Thinking about Earl Warren…

 
"It would indeed be ironic if, in the name of national defense, we would sanction the subversion of one of those liberties which make the defense of our nation worthwhile." -Earl Warren

Installing Flash Player 7 on Linux

Installed Macromedia Flash Player 7 for Linux all by myself. Yup, it’s true — I installed a plug-in for Mozilla, for Firefox. With no help, no coaching, no nuthin’. This is a major Linux moment for me and my SuSE.
PLEASE NOTE: this page will not instruct you — it is a celebratory page and a [...]

What is the sound of one hand washing?

 
It’s true, laundry should be left to the professionals.
It’s only funny until someone loses an eye.

Themes

Teaching myself new tricks. Rewriting a theme…
Meanwhile — Michael Wolff has an interesting article in this month’s Vanity Fair: “How to Get Away with Murder”
This is a pop-culture phenomenon (the legacy of rock ‘n’ roll and cable culminating in reality television): lots of people paying you to be as distasteful as you are, with so [...]

Firefox hacked

Change your Spread Firefox passwords.
Users of the site are advised to change their Spread Firefox password and the password of any accounts where the same password is used.

No, you’re not finishing — you’re not saying anything.

*Sorry, the comments for this post went kablooey when I switched themes on 7/17/05
Few websites contain dialogue as interesting as the White House Press Briefings. Most of you know about this… but I can’t help but reprint it. Below is  a glimpse of the July 11, 2005 briefing. Read more…
MR. McCLELLAN: [...]

Queen of the Egg Festival

Strange Historical Truths for Your Reading Pleasure [from the Literary Digest – I have about 15 years of them from 1917-1930s, bound copies from my high school library]
March 1937 Queen of the Egg Festival was elected in Laurel-in-the-Pines, New Jersey, she had to pose in a bathtub covered only by several [...]

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