Fundies Said the Darndest Things (2005/11/04)
A friend of mine, Allan (a.k.a. WinAce), just died of complications from cystic fibrosis. He was perhaps best known for his very funny web page, Fundies Say the Darndest Things. Where others might have preferred to take things out of context to make them look bad, Allan went out of his way to provide links so people could evaluate the context. He removed quotes when people were offended or hurt. In this, as in most things he did, he showed compassion and grace along with his inimitable sense of humor.
[read more...]Fiddlefuckin' (2005/11/01)
We learned a new word today. The word is fiddlefuckin’, and it refers to the process of refusing to waste time trying to help someone fix the glaring errors in his stipulation to dismiss a baseless lawsuit. As you may recall, Source Lending sued my lawyer to attempt to create conflict of interest. They now want to dismiss the case, perhaps after the hilarity of the judge’s inimitable “I don’t understand your theory of damages, Mr. Mahoney”. (Apologies if the quote isn’t exactly right; the transcript isn’t done yet.) But they want to dismiss… And can’t be bothered to write a stipulation to dismiss that does not contain flagrant errors.
[read more...]McLeod USA's vaguely threatening customer retention (2005/10/25)
So, we have a T1, through a local company called McLeod USA. We got involved with them many years ago, when they were related in some way to a smaller local competitor, and when Qwest was at their worst.
[read more...]That Cenk Uygur thing (2005/10/25)
So, lots of people have pointed me at If you’re a Christian, Muslim, or Jew - You Are Wrong.
[read more...]Copy protection: Dismally ineffectual (2005/10/21)
The yutzes who tried to sue some kid for mentioning the existence of the shift key are still collecting money for their snake oil. The latest Black Rebel Motorcycle Club album is protected (hah!) by SunComm’s stuff.
[read more...]Just to put things in perspective... (2005/10/20)
Two steps forward, one step back. (2005/10/17)
Okay, so, I reorganized my office. (I’m still working on it, some, every day.)
[read more...]Why a Greyhound bus is acceptable blues transportation (2005/10/13)
As you may be aware, a Greyhound bus may be acceptable blues transportation.
[read more...]Reorganizing my office (2005/10/13)
Okay, so, I just spent, get this, roughly a whole week cleaning my office.
[read more...]StarOffice 8 on NetBSD (2005/10/11)
Yes, you can run Linux StarOffice 8 on NetBSD-current. (Tested only using the SuSE 9.1 emulation stuff.) These instructions are from memory.
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