September 3, 2009 – 11:01 pm
Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never–in nothing, great or small, large or petty–never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
Winston Churchill, 29 October 1941
February 27, 2009 – 12:59 pm
An old one from Penny Arcade:
Sure seems an evening bathed in the cold light of the LCD has replaced gathering around a table with dice, character sheets, and beer.
February 4, 2009 – 5:17 pm
“It is shameful.” That was President Obama’s comment about the $18 billion in rewards the executives of failing banks gave themselves over the last two months. That’s $18 billion of our money.
Today, Obama took it beyond just rhetoric:
As part of the reforms we’re announcing today, top executives at firms receiving extraordinary help from U.S. [...]
October 22, 2008 – 1:49 pm
I didn’t watch it live, but after hearing so much about it I gave it a go. Not bad.
October 17, 2008 – 1:44 pm
Excerpt from Václav Havel’s speech on New Years Day, 1990, to the people of Czechoslovakia.
We live in a contaminated moral environment.
October 14, 2008 – 1:07 pm
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/14/miron.banks/index.html
Miron is spot on with his commentary.
September 18, 2008 – 4:36 pm
An old but good one. Warning – the language is definitely NSFW.
August 1, 2008 – 10:38 pm
US Air charges for drinks, which means you have to carry money on the plane.
The TSA and DHS can seize any paper you carry with you across the border.
You can only take drinks on the plane purchased after security screening.
So, everything you eat and drink is bought in the airport or on the plane with [...]
Revision 3 servers go offline due to a DOS attack. Simple forensics points to a “anti-piracy” company. From there, it turns out that this company was using Rev3’s servers illegally and launched an illegal attack against Rev3. It makes for a great read. I hope MediaDefender has to pay Rev3 for damages.
A few years ago I had a co-worker take my résumé, slap his name on it, and shop it around. Unethical and brazen, but sometimes you have to just let things go. Well, I have been getting calls for a “Brian” on my cell phone recently about my résumé. Is this a case of a [...]