Earthships, or, The Right Way To Save the Environment
by Pete on April 30, 2007
Over in his new digs on the Atlantic Monthly site, Matt Yglesias, recently returned from a trip through New Mexico, ask the following questions about “Earthship”-style eco-homes: I wonder if some of my more eco-aware readers might be able to (…)
The Day Late & a Dollar Short Dept. Presents: George Tenet
by Pete on April 29, 2007
Much to the delight of HarperCollins, I’m sure, everyone is all a-twitter about the shocking (shocking!, I say) revelations contained in former CIA Director George Tenet’s soon-to-be-released book. Yawn. James Fallows over at Atlantic Monthly sums it up about right: (…)
One week with Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty)
by Pete on April 29, 2007
It’s been exactly one week since I upgraded my laptop to the new version of Ubuntu. It was running 6.10 previously, so this isn’t a huge change, but one worth noting nonetheless. As I have probably mentioned before, I have (…)
RSS feeds have changed
by Pete on April 28, 2007
I don’t know if any actually uses the RSS feeds for this site, but I have switched over to using Feedburner rather than the built-in WordPress feeds. If you do have the old feed set up in your RSS reader, (…)
Upgrading
by Pete on April 28, 2007
Over the course of the day, I’ll be upgrading the version of WordPress that runs this site. Things may look a bit odd from time to time, so bear with me—all should be back to normal soon.
And the hits just keep on coming
by Pete on April 28, 2007
From today’s Washington Post: The Justice Department is removing political appointees from the hiring process for rookie lawyers and summer interns, amid allegations that the Bush administration had rigged the programs in favor of candidates with connections to conservative or (…)
Bush administration, meet the Hatch Act. Hatch Act… Bush administration…
by Pete on April 27, 2007
With so many different White House scandals coming to light now that Congress has its teeth back, you might have missed the story that surfaced a few weeks back about the General Services Administration administrator (and Bush-appointee) Lurita Doan testifying (…)
Meanwhile, in the Senate…
by Pete on April 26, 2007
And it’s official: WASHINGTON, April 26 — The Senate narrowly passed a $124 billion war spending bill early this afternoon after an emotional debate about the best way forward in Iraq. The vote will send the measure to President Bush, (…)
House passes troop withdrawal bill
by Pete on April 26, 2007
From this morning’s New York Times: “Last fall, the American people voted for a new direction in Iraq,” said Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California. “They made it clear that our troops must be given all they need to do (…)
Amy Winehouse sucks
by Pete on April 25, 2007
Why is she so popular? Someone please explain it to me. If I have to hear that stupid “Rehab” song one more time, I’m going to scream. I’m just sayins, all.