April, 2017 archive
The Age of Delightenment 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Clifford Lazarus laments the growth of willful scientific ignorance. A snippet:
Do please read the rest.
Much Ado about Something 0
Most of the commentary on Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office has focused on how little he has accomplished in terms of legislation and executive orders which get enjoined almost immediately.
Will Bunch, in contrast, thinks there have been significant–and corrosive–accomplishments. Here’s an excerpt from his article:
Follow the link to find out why he said that.
Big Brother, Meet Big Johnson 0
From El Reg:
Access Now urged the FTC to investigate the $249 sex toy, stating such an investigation was “even more important given the growing trend to provide internet connectivity for sex toys and other related products without proper thought given to digital security problems.”
Honest to Betsy (Pete’s off today), you can’t make this stuff up.
Down at the Farm 0
For a short while, this blog was throwing the dreaded “Error Establishing a Database Connection” error.
I was able to fix it (quite impressing myself along the way). Here’s what I did, in case you encounter this error yourself.
Stray Thought, Corporate Conquest Dept. 0
Americans are demonstrating that they will willingly submit to corporate Big Brothers if it means they can turn on their coffee pots with a voice command before they get to their kitchens.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Just another day in the NRA’s Garden of Eden.
On Martaevious Santiago’s 17th birthday, he shot his 13-year-old sister in the back of the head.
She had just hugged him in the kitchen of the family’s Florida City home, police said. As they separated and Tedra King walked away, Martaevious pointed a loaded semi-automatic handgun at her. Then he pulled the trigger and killed her.
Martaevious told police it was an accident.
More guns would have no doubt prevented this.
The Last Resort 0
What’s with all these people calling on the phone “because you’ve recently stayed at one of our resorts” when I haven’t stayed at a resort in this century? Many many busienss-persons’ hotels, yes, but no resorts.
Furrfu.
Geeking Out 0
Listening to Old Time Radio from OTR.net on RealPlayer in a VM of Win7 on Slackware –Current.
You too should check out OTR.net. You’ll be glad you did. (But you must be able to play audio in Real format, and, as RealPlayer no long supports a Real operating system, that is, Linux, you must have access to Windows or Crapple).
(Oh my, I’ve turned into such a Linux geek.)
Breaking! 0
Penn State University discovers that drinking is a problem at college fraternities!
In other news, Penn State announces that preliminary studies indicate that the sky may be blue and that it is applying for a research grant to determine the color of grass.
