Then again, maybe it’s the Iranians
by Pete on March 30, 2007
Just to balance out yesterday’s conspiracy theories, check out David Ignatius’s column in today’s Washington Post. He suggests that Iran’s capture of 15 British sailors may be the resuult of behind-the-scenes plotting taking place in Iran: European officials note that (…)
Iran, attorneys, and ineptitude
by Pete on March 29, 2007
Normally, if anyone suggested that the British were deliberately turning up the volume on their Iranian hostage crisis at the behest of the United States in order to divert attention from the Bush administration’s domestic political troubles, I would accuse (…)
Expanding my horizons with Rhythmbox and Songbird
by Pete on March 28, 2007
Regular readers of this site are probably already aware that I generally pooh-pooh all-in-one media library applications. Why bother with all the overhead and intrusive interface of iTunes or AmaroK when my music is already organized into an artist/album directory (…)
More apologies, plus Purge-gate goodness!
by Pete on March 24, 2007
The work-related mayhem continues, as does the dearth of posting. In the meantime, a couple of interesting things I’ve run across… Over at Talking Points Memo, Josh Marshall has about the clearest explanation I have seen of why the Bush (…)
Pete v. the iPod
by Pete on March 19, 2007
A saga in multiple steps: Unwrap shiny new 80GB iPod. Plug iPod into computer running Ubuntu 6.06. Open up gtkpod. Transfer 60+GB of mp3 files to shiny new iPod. Unmount iPod. Watch as iPod enters endless cycle of restarts, never (…)
Meta
by Pete on March 18, 2007
I try to avoid writing about writing on the site, but sometimes it’s unavoidable. My apologies for the scarcity of posting lately. Both work and life have been busier than usual, leaving me with little time and even less motivation (…)
Profiling is only a good idea so long as I don’t fit the profile.
by Pete on March 12, 2007
Last week’s revelations that the FBI has been improperly using national security letters to obtain private information about U.S. citizens and businesses hardly comes as a surprise. Anyone who has paid any attention whatsoever to the behavior of the Bush (…)
Grinderman
by Pete on March 9, 2007
I’ve been listening to Nick Cave’s new band/album Grinderman pretty regularly of late. It’s quite good. Cave’s outings with the Bad Seeds have grown increasingly expansive and composed in recent years. This new project, however, is a more ragged and (…)
CNN, Petraeus, and the next sixth months
by Pete on March 9, 2007
While watching CNN at the gym yesterday, I was surprised to find them actually acknowledging the ring of familiarity surrounding Gen. David Petraues’s remarks that the coming months in Iraq would be critical. I’m typically at the gym around noon, (…)
Maybe his sentence will be that he has to go hunting with Dick Cheney.
by Pete on March 8, 2007
Craig wrote yesterday regarding his doubts that the Scooter Libby guilty verdict will actually lead anywhere: The defense team here wasted no time in proclaiming that they would a) ask for a new trial, and failing that b) appeal the (…)