Just a reminder for registered voters in Virginia, there is a very important primary coming up on June 9th, and you should go vote. Every registered voter in the state can have a say in who will get the Democratic Party nomination for Governor, Lt Governor, and in many districts – delegate for that district. […]
Tagged 2009 elections, primary elections, VirginiaErci and I went to Minibar on Wednesday night, and had a fantastic dining adventure. She shared her detailed thoughts and the menu, and I commented over at: http://sutragirl.livejournal.com/79317.html LiveJournal has a funny “adult content” warning on her blog because she once posted some mild language, but this review is G-rated and safe for all […]
Tagged cuisine, Ferran Adria, fine dining, food, MinibarSuddenly I find myself unemployed and looking for a new position as a Linux/UNIX Sysadmin. Update: I was in the bunch of people with apparently redundant skills: http://www.playlist.com/blog/entry/12417807875.
Tagged unemployedFor years now I have picked up and repeated the Adbusters/BuyNothing crowd’s chant of “by the lobbyists for the corporations” as a cynical replacement of “by the people for the people” that we were taught in school when I grew up. Larry Lessig gives a brilliant presentation on exactly why this change has been so […]
Tagged government, lobbyists, PoliticsWe got back really late last night or early this morning. Ichseke and PaleoBob will drive home from here today. ThatPotteryGuy is a fantastic traveling companion, PenguinInArmor shall henceforth be known as “that insufferable celebrity” as he was recognized everywhere we went once he and PaleoBob had done their demonstration of medieval combat in armor. […]
Tagged kalamazoo, la belle, medieval congressIf you are a Firefly / Serenity fan you will love the most recent several XKCD comics, they are all Firefly/Serenity themed… In other news, if you like Felicia Day from Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, you might also like her web video series called The Guild where she stars in and created a video series […]
Tagged firefly, serenity, xkcdVirginia has state office elections in odd years, which allows voters to focus on those elections and not get distracted by national elections, but it also means turnout is always really low because voters are tired from the previous year’s national election and unwilling to invest the time and effort. Virginia’s state-wide elections this year […]
Tagged governor, virginia elections, virginia politcsSaw a few new iPhone apps on the news this morning, and some are actually interesting (as opposed to fun sound-bites with zero value). I have no experience with the following applications, just found the concepts interesting… Free Applications: bump allows exchange of contact info with another iphone with bump by bumping iphones/hands – business […]
Tagged iPhone applicationsI just wanted to share this link that puts things into perspective: http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDBlog=76 Yes this outbreak, which is less lethal than the normal influenza we have in the United States every day has pushed aside all the breaking news of Bush and Cheney’s authorization and endorsement of the use of torture to falsely implicate Iraq […]
Tagged flu, media fail, News