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  • Mike Brown is a fucking idiot

    Sorry for the title, it doesn’t happen often.

    Mike Brown was in front of Congress today to answer for the disaster he oversaw after Katrina. I understand he doesn’t want to fall on his sword for something he feels isn’t his fault, but the level to which he stoops trying to blame anyone but himself is deep. Deep. A sample:

    Ironically, it started with an organization called horsesass.org, that on some blog published a false, and, frankly, in my opinion, defamatory statement that the media just continued to repeat over and over. Next, one national magazine not only defamed me, but my alma mater, the Oklahoma City University School of Law, in one sentence alone leveling six false charges. [source]

    He then blamed the governor of Louisiana, the mayor of New Orleans, and then shook his fist at “those meddling kids”.

    Mr. Brown, you’re an idiot. Even if every word you say is true, you have been offered up as a sacrifice for all the wrongs of the Fed after this disaster. The fact that nothing you say is likely to be true, it seems you earned the distinction. Get ready for a Fisking of epic proportions, Mr. Brown.

    Check out more of Brown’s lies here.

  • Subvert from Within

    It’s one thing to talk about–and execute–a user-focused approach when you’re a small company or an independent contractor. But what if you are, in fact, a fish in a sea as vast as, say, Microsoft? Can you hope to make a difference? Or does working at the “DarkStar” suck the soul from any employee with a passionate users bent?

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  • Heard on the radio

    (Iraq – Saddam = Detroit) – Don McMillan

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  • Opera is Free

    Opera today released their browser for free.. no ads, no banners, no nothing. Very cool. Opera is the parent to many of the features that people love in Firefox, including tabbed browsing. Well worth a look and something else to keep in mind when designing for the web.

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    [via digg]

  • Comments Spam

    Sorry to do this, but I’ve had to tighten up my comment policy due to a comment spam attack. 2 days and over 100 spam comments (and that’s for a site with less traffic than 127.0.0.1).

    Anyone who uses TypeKey gets their comments auto published; otherwise, the comment goes in the queue. Spammers are scum, and we all pay.

  • How not to get out of killing someone

    Cross-examined by Lautenschlager, Vang was asked if each victim deserved to die. Vang answered “no” in some cases and “yes” in others.

    Stunning… have fun in prison.

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  • Penn and Teller on PETA – Bullshit

    Penn & Teller’s Bullshit! on Showtime is one of the most lucid shows out there. Unfortunately, it’s on Showtime, which I don’t get (thank you, Internet). Today, I found a link to the episode on PETA, the People for the *cough*Ethical*cough* Treatment of Animals.

    It’s good enough that I’m posting the video here (right-click, save as).

    I was never a fan of PETA, but after this, I feel sick. Watch. Learn.

    UPDATE: Video is now gone; someone slammed my server.

  • Tie Two Ropes Together… Properly

    Lifehacker has a cool post about how to properly lash two ropes together. As a failed Cadet (kind of like Boy Scouts, but with more God and less crafts), I should know this, yet don’t. I bring shame on my family.

    But no longer, as I will learn how to do this… as soon as I need to lash two ropes together.

    …

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  • Stupid web tricks

    This is completely for a couple people at work and will make zero sense to anyone else.

    You can now buy these T-shirts at Cafepress:

    That is all.

  • Let the Disinformation Begin

    The news hit recently that the next version of Windows, Vista, will come in 7 different “flavors”, or SKUs. I’m making the prediction right now that this is a completely false story cooked up to divert attention from the disaster that Vista has become. After dropping pretty much every decent feature from Vista, Microsoft had another Windows Me release on their hands; a dressed-up version of the previous version.

    Why do I say that? First, Microsoft may be dumb, but this would colossally dumb. People can’t figure out the fact that Win XP has two versions; it’s inconceivable that the general public could begin to fathom what they need to ask for when there are 7 versions.

    Second, this is way to complicated for even Microsoft to support. Windows as an OS is very, very difficult to support from Microsoft’s standpoint because of their insistence at maintaining backward compatibility. Introducing limited releases of an OS (which is what 6 versions of Vista would essentially be) is a logistical nightmare for Microsoft. Now, instead of maintaining security on one stripped-down version (XP Home), they have to protect 6 versions from hacking, cracking, and security risks.

    If Vista comes in more than 3 versions, one of which will be Windows Vista Home Theatre Crashing Edition, I’ll buy a Mac. I’ll have to.

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