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2008 November

Miscellaneous News…

Lean Cuisine Recalls Chicken Meals For Containing Plastic Pieces
hint: that ain’t plastic
Microsoft to aid in war on terror, builds software for DHS
Homeland Security:  It’s time to reboot.
Microsoft Realizes No One Wants To Pay Microsoft To Fix Its Own Security Flaws
So rather than fixing them, they’re giving away additional software.
Bush Administration’s E-Mail Deluge May Overload Archive [...]

The Philly Guitar Show - Fall Edition

Twice a year we are treated to the Philly Guitar Show.  Today was the fall show.  Unfortunately our usual Bizarre Weather<tm> kicked in to make it more like the Frozen Tundra edition.  Yes, technically winter doesn’t happen for a month but you can’t tell Philly weather anything.
Off we went, at some terrible hour of the [...]

What If: Stevie Wonder

I was listening to Higher Ground today on the way home from work.  One of the many things that overly impresses me about Stevie Wonder is his keyboard stacking abilities.
If you listen to Higher Ground or Superstition, you’re hearing multiple keyboard tracks.  They’re all playing something different.  We hear the amalgam of the tracks but [...]

Amp Mods: Next Time Use Fire

A friend asked me to do some minor work on a guitar amp.  It’s been a real experience, to be polite.  The amp is absolutely magnificent to look at.  I haven’t gotten it to the level required to say much about the tone yet but it’s very present and in-your-face.
On its surface, the request was [...]

Foot Lives in Mouth Disease

Like it?   I just made it up.
It’s the name for something of which I’m frequently guilty.  Certain people have absolutely no filter: whatever they think immediately comes out of their mouth.  I lived like this for many years but after great effort, I manag to only say every other thing that occurs to me.
But I [...]

Too Many Out-of-Country Concerns….

Michael Chertoff:  dual Israeli and US citizenship
Rahm Emanuel: orthodox Jew, Israeli Defense Force volunteer, dual citizenship
Henry Paulson: Treasury Secretary, in bed with China (which holds the majority of US debt)
There is a lot of noise circulating about Obama’s place of birth.  It’s starting to concern me.  One must be a natural-born US citizen to be [...]

Doesn’t this Building Come with Magic Wiring?

One of my fellow MIS gurus takes care of a number of external units.  One particular den of intellect just moved from one building to another.  They called my coworker, asking him to come out and and check the new place out.
He said no problem, he’d check his schedule.  They got a bit nervous, hoping [...]

Bush in Race against Time to Wreck Country

Bush in Race against Time to Wreck Country
Legacy of Destruction at Stake
Confounding the conventional wisdom that he is a lame duck president with no agenda as his days in office dwindle, President George W. Bush is redoubling his efforts to mutilate the country before his term expires, aides confirmed today.
“President Bush has spent the first [...]

How Much Sex is Too Much Sex?

Talk about a lightning rod (so to speak)….
Well, as a guy who is rarely referred to as a `typical male’, there’s no such thing.
I’m certain there are women who agree with this (although I never seem to meet any).

There is a Woody Allen movie in which this comes up.  A couple goes for separate counseling.  [...]

Blogging and Free Speech Suit

Three bloggers in New York City are suing the NYPD for not giving them press credentials because they work for online or nontraditional publications.
I find this case very interesting…

what are the criteria for giving out press credentials?
when can credentials be refused and why?
are credentials supposed to be handed out to all?
does any of this fall [...]

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