Etc., etc.
- Who was St Philaster?
- DOF writes persuasively that a conservative Supreme Court (at least a 5-4 one) might not be as bad as liberals think, if it gets them (us) to come up with better ways to do things that don’t rely solely on the fiat of a court majority. Such a majority could, of course, do a lot of other damage in the meantime, of course.
- Cool — Micro$oft has a patent to basically scan your hard drive in order to push focused adverts at you from all directions. Of course, they would never actually do that without your consent, right? Read any of those “Do you agree?” EULAs that flash on your screen before you install software you need lately?
- A remarkable number of folks who shout for religious equality also take the tack of “but some religions are more equal than others.” Witness the brouhaha from Christian partisans when the Senate was opened with a Hindu prayer by a Hindu chaplain. Eek! From the rhetoric you’d think the Lord was about to go all Sodom and Gomorrah over DC …
- I made a Main Titles screen for “Ill Met by Gaslight” — not the greatest thing since forever, but it was fun to do.
- Loving the Blackberry Curve, but wish there was a utility like Central for it. In particular, I wish there was something out there that would add a bit more sophistication to the Auto-On/Off feature. Some of it I can do via switching the Profiles (esp. now that I know how to easily turn that feature on and off, and have a theme that shows the profile status), but I wish there was something I could schedule between “Curve is turned completely off” and “Curve is on and rings and dings like a lunatic with alarms and calls” — and something that recognizes more than just Weekend vs Weekdays.
- “Mommy! The Jolly Green Giant scares me!“
- When to compartmentalize your religious feelings from your scientific pursuits — and when not to. Interesting.
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