What if... Windows went open source?

What if... Windows went open source?

When Microsoft talks about open source, people in the FOSS community tend to generally take it with a pinch - or more likely a kilo - of salt. Revealing the crown jewels of its empire - the Windows source code - has never ever …

The bathroom is very close.

My sister-in-law's brother and I (but mostly him), put down the floor tile in the bathroom Saturday. Friday, the in-law's are coming down and my father-in-law is going to do the grout. Realistically, we should be able to have the bathroom done by next weekend, or the …

Bill Clinton's Image Damaged

Bill Clinton's Image Damaged, Politico: Former President's Return To Partisan Politics Causes Public Perception To Suffer - CBS News

Bill Clinton's reentry into the political arena appears to have come at some cost to his legacy. New polling now suggests that …

One year

It's hard to believe that it's already been a year since I registered this domain and opened the site. I've finally found a new template that I like, so today's a good day to put it up.

Take a look at the upper left hand corner of the site, and click on the dog ear for …

CDC study says at least 1 in 4 teen girls has STD

CDC study says at least 1 in 4 teen girls has STD - Galesburg, IL - The Register-Mail

At least one in four teenage girls nationwide has a sexually transmitted disease, or more than 3 million teens, according to the first study of its kind in this age group.

The Government Runs the Ultimate Racket

The Government Runs the Ultimate Racket - Gary Galles - Mises Institute

Pyramid scams collapse when they run out of enough new "investors" to pay earlier promises. Some use this fact to deny that Social Security is really a massive redistribution scheme, since it …

5 Horrifying Food Additives You've Probably Eaten Today

5 Horrifying Food Additives You've Probably Eaten Today | Cracked.com

Deciphering food labels is tricky business. They're filled with lots of multi-syllabic words that border on being impossible to pronounce, chemicals that sound like they could kill you just by …

Duels

One of my current obsessions.

Duels

If you feel like signing up, please use that link. One of the quests involves getting new people to sign up, and I can't get any further in the quest side of the game until I complete that quest.

Guide of the Dead - An RT Romero Retrospective

As Diary of the Dead hits cinemas, we sit down with George A. Romero to talk retrospectively about what has come from his zombie opus, the Dead series, and what the future has in store...

Guide of the Dead - An RT Romero Retrospective

I've always had a …

On Patriotism

Cato Unbound

Awesome

See Mike Draw




Awesome.

OS Wars: The Battle for Your Desktop

OS Wars: The Battle for Your Desktop - Features by PC Magazine

Now that the major OSs all run on Intel chips, the playing field is pretty leveled out. We compared the heavy hitters in an eight-point test to find who wins the OS battle.

Greensburg Man Charged With Raping 5-Month-Old [1]

Greensburg Man Charged With Raping 5-Month-Old - Pittsburgh News Story - WTAE Pittsburgh

An 18-year-old Greensburg man has been charged with raping a baby who police said was left in his care.

This story seriously makes me feel ill.

:-(

That poor kid.

I …

Frank Zappa Discusses First Amendment

I know I've posted this before, possibly on my old Opera blog, but I think it warrants a repost.




Good stuff here, and Frank is brilliant as always.

Ultimate Game

RIP, Gary

xkcd is slowly becoming my favorite comic strip.

100 of the Best (Useful) OpenSource Applications

100 of the Best (Useful) OpenSource Applications | Ubuntu Linux Help

The following is a list of about 100 of the best OpenSource Applications, that actually help make Linux more usable for people. It is my hope that this list shows potential Linux users that there …

Descendents - Live in Vegas

Descendents



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Fucking awesome.

Best. Band. Ever.

Puzzle Quest: Galactrix Announced

411mania.com: Games - [PC] Puzzle Quest: Galactrix Announced

Puzzle Quest: Galactrix has been officially announced by D3Publisher of America and is slated for a Fall 2008 release on PC, Xbox Live and the DS. Galactrix will be taking the Puzzle Quest franchise into …

On things [1]

I still don't think it's really set in yet, even after all this time. It feels like just yesterday that you called, and said, "Dude, are we going to EnP?" I still expect my phone to start playing A Message To You Rudy, and you to be on the other end, asking what's …

Happy Birthday

I miss you.