Entertainment… Censorship Before the SCOTUS 4 Nov 2008 Well, today the Supreme Court of the United States is going to tackle one of those juicy cases. You know, the type of case that will probably end up in…
Society… Just VOTE! 4 Nov 2008 It would be extremely surprising to me if there are still people out there who aren't aware that today is election day, but just a reminder: it's election day. Get…
Software… That Was Quick 2 Nov 2008 Well, after saying earlier in the week that only a select few Mac users would be able to stream movies via Netflix, it looks like all of 'em (that have…
Society… Early Voting in Texas and Elsewhere 2 Nov 2008 Early Voting in Texas is over (it ended October 31, 2008), and it is absolutely astounding how many people took advantage of the opportunity. And it is astounding. In Harris…
Society… More Adventures in Linux 2 Nov 2008 After playing with 64-bit Fedora 9, I began to feel a little like the pop idols on Iron Chef, with the horrible dubbing: "Um, tee-hee, I don't think I'm hardcore…
Society… Is it 100% Perfect? 30 Oct 2008 No. But, after spending all day trying to get Fedora installed on my laptop, I'm happy to report that it's 95% awesome. And it's hella faster than running off a…
Software… Using Linux This Evening… 29 Oct 2008 Those who already use Linux are probably rolling their eyes this evening, but I think what I have done this evening is really quite impressive. I downloaded a Live distro…
Law… Table of Authorities and OpenOffice–How-To 29 Oct 2008 This morning I was griping about operating systems, and I mentioned that I would like to use Linux, but OpenOffice seemed a limiting factor in that decision, because of the…
Society… What am I missing? 29 Oct 2008 Houston's Katy Freeway is fully open for business, I guess. 18 lanes of concrete glory. Kinda boggles the mind, really, but I can vouch for the drive into downtown being…
Software… The Redmond Underdogs? 29 Oct 2008 Well, I guess it's happened. The conventional wisdom in the OS world appears to be that Apple has truly won the OS wars. Not from a distribution standpoint, of course,…