Kudos to this publisher for having the courage and vision to remove its titles from Amazon.com.  This is what the CEO of the publishing company said of Amazon: Amazon is squeezing everyone out of business. I don’t like that. They’re a predator. We’re better off without them. Google's mantra of "don't be evil" should really — Continue reading »
Fedora 16 Pain and Confusion
📆 April 5, 2012
When I recently installed Fedora 16 on an experimental server at work, it felt like dealing with a whole new platform. Prior to version 16, my last install was version 14 and things seem to have been in their familiar places. With 16 I was suddenly dumbfounded, like starting to learn Linux anew. I am — Continue reading »
YouTube Collection - April 1
📆 April 1, 2012
As I started to watch the clip about YouTube collection I thought, wtf? Why would anyone order a DVD collection of all YouTube videos? As the April Fool's joke quickly dawned on me, I wondered how much data YouTube actually has and how many DVD's it will fit on. I certainly have no idea, but — Continue reading »
Herniated Disc - 4 Years on
📆 March 5, 2012
Hard to believe it's been over 4 years since being struck with a herniated disc. As known to most, herniated discs don't heal, but with some luck they shrink and take pressure off the spinal cord. For me, there are the occasional flare ups and annoying tingling down the left leg, but other than those, — Continue reading »
Rev. Graham: 'God has forgiven me of my sins'
📆 February 21, 2012
"All I know is I’m a sinner, and that God has forgiven me of my sins." says Rev. Franklin Graham. It's true. God whispers that in his ears every night. He also tells him that Obama is a Moslem and is hell-bound. Thank you reverend for sharing such spiritual revelations with us. Now where do I — Continue reading »
Chrome Blesses SQLite
📆 February 10, 2012
Here's an interesting piece found on the Chrome browser (v17).  Fire up Chrome. Browse to chrome://credits/, scroll down to SQLite and click on "show licence" and this little praise pops up: The author disclaims copyright to this source code. In place of a legal notice, here is a blessing: May you do good and not evil. — Continue reading »
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