Not So Fast

I want to be able to store my bookmarks online and configure any browser I happen to be using to use them. Yes, I could just set up a page, but I want the convienence of a menu. Too much to ask for?

I wonder if this one will crack open or remain a blog only story.

UPDATE: Ouch

Okay, the setup: 6:30 yesterday morning, two guys, mid 40s-ish in a big white diesel truck come through the espresso stand. Driver guy has no clue what he wants, so I start with Passenger guy. He orders a chai. I start in on the normal questions, beginning with, “Hot?”

“What else is there?” somewhat hostile.

“Well, cold.”

“What? D**m Californians getting everything bass ackward….”

“Um, what size?” I say trying not to laugh, while Driver is cracking up.

Driver finally decides he wants something chocolatey and minty. I suggest he might enjoy chocolate mint. So he orders a double chocolate mint iced.

Hilarity ensued.

Maybe you had to be there.

Coffee flavored Coke. My prediction: it won’t taste like either.

Longhorn is coming. No, really.

All the Superbowl ads.

via Inoperable Terran

Seperating church and state.

via Instapundit

Georgian (like near Russia) prime minister dies because of a heater malfunction. KGB decided poison wasn’t going to work or what?

Here’s how you do it in the blog world.

Scientists think they found that missing matter. Phew!

via The Flying Space Monkey

The lack of posting, it’s all my sister’s fault.

Dean makes Hillary look like a model of moderation.

Let the states take care of their own computer recycling. The feds don’t have to do everything.

Iraqi citizens sticking up for themselves.

I have a few quibbles but it’s a pretty good list.

North Korea was exporting nuclear stuff to Libya. I hope they’re sure about this.

How would you like your paper?

via Endgadget

Eason Jordan. See also here.

Intellectual property laws are going to need to be looked at sooner or later. See this. And this. And of course there’s the whole music/tv/movie problem.

UPDATE: Copyrights and weblogs.

In the coming years.

via Instapundit

On the radio this morning was a couple of DJs that are shocked, shocked to discover that Social Security might not be all that. And their callers were too.

Two things. First, depending on government handouts for substenance is foolish and/or desperate. Secondly, I figured out Social Security wasn’t going to work for me when I was 12 or 13. It’s not that hard a concept to grasp. What is wrong with you people?

UPDATE: Here’s an interesting dialogue.

This Guilford College guy hits a 85′ winning shot in a basketball game and then does it again for the camera. (video link in story) And that’s why you always have to get that last shot off, boys and girls.

via Fark

Sunni clerics are declaring the Iraqi elections illegitimate because Sunni muslims didn’t vote in large numbers, because Sunni clerics told them to boycott it. I don’t think they understand how it all works. Or maybe they do.

via i am always right

The anti-gay marriage amendment failed. Not to worry though conservatives, it’s still against the law.

Enterprise has been cancelled. All that’s left now is The New Voyages. And the DVDs, of course.

Congress is looking at extending the telecommunications tax to cover the internets. Harsh. Besides, aren’t dial-up and DSL already taxed cause they use the phone line?

Of the Bells.

I’m doing my taxes from the comfort and safety of my computer.

Whew! I don’t owe money, nor did I give the feds an excessive amount of money to hold on to interest free all year. Buying a house was teh smart.

It’s just a doll. That happened fast.

UPDATE: Jonah Goldberg’s response.

Google can sell domains now. But they aren’t going to. For now.

Iraq on the brink again.

via Inoperable Terran

UPDATE: A good point.

Lileks examines Bill Moyers panic attack.

Another H2G2 Review. Manages to bash Bush in there too.

And I found this nice quote page while I was at it.

Because it’s Monday

Bill Moyers says that post-trib Christians are all about destroying the environment.

via The Corner

UPDATE: Evangelical Outpost

Blaster variant hacker given light sentence because “although he was 18 at the time of the attack, his maturity level was much younger than that”.

Yeah, well, welcome to the internet, judge, home of the immature and socially retarded. Lousy excuse.

How and why a comment spammer works.

Of course the bottom line is: STOP BUYING THAT CRAP, IDJITS!!!

Are men funnier than women?

A good sense of humor is never going to compete with a 90-mph fastball in terms of babe appeal, but it’s a better path to alpha-male status than, oh, say, learning to program a Radio Shack TRS-80 home computer. (I did that! So lonely!)

Tired of playing games on your computer? Enjoy Doom from the comfort of your living room with lots of fiddly little pieces to step on in the dark.

And the way he sways back and forth…

Mark Steyn.

Kerry on Meet the Press. Transcript here. Here’s a bit of fisking. There’s plenty more in there. His plans for pulling out of Iraq, let’s not “overhype” the Iraqi election, America isn’t any safer. It’s a happy fun read.

More

This says something about minimum wage laws, but I’m not sure exactly what.

Test your wire splicing knowledge. 14/18

A screening review.

A poem. Awww, ain’t dat touchin’

If you heart Karl Rove. There’s something for everyone on the internets.

VDH

It is a peculiarity of our political system that liberal pacifists get a free pass to bomb and war as they please, even as fiscal conservatives are allowed without much censure to run up large deficits.

If you’re still using Lynx, you might want to upgrade. Not only will the cops not beat down your door, there’s pictures on the internets now.

Fight, fight!

via Instapundit

Lileks rocks today.

I haven’t been writing about this here because I’m just taking the long, long view, and haven’t the time or inclination to argue with people who think “No WMD!” is the argument equivalent of a spreading a full house on the green felt table. It may seem so, but unfortunately we’re playing chess. However the election goes will be one thing; how it’s reported is another. The thing to watch is the position of the Damning But, the old DB. The DB will probably bob up in the first or second paragraphs of most dispatches. “The election went as planned in 95 percent of the country, but violence marred polling in the disputed Sunny D Triangle, where insurgents opposed to Tropicana Juice fired automatic weapons into an juice concentrate factory.” That’s one spin. “The election, long anticipated as a flashpoint for insurgent activity, went off with few delays. Despite sporadic gunfire marred the overall mood of success in several provinces, observers said that the process was ‘smooth as a Sade groove,’ adding that they were annoyed Sade had simply faded away instead of letting her career end with a tasteful layout in Playboy.” See? No DB there. We’ll see.

Also a Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper review.

Twinkie Sushi. Mmmm, raw twinkies.

Well, this is appalling. And I just have to figure that there is more going on behind closed doors that we really, really don’t want to know about.

UPDATE: Michael Jackson: failed experiment? Just a thought.

Don’t be bashing on privatizing social security based on Chile’s system.

Even many middle-class workers who contributed regularly are finding that their private accounts – burdened with hidden fees that may have soaked up as much as a third of their original investment – are failing to deliver as much in benefits as they would have received if they had stayed in the old system.

And it’s the principle of the thing anyway. (I used to say that about high school. I don’t mind school, it’s the principal of the thing…) I think I should be able to prepare for my financial future any way I want. The government does not need to hold my hand, thank you very much. They should concentrate on shooting down earth-shattering meteors.

So, the speaker works, the amp works, the speaker plugged directly into the amp works. Which leaves….the wire. The wire strung behind finished walls. w00t!

On the plus side, a meteor strike that kills off civilization seems unlikely.

The whole MMORPG thing is way out of control.

Typo.

Even though editors and producers know the facts that 90 percent of Americans believe in God, and that 74 percent say their faith and only their faith gives them the most elusive of modern grails, a sense of inner piece.”

And here’s the perfect place for this screencap of iTunes:

While somewhat appropriate, the song is “Lord Reign In Me”.

Smaller is really cool until you try to get your hand in there to upgrade the RAM or want to put in another hard drive. Then the full size tower seems like a fabulous idea.

Manichaeism and social security.

The pay-as-you-go system was a huge political and economic experiment; and the generation of today’s children will witness its failure.

Fantastic. Stuck in the middle with the albatross firmly chained in place.

I’ve always wondered about, and been faintly suspicious of, the Spokesman-Review‘s interest in and promotion of the local bloggers. While most of the mainstream media seems to be confused by or scared of bloggers here is a local paper encouraging it. So I went to the meeting tonight to find out they whys and wherefores.

Well, it’s because they get that blogs are a fantastic source of information because someone, somewhere knows exactly what’s going on and what it’s all about. The trick of course is finding that someone. And they want transparency in their news process. Shocking, I know.

I really think they’re on to something. We’ll see what happens.

UPDATE: Phil’s take on the meeting. And Bill’s

Death toll from San Francisco earthquake revised upwards.

via Fark

Douglas Adams gets an asteroid named after him.

Spray-on spacesuits.

Ticks may or may not be indicative (evil reg. req.) of voting propensities.

Dr. Nadelman concluded, “We do not believe, however, that tick-borne diseases are likely to be a major factor in the 2008 presidential election.”

Oh, I don’t know about that.

Evan Coyne Maloney has a new video. It’s like they all read DU.

Create your own error messages.

The Great CD Duplicator Trouble of Aught Five. And it’s a pretty slow news day anyway.

An excellent fisking.

Dobson has more on his duel with Spongebob.

The future is now.

It’s been done before, but standing athwart of freedom is seldom a good idea.

Depending on how involved this funeral today is. And how long it takes me to figure out exactly why one of the monitor amps decided to freak out last night. Oh, and install that nursery speaker.

As she continues to move to the center. As noted here.

The baby named Yahoo was a hoax. Darn. I keep telling people to name their kids “Google”.

And free

This can’t be true. If it is I begin to understand why spyware works.

via Slashdot

I still hate blogads, but there’s some serious money in them. And should this humble blog ever take off, you can bet I’ll sell out. And should any polititians be wishing for me to push some policy that I already agree with for a small financial consideration, just drop me an email.

They’re just like tangelos, only bigger and slightly tougher. Save your money and buy tangelos instead.

The long, dark tyranny of John Ashcroft’s reign is over. America has survived his attempt to bring back the Dark Ages and build a new Holy Roman Empire.

And speaking of the tyranny of the Justice Department…

Global warming again. Standard 10 years till all heck breaks loose. I’m skeered.

Yes the temperature on the earth is going up. So what? We’ve only been tracking weather for 150 years. Maybe it’s all part of some big climate cycle. Maybe the earth is supposed to do this. Maybe mankind has nothing to do with it. Maybe an Ice Age is coming and there’s nothing we can do about it. Maybe we should all invest in some Thinsulate and move inland. Maybe nothing will happen. Somehow, we’ll get by.

Georgia worried that counties would stop patrolling interstates if they don’t get to keep the money. Safety first!

via Fark

Attention Jessica Fellenberg, who lost her second tooth on December 1, 2003 at age 6 in Sandpoint. I have your dollar bill.

Idaho, at least we’re not Wyoming.

I got a bad feeling Idaho is going to go with the Liger.

via Fark

Tonight at 11.

via Fark

Whoa. I don’t plan on blogging about Idaho legislators because potato legislation isn’t that exciting to me, but that’s pretty impressive.

But I thought it was funny.

While “tolerance” does tend to mean “tolerating everyone but Christians and the Taliban”, Dobson has me a bit baffled why he singled out Spongebob. Is he confused as Nile Rodgers says, or is he taking on the entire cartoon world?

Other opinions: Michele Malkin, Instapundit

I found out today that I have a cavity. It’s my first. w00t!

I can’t wait until the whole “meme” meme dies off.

Who says Idaho is a backwater state.

Hillary Clinton is getting all religious on us.

Addressing a crowd of more than 500, including many religious leaders, at Boston’s Fairmont Copley Plaza, Clinton invoked God more than half a dozen times, at one point declaring, “I’ve always been a praying person.”

She said there must be room for religious people to “live out their faith in the public square.”

Of course, without defining some of these terms, this means nothing.

Okay, driving on ice sucks, but 7 hours to drive 9 miles? That’s excessive.

Segregation seems to be making a comeback. I think it’s ironic, but Alanis has me confused on that whole irony thing.

My next DVD player. No more getting up to change DVDs.

It’s a good idea.

Work, blah, blah, blah, posting to resume later.

How the Democrats can win. I think FSM (can I call you FSM?) has a better idea.

Since they are apparently drilling through metal with a duck in the ceiling above me, I’m not going to get any editing done, I’ll just provide some links.

US prosecutes UN Food for Oil Scammer.

Online Latin Drills.

New Sharp Zaurus I heart my Zaurus.

Canning comment spam. Fantastic. (via Slashdot)

JibJab’s Second Term. Not for the small of bandwidth (via Michelle Malkin)

Cascade Fresh yogurt. Really good, but really expensive.

Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper is Mr. Pibb. Don’t bother.

Unless you like Mr. Pibb and don’t want anyone to know.

Next time Apple releases a gadget I am buying some, waiting for them to run out, and selling them for a tidy profit on Ebay.

On women not being as good at the hard sciences. Jonah Goldberg. Scrappleface.

It builds character.

Keillor’s best reflection on winter is called “Good Enough,” and like all great truths of the universe, is pithy enough to be printed on a coffee mug, and so, of course, it is. This excerpt should be required reading for Fairfax County administrators, and maybe the bus drivers, too:

Growing up in a place that has winter, you learn to avoid self-pity. Winter is not a personal experience, everybody else is as cold as you, so you shouldn’t complain about it too much. You learn this as a kid, coming home crying from the cold, and Mother looks down and says, “It’s only a little frostbite. You’re okay.” And thus you learn to be okay.

I did not grow up in a place that has winter. Therefore, should it get cold again, you’ll hear me complaining about it. Of course, the fact that I don’t think 40 degree weather is cold is vaguely disquieting.

Opinions on NY Times’ IraqtheModel piece. Why the Times ran such old news is beyond me. I thought this was all behind us when they visited the US a few weeks ago.

The FBI is keeping up with the Joneses.

FBI spokesman Paul Bresson said the bureau moved to popular commercial wiretap software because it was less expensive and had improved in its ability to copy e-mails and other communications of a targeted Internet account without affecting other subscribers.

Just when it was getting good.

Iran says it can hold off the US militarily.

When you win a million dollars on national television, you should report that to the IRS.

At least someone liked Alexander.

Who looks to the federal government for dietary advice anyway?

via Instapundit

Fox is worried American Idol is fading.

Watch the opening credits for Ernest Goes to Jail and then watch an iPod commercial.

Weird, huh?

If a Freeper and a DUmmy meet would they cancel each other out and disappear in a puff of political smoke? And which side would be the first to blame it on a government conspiracy?

Bill Gates

Rye bread with cream cheese: innovative cuisine or sin against mankind? Either way, I’m scared to try. At least until I get hungrier than I am now.

Frank asks the questions I have been wondering.

You know… that one. And what others are saying.

Personally, it’s the stuff like “We skimmed along under a sky the color of worn denim, ” that drives me nuts. Ack! Blue sky, it was blue. And nobody cares what color the sky was, this is an article about the mysterious Red-Stater in its natural habitat. Save it for your Great American Novel.

Okay, I admit it. I enjoyed the shoveling my vast acreage today. Getting some fresh air and a little exercise.

However, it better stop soon, because I won’t enjoy doing it twice. I don’t want that much exercise.

To clarify: I don’t want this much.

Stephen Seemayer had the first Pong video game system on his block. A decade later, the Echo Park artist was the first in his neighborhood to get a personal computer. And in 1996, he was so inspired by the World Wide Web that he created a series of small paintings for viewing over the Internet.

Now the 50-year-old Seemayer is once again on the cutting edge: Sick of spam clogging his in-box and spyware and viruses crashing his system, Seemayer yanked out his high-speed connection.

Not cutting edge enough to get Firefox, Spybot, AVG, and Sygate though. It’s not that hard to avoid the crap.

But people just look silly talking into their PDAs.

Hello, Computer!

Henny Pennies.

Even the most pessimistic forecasts of global warming may now have to be drastically revised upwards.

That means a temperature rise of 10 degrees Celsius by 2100 could be on the cards, giving the UK a climate like that of North Africa, and rendering many parts of the world uninhabitable.

Let’s just check back and see who’s right in a few years.