last night at the gym, I had the misfortune to be on an elliptical machine that was in front of a TV tuned to CNBC’s “Kudlow & Co.” program, which is hosted by the odious Lawrence Kudlow, economics editor at (…)