From the NEWS of the WEIRD archive. In September, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution profiled desolate Echols County, Georgia (between Valdosta and the Okeefenokee Swamp), well-known to the state’s judges because that is where they encourage lawbreakers to go when they really want them to leave the state altogether. The Georgia constitution prohibits banishing people from the state…
Hate it when you are on a web page, your browser installs a plugin and promptly closes all of your browser windows itself. I’d love the opportunity to do something like bookmark the pages I want to come back to once the plugin installs? Scared of Echelon, yet? Maybe you should be… At the very least…
A couple of quote lists at topten.org… Living Well Full and Balanced Life Kewl site.
Found this Friday. Someone has too much time to do Monty Python and the Holy Grail in LEGOs. Impress all the same. Saw Harry Potter Saturday. Thought the movie was pretty good. I’ve read some of the reviews and think some people need to get off the idea that the written word is canon. Movies are a…
Looking at Mediterranean dessert recipes for Med Night Cuilinary Guild. Some ideas: Date with bananas Baklava Baked apples with honey syrup (actually my mom made this once when I was a kid… I loved it) Will probably do the baked apples. Much easier than Baklava. The last thing I cooked was (and pizzas do not count)……
Hmmmmmmmmmmm… that is the first time I have EVER installed Apache with SSL and had it work the first time. Then again, it was a Linux box, not Solaris. SurveyPro is a major pain in my ass…
Today is a good day. Avoided the Nimda virus Joe got. Installed Apache with Mod SSL and Open SSl without one hiccup.
This Onion article is SO true. Used to empathize with the characters in the video game. Then I got over it and let them over and over, especially when I got to the point that sometimes it was more fun to die than to succeed. A new Slashdot Untitled by Mr. Apathy is out.
Great article on things techies know, but most people do not. Ironically enough, it is from the IBM web site. <article>