June 2004

  • Vicious Circles

    The other day, my wife was talking to a neighbor. This neighbor barely answered the door, and when she did, it was only to say that she doesn't usually open the door out of fear for what might be lurking outside. You see, we don't live in the…

  • Bloglines Toolkit 1.3.0

    I think I've finally squashed all the issues with the Bloglines Toolkit. If the toolkit appears to be installed when you view it in the extension manager, but you aren't able to activate the context menu and the logo doesn't appear in the lower right-hand corner of your…

  • Sex Video Setup

    It seems that there is a new video making the news in the last week or so. Jenna Lewis of Survivor (Borneo and All Star) fame apparently filmed her wedding night with some model. While I, and many people, probably appreciate the fact that she wanted us to…

  • Contest Trickery

    I have a problem with people who don't conduct themselves honestly. I just don't like them, because I don't know that I can trust them. I have an even larger problem with companies who seem to have the same problem. Last week, I complained about Six Apart and…

  • Bloglines Toolkit 1.2.0

    I just received a call from USAirways, telling me that the flight was delayed for 70 minutes, so I decided to poke around with Firefox 0.9, now that it's been released. Turns out most (all?) of the extensions that previously worked work no longer. I miss many….

  • Taxing Puzzles

    I'm not sure that I'd exactly be considered a supporter of Ralph Nader for, well, much of anything. But I've got to hand it to him for at least pointing out the inanity of our current taxation system. His example? You go to the store and buy furniture,…

  • Internet Convenience

    In case you ever wondered why certain sections of the world are so slow on the move to new technology, look no further. The Charlotte Mecklenburg tax department has shown me the light, and all my questions are answered….

  • Arresting Developments

    I don't personally partake in prostitution. I don't personally partake in much that's illegal. I would say I don't partake in anything, but I do speed from time to time. I'm sure there are other things too. But what I don't understand is why so much effort is…

  • Misdirected Paranoia

    It seems more and more to me that people are apt to get excited about any old thing, thinking that it has to do with terrorism and how they are more and more likely to die because of it. Yet it also seems to me that it would…

  • Moron School Schedules

    School is almost out in these parts, so I figured I would throw together another entry about the inanity present in our school's scheduling system. Our oldest passed his 3rd grade end-of-grade tests a couple of weeks ago. I don't know that he's done anything since. Our youngest…