Rants, Raves, and Rhetoric v4

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  • Google Conspiracy?

    January 18, 2010
    Corporations, Gov’t / Law / Politics, Internet

    Found this gem called The Great Google Coverup about Google changing their minds about continuing to filter searches following a Chinese supported cyber-attack. Whether the attack origin was by Chinese government employees, corporate thieves, or kids living in their parent’s basement, accounts were compromised. Personal data fell into the hands of people who didn’t own it. This…

  • First Person Tetris

    January 17, 2010
    Fun

    Tetris can occupy my time for hours. So I was curious about First Person Tetris. Conceptually, I like the idea behind it. Rotating the “TV” and Nintendo system makes for a very different approach. However, I didn’t like so much the vertigo.

  • Trash the Memories

    January 16, 2010
    About Me

    Been paying attention to the Backupify blog. Let’s disregard the distressing idea someone would bother to tweet during his (probably not her) wedding. Show me someone who can’t use Twitter. Probably from their mobile phone. Possibly while getting married…. After all, you wouldn’t want to permanently lose your wedding photos. Why wouldn’t the same logic apply to…

  • Every Movie Geek Needs His Quotes

    January 15, 2010
    Movies / Films / TV, Quotes

    GeekDad published a list of top 100 Geek quotes. I happen to like movies and quotes. However, this list seems lame. None of my favorites even made the top ten. “These aren’t the droids you’re looking for.” Obiwan Kenobi, Star Wars. Of course, I got more attached to this quote when a coworker used this…

  • Haitian Deal With the Devil

    January 14, 2010
    Religion / Baha’i Faith

    The outrage over Pat Robertson’s comments on the Haitian curse amused me. Afterall, Napoleon III wasn’t even born by the time the Haitians achieved independence much less started. So I went looking for what might be a grain of truth. I found something interesting in Bob Corbett’s The Haitian Revolution of 1791-1803. For several years…

  • Supported

    January 13, 2010
    Blackboard Vista

    (This is an post I wrote back in November but didn’t publish…. Until now. Have fun!) Mitigated speech gets a lot of use by people trying not to offend. All too often, people who have been hurt because of mitigated speech question what isn’t being told as though the omission or gaps are intentionally deceptive.…

  • Clinton and the Tree

    January 12, 2010
    from Vox, Photography

    Clinton and the Tree, originally uploaded by Ezra S F. We really wanted this tree in the photo. The problems: 1) illuminating the tree enough, 2) not over exposing Clinton, 3) hand holding the flash and trigger. Cranked the power up to full power. Wes aimed it at the tree. Clinton is essentially just getting…

  • Clinton and the Tree

    January 11, 2010
    Uncategorized

    Clinton and the TreeOriginally uploaded by Ezra S F We really wanted this tree in the photo. The problems: 1) illuminating the tree enough, 2) not over exposing Clinton, 3) hand holding the flash and trigger. Cranked the power up to full power. Wes aimed it at the tree. Clinton is essentially just getting the…

  • Clinton and the Tree

    January 11, 2010
    Photography

    Clinton and the Tree Originally uploaded by Ezra S F We really wanted this tree in the photo. The problems: 1) illuminating the tree enough, 2) not over exposing Clinton, 3) hand holding the flash and trigger. Cranked the power up to full power. Wes aimed it at the tree. Clinton is essentially just getting…

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