Mozilla Lays An Egg
May 21st, 2010 | 0 Comments | Tech Stuff |
I’ve been a fan of the Thunderbird email program for a couple of years now. Lightweight, feature-packed, great calendar integration via Sunbird which couples neatly with my Google calendar. When a notice popped up that my copy was going to be the last supported version of 2.x, and I ought to upgrade to 3.04, I [...]
My Favoritest Republican
May 19th, 2010 | 1 Comment | Politics |
He’s got his little file cards, Ronald Reagan-style, with talking points on every candidate and issue so all he has to do is stack them up and the press releases just write themselves. In Tuesday night’s missive, Specter’s defeat in Pennsylvania tonight is terrifying to Democrats. Because of his embrace of the Obama agenda, his constituents have risen up mightily and replaced him with …
…a reliable vote for the Democrats, who has supported the Obama agenda.
Facebook Is Losing It
May 18th, 2010 | 0 Comments | Tech Stuff |
It might be time to start reeling it back in.
Music Sharing and Music Streaming
May 17th, 2010 | 0 Comments | Music, Tech Stuff |
A longish rundown of a bunch of music sharing and download sites around the Internet. Please comment, and feel free to add your own suggestions and sources.
This one’s all about legal sites; so please, no LimeWire!
Just How Big Is This Oil Spill?
May 10th, 2010 | 0 Comments | Politics |
Nothing brings it home quite like, well, bringing it home. Paul Rademacher has put together a Google Mash-up Map that lets you superimpose the (current) extent of the spill on the city of your choice. I picked my home town of Maplewood, NJ, and found that it would go from the Pennsylvania border out to Montauk, and from West Point down to Bay Head on the Jersey shore.
Feeling Old
May 10th, 2010 | 0 Comments | Home, Travelogues |
Here’s The Daughter, Sunday morning when I took her to the airport. She’s taking her first-ever vacation without one of the ‘rents, having made all the arrangements and reservations herself. I feel older, but proud of her.
Leonore No. 3
May 9th, 2010 | 0 Comments | Music |
Again, from last weekend’s concert, Beethoven’s “Leonore” Overture No. 3. That’s yours truly on the offstage solo, but not on-stage.
Don Giovanni
May 8th, 2010 | 0 Comments | Music |
From last weekend’s Broadway Bach concert, the overture by Mozart for your listening pleasure.
Wisteria
May 7th, 2010 | 0 Comments | Home |
I love my wisteria, which put on an amazing show this spring. But if I don’t keep after it, it will absolutely strangle me in my sleep.
Nightmare in the Gulf
May 4th, 2010 | 0 Comments | Uncategorizable |
Talking Points Memo re-published these photos of the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform while it was burning and sinking into the Gulf of Mexico. I had no idea.
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