Entries created during Nov 2004


Mozilla's Firefox key to Free Culture
- Firefox as "gateway drug" to Free Culture for the masses.
To links freeculture moz ... on Thu 11/18/04 at 05:41 AM
Virgin Mary sandwich
- phaw! how do we know that's not some other virgin?
To links diversions funny ... on Wed 11/17/04 at 03:08 PM
Inside The Election Fraud Battle - Think Kerry Is Not Involved In This Fight?
- Hmm.. Kerry is either a liar or a genious.
To links election politics ... on Tue 11/16/04 at 07:11 AM
Knuth: Open Letter to Condolezza Rice
- Knuth and Rice were at Stanford together (as faculty). Interesting note: this is only the second letter Knuth has written to a gov. official. The other time was Vietnam.
To links coding politics war ... on Tue 11/16/04 at 06:47 AM
ZODB/ZEO Programming Guide
- I think I'm going to give ZODB a try with my blogging system.
To links coding python reference ... on Tue 11/16/04 at 04:55 AM
communication skills
- Punctuation substitution!
To links design diversions funny web ... on Tue 11/16/04 at 04:30 AM
New CIA Head Goss Sparks Agency Shakeups
- NPR covers The Purge.
To links audio politics ... on Tue 11/16/04 at 04:00 AM
Monopolies of the mind
- The Economist calling for patent reform. Thank you!
To links freeculture patents ... on Tue 11/16/04 at 03:58 AM
Positron! Records
- Small label that supports and encourages Creative Commons licensing for their artists. You can purchase some of their bands music from the iTunes Music Store.
To links cool freeculture music ... on Mon 11/15/04 at 07:19 PM
Fedora Core 3 Screenshot tour
- This is a really good idea.
To links fedora linux ... on Mon 11/15/04 at 07:10 PM
No civilian deaths in Fallujah?
- let's just count 'em all under "insurgent"...
To links politics war ... on Mon 11/15/04 at 07:01 PM
Status Report: Wormwood to Screwtape
- Hell is making tremendous progress.. I'm going to move my previous recommendation of a moderate-buy to a strong-buy due to a recent strong showing in the market.
To links diversions religion ... on Mon 11/15/04 at 06:42 PM

Java and Open Source

Mark Stone has an article on Newsforge entitled Java and open source where he breaks down the reasons businesses choose to embrace open source licenses, why Sun has not with Java, and why Java developers/vendors shouldn't care. Herewith some ramblings in support of Mark's business oriented look at OSS and an issue with his conclussion.

To java coding linux weblog ... on Mon 11/15/04 at 05:18 AM

CIA plan to purge its agency
- "Goss was given instructions to get rid of those soft leakers and liberal Democrats. The CIA is looked on by the White House as a hotbed of liberals and people who have been obstructing the president's agenda."
To links politics worry ... on Mon 11/15/04 at 01:49 AM
Does the White House know?
- Some info on a recent FCC filing on the broadcast flag. This is going to start heating up as the July 2005 date gets closer.
Real Ghost Sighting Caught on Film
- wow! I'm not sure how they could have faked this. the voices are clear as day with the volume cranked.
To links diversions strange video ... on Sun 11/14/04 at 07:56 AM
ColorMatch Remix
- Another great all-html color-picking app.
To links color design tools web ... on Sun 11/14/04 at 05:34 AM
Gmail: How do I enable POP?
- looks like POP is finally coming. I'm seeing reports of it being switched on for selected accounts.
To links gmail web ... on Sun 11/14/04 at 05:06 AM

Got a gun

Vs. Thumbnail I was listening to Pearl Jam's Vs. album today when the song "Glorified G" came on. I always liked the song but I never thought it had any real meaning. It was eerie how relevant these lyrics feel today:

Got a gun, fact I got two
That’s o.k. man, cuz I love god

That pretty much sums up my narrow understanding of the red state mentality.

To diversions weblog ... on Sat 11/13/04 at 08:37 PM

RoboDump 1.0
- real pooping sounds! fun for the whole office!
To links diversions funny robots ... on Fri 11/12/04 at 10:50 PM
Ashcroft condemns judges who question Bush
- I just don't understand how someone can make statements like this publicly and get away with it. there are a few gem quotes in the article.
To links bush politics ... on Fri 11/12/04 at 09:34 PM
Netcraft Results for beta.search.msn.com
- Maybe Balmer could include the fact that msn search runs on Linux in his next "Get The Facts" campaign.
To links funny linux microsoft ... on Fri 11/12/04 at 08:40 PM
Don Knuth: Musings and More
- A bunch of Knuth talks and experiments. Some video, audio, book excerpts, etc.
To links coding math theory video ... on Fri 11/12/04 at 03:51 PM
Is Microsoft using 'Halo 2' to thwart Xbox hackers?
- How to be wrong: "I would argue that Xbox Live is a great experience for the end user precisely because it's a closed, controlled environment, and anything that threatens that is a real concern for Microsoft."
To links diversions microsoft xbox ... on Fri 11/12/04 at 02:21 PM
Build your own search engine with ht://Dig
- when you can't afford a google appliance...
To links linux tools web ... on Fri 11/12/04 at 01:56 PM
Students Fight Copyright Hoarders
- Katie Dean following Free Culture activism on college campuses.. looks promising.
To links copyright freeculture ... on Thu 11/11/04 at 04:57 AM
An Alternative to "Traditional" Array Resizing
- The best wtf to date.
To links coding funny wtf ... on Thu 11/11/04 at 04:44 AM
Ohio Sit-In to protest unfair election
- On the steps of the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus on Saturday, Nov 13th to protest the use of e-voting machines with no paper-trail and for-profit corporations counting votes.
To links election ohio politics ... on Thu 11/11/04 at 04:38 AM
The Problem with Electronic Voting Machines
- Schneier takes a thorough look at the problems with electronic voting machines.
To links election politics ... on Thu 11/11/04 at 04:23 AM
JUnit Bible Thumpers
- Hani on JUnit. priceless..
To links bile coding java ... on Thu 11/11/04 at 04:08 AM