It has been an interesting winter season. Here in the Northeast US we've been getting a good dose of the white stuff in what seem to be endless days of snow. No complaints from me. I actually like shoveling the stuff. But as fate had it in for me, I also got to shovel snow — Continue reading »
The Mystery Chart
📆 January 9, 2011
Quick, when you look at this chart what's the first thought that pops into your head? Courtesy Wikipedia A crashing stock? Dwindling numbers of an endangered species? An almost eradicated disease? Whatever it appears as to you, it's pretty sobering and alarming. Let's not keep you guessing any longer. It's the value of the US — Continue reading »
God vs. Science
📆 December 19, 2010
Parts are taken from Dawkins' books and lectures, but they bear repeating. http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/12/19/a-holiday-message-from-ricky-gervais-why-im-an-atheist/ — Continue reading »
Gawker's Hack, Spammers' Treasure
📆 December 14, 2010
Today, out of curiosity, I downloaded the hacked Gawker files from The Pirate Bay. I'm not sure if I broke any laws by doing that, but I was only interested in checking out their PHP source files. You can learn a lot by looking at production code other than your own. While my intentions were — Continue reading »
God Hates Elizabeth Edwards - Wonderful
📆 December 9, 2010
Elizabeth Edwards once said: "I don't believe that we should live our lives that way for some promise of eternal life, but because that's what's right. We should do those things because that's what's right." This woman was as courageous as she was honest. Not even the specter of death shook her conviction that the — Continue reading »
Middle-Class Squeeze
📆 December 8, 2010
I haven't looked at the details of the latest tax agreement reached between Obama and the Republicans, but judging by its face value, it's yet another jab at the middle-class who's always the punching bag of everyone else. So let's get this straight. The super-rich get to keep their unfair tax advantages squirreling away their — Continue reading »
Deep Blue Sky
📆 November 14, 2010
A couple of weeks ago while hiking in the back woods and taking some pictures, I decided to take a picture from the sky. When I looked at the picture afterwards, the deep blue color of the sky really struck me. Hope you enjoy the photo as much as I do. Don't know if the — Continue reading »
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