Wednesday (8/30): I slept through most of the Ted flight from Dulles to Las Vegas. If there is any difference between United and Ted, I missed it. Both airlines are horrible, both effectively have a lock on flights in and out of Dulles. Only difference I could see is that Ted is a much dumber […]
We are heading to Las Vegas to watch Mike and Joan tie the knot.
Saturday, Erci and I hosted our third annual men’s division Virginia West chapter meeting in our home. The chapter is a lot smaller now, as it has been split two years in a row because of growth in local Soka Gakkai membership numbers (woo hoo!). Yesterday we went up to Purceville for Potomac Chapter’s annual […]
Today was a good day. I went to the Prince William County Democratic Caucus to vote for Sharon Pandak, but arrived to late to get certified to vote, damned traffic along I-66 and PWC Parkway. Sharon Pandak won by a wide margin anyway, all but two districts (Gainesville and Woodbridge went for Gary Friedman). Now […]
Wow – exactly what I suspected, but could not bring myself to believe: The LJ user thisficklemob writes about the timing of the UK liquid bomb scare: http://community.livejournal.com/liberalrage/348778.html Remember folks, toothpaste and bottled water are not the threat here.
The more Jeffrey Feldman I read, the more and more I like what he writes. He has an excellent article about why the Lamont victory is so important for American democracy. It’s not about the war. It’s not about any referendum on President Bush. Please don’t believe the spin that has been accepted by the […]
Less than 5 miles from my house, a horrible hate crime was committed against a gay couple new to the area. It is a shame this has happened, a shame on all Virginians. We are quickly becoming the laughing stock of the nation with our crazy legislature more interested in what happens in your bedroom […]
I am very excited about the new, fully Aqua enabled, NeoOffice coming soon. This is a Java-free (in other words: it may actually work reliably, use little memory, and be fast) completely open source solution to the ongoing problem of reading proprietary/non-standard file formats (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint) that people insist on sending […]
It’s Wednesday, August 2nd; it’s 97F outside (106 heat index) with 50% humidity. We are in the middle of the heat wave (in the D.C. area). I sure am grateful for the pool in the backyard now, though to be honest is has not been that refreshing lately (water is 86-90F). Please be careful out […]
Does anyone out there have VOIP phone experience? I am looking to talk to someone about how mobile a VOIP setup is. I am wondering how easy and reliable it would be to temporarily set up VOIP phones in our house (which has Comcast cable modems, but no local telephone service) for a conference call […]
