More proof that you don’t always get what you pay for.
I must say, the new big 10 logo is really lame.
It might be more palatable in a different color.
It makes me wonder what these marketing people are thinking. Is there any kind of objective or scientific criteria that guides the design of these logos? If [...]
Thanks to the internet, I mainly listen to WHWL when I’m at home or working at the computer. The station has several transmitters scattered through Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan, so I’ve been getting all the news and weather reports from that region. Then, I happened to be looking at a rail map of [...]
During the Korean war, between 10,000 and 100,000 suspected communists were executed by the South Koreans, with the knowledge and presence of the United States military. (Similar executions took place as North Korean forces swept through the country. The North Koreans killed anybody with an academic background. The South Koreans killed anybody suspected of being [...]
Christmas is here. I try not to spend more than $2 per person on my shopping list, and it dawned on me that December 19 is probably too late for anything from www.dealextreme.com to arrive through the mails before Christmas. One solution is to not buy gifts, and another solution is to get rid of [...]
I’m trying to plan out how to install Ubuntu in my car on an Xbox.
ORCA, a tool for the blind, sounds promising. There is one drawback, namely, the lack of a suitable keyboard in the automobile. For that, I am hoping to get Sphynx-II working.
Talking about YouTube – True Vision – Ubuntu Linux and ORCA for [...]
A friend is raising needed cash by competing on KaraokeForCash.com.
He made it to the final prize round, but he needs your help to win the cash. If you have the time, register and vote at www.gok4c.com.
Vote on Context 6, day 5. You know who to vote for, because there are two people left, [...]
The UAW wants a bailout. I’m not going to make much commentary, because the web is full of speculation about it. Here are some of my thoughts:
I’m sure a bailout will happen.
The UAW was on nation-wide strike 1 year ago.
The UAW at American Axle and various GM plants was on strike four entire months of this year.
In Michigan, UAW [...]
Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present, the last jar of Postum on sale in the world!!!
I was surfing Christian TV with my Grandmother this evening.
Two channels featured two analogous men in expensive suits, excitedly soliciting donations.
Two other channels featured six different apologists attempting to debunk the theory of evolution using diverse devices of misinformation. I thought of a proverb. http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=PROVERBS%2018:17;&version=49; I’d like to see cross-examination applied to the Sunday pulpit, especially when people ignorant of biology [...]