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A 2006 study found that the average American walks about 900 miles per year. Another study found that Americans drink an average of 22 gallons of beer per year. That means, on average, Americans get 41 miles per gallon. Isn’t that great!
I don’t intend to get into politics very often on this blog, but sometimes it’s necessary.
An article in a UK newspaper sums up what a lot of people have been warning us about since September of 2001. It’s an alarming look at how the Bush administration is undermining all of the checks and balances that keep the American people free. It’s worth reading.
If you’re not American, you may think it doesn’t apply to you. But think about what the American military could do under someone unrestrained by laws and bent on eradicating anything that conflicts with his own narrow morality. Think what it has already done, just in the last six years.
First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me. Pastor Martin Niemöller
UPDATE: The recently-published book by Lee Iacocca talks about this too. I haven’t read it yet, only excerpts and summaries, but it sounds very interesting.
Many people in the US of A proudly state that it was founded on “freedom of religion,” a concept that is also enshrined as a human right by the United Nations. It is generally defined as “everyone is free to practice their own religion,” but many of those same people seem to interpret that slightly differently, as “everyone is free to practice my religion.” Continue reading ‘Freedom of Religion?’ »
I’d first heard about “spim” (spamming over instant message networks) nearly a year ago, if my hazy recollection is correct, but actual examples of it seemed to be pretty thin on the ground. Last week I actually got one, and the English is so bad that it’s hilarious: Continue reading ‘Amusing Skype “Spim”’ »
(This joke is here only as a reference. It’s used in the Cat Crap entry.) Continue reading ‘I wear the pants in this family!’ »
As the saying goes, cats make two things: baby cats, and cat poo. We have three feline friends, and while I haven’t seen any evidence of baby cats, I can certainly attest to the latter half of that statement. If you’re bored or offended by talk of the removal of feline waste products, don’t read this entry any further. Continue reading ‘Cat Crap, a Geek’s Solution’ »
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Sheesh, Don… did you fall asleep on your keyboard while you were typing the name? And I know you claim you’re ancient to your twenty-something girls, but 99?
I like the picture though. What’s that in the background, a big camera on a tripod? Looks very robotic. (Gak! Apparently you’ve got it set to change pictures, now it’s got Garfield on there.)
I use JP Software’s 4NT, a wonderful and much-improved command shell (it replaces Windows’ CMD.EXE). JP Software released a major version of it about six or seven months ago, and there have been about a dozen minor updates since. Unfortunately, they don’t have any way to automatically check when these updates come out… you have to monitor their support newsgroup and watch for announcements of update releases, or check their download page on a regular basis. As a software developer, this inefficiency drove me nuts. Continue reading ‘RSS for sites that don’t support it’ »
My favorite aunt sent me this e-mail a few weeks ago. I’ve been trying to think where I could put it that I’d be sure I could find it again whenever anyone needed it, and this seems to be the perfect place. I’ve cleaned up the text, but made no other changes to it. Continue reading ‘Identity Theft Prevention and Attorney’s Advice’ »
Chris Linfoot has discovered Microsoft’s secret sauce.
(Apologies for all the posts today, I’ve got many years of backlogged stuff in my head. I’ll slow down soon, honestly.)