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“Those Who Can, Innovate. Those Who Can’t, Lobby.”
That’s the adage that I coined today. Here’s why: AT&T Inc. and BellSouth Corp. are lobbying Capitol Hill for the right to create a two-tiered Internet, where the telecom carriers’ own Internet services would be transmitted faster and more efficiently than those of their competitors. The proposal is certain to provoke a major fight with [...]
Random Tidbits
Via the Club for Growth: Consider this — the Army Corps of Engineers is, in large part, to blame for the levees breaking down in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. Now, thanks to Republican Senator Thad Cochran, part of the funds being used to help pay for Katrina relief — approx. $13 million — will [...]
Our Christmas Letter
Our Christmas letter is finished! We’re putting them in the mail tomorrow, but as a special treat for you, our loyal blog readers, you can see it here first. Assuming that we know your mailing address and you’re married, you’ll probably be getting one in the mail (sorry, Damon, better listen to that Jamaican woman [...]
iPod Engraving
We finally got around to buying our Christmas gift this weekend. Because of the education discount, we bought our iPod straight from Apple. When we started to check out, we found that they offered free laser engraving on the back of the iPod. Of course, you feel obliged to get it because it’s free and [...]
The Latest Front in the Copyright Wars
Now, the MPA wants to shut down websites that publish lyrics: Guitar licks and song scores are widely available on the Internet but are “completely illegal”, he told the BBC. Mr Keiser said he did not just want to shut websites and impose fines, saying if authorities can “throw in some jail time I think [...]
Headline of the Day Award
From the AP: Bill Clinton to Surprise U.N. Conference. The cat’s kind of out of the bag when the AP is reporting the story, isn’t it?
2005 College Football Awards
Feel free to add your own awards in the comments! Irrational Exuberance Award: After the Illini started 2-0 by beating Rutgers and San Jose State, one of the local news stations led a segment with the title, “Feels Like 2001″. 2001, of course being the year that the Kurt Kittner-led Illini went 10-2 and earned [...]
Top Ten Reasons President Bush Couldn’t Do His Jury Duty
In case you haven’t heard, here’s a link to the news. I’ll even throw in a 50% Christmas bonus for ya’ll. Ho ho ho, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Kwanzaa Power. Bankrupted the jury’s refreshment fund on the first day by spending 10 times the budget for donuts and drinks. Got annoyed when other jurors continually [...]
Neil Young and Lynyrd Skynyrd
I was just asking Leigh Ann about this the other day…what the heck did Neil Young do to tick off Lynyrd Skynyrd? You know the lyrics from Sweet Home Alabama: Well, I heard Mister Young sing about her Well, I heard ole Neil put her down. Well, I hope Neil Young will remember a southern [...]
European Publishers, Google, and the Impending End of Civilization
Ever wonder what it sounds like to hear a dinosaur go extinct? Just listen to the head of the European Publishers Council. European publishers warned Tuesday that they cannot keep allowing Internet search engines such as Google Inc. to make money from their content. “The new models of Google and others reverse the traditional permission-based [...]
Chasing Windmills
Here’s a NY Times editorial by a music artist that seems to understand reality much better than the record companies with their quixotic quests against piracy. This technological disaster aside, though, Sony BMG and the other major labels need to face reality: copy-protection software is bad for everyone, consumers, musicians and labels alike. It’s much [...]
Two Posts In One Night!
( Our Life )
Yes, here I am posting 2 blogs in one night – I think Matt is rubbing off on me. Either that, or I am really enjoying our new wireless router that Matt hooked up for us. I can sit here on the chair with my feet on the ottoman and blog away – technology is [...]
The Long Awaited Leigh Ann Thanksgiving Recap
( Our Life )
So I know that Matt posted his Thanksgiving recap promptly after returning from the holiday. Now that I’ve finally gotten him away from the computer long enough to do my own posting, here’s the scoop… Friday – had nice flight to SC without too much trouble (which is impressive for Northwest since I usually have [...]
Those “Limited Government” Republicans Strike Again
Evidently, having solved the deficit problem, health care problem, and won the war on terror while the press was sleeping, Congress now finds time to concentrate on college football’s BCS bowl system. “College football is not just an exhilarating sport, but a billion-dollar business that Congress cannot ignore,” said committee Chairman Joe Barton, a Texas [...]
The Origins of One of The Greatest Dances
That would be Carlton’s dance from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Check out i-Mockery to find out the origins of the dance, which happen to involve Bruce Springsteen and Courtney Cox.
I’ve Got a Fever and the Only Cure is: I Need More Firefox Downloads
Firefox 1.5 released this week. If I haven’t convinced you that you need to download this superior browser, here’s another list of reasons (Don’t download from that site though…they still link version 1.0, use the Mozilla site). Unfortunately, something like 85% of Internet users still use Internet Explorer. This tells me that, given the choice [...]
North Korea Day Down Under?
( Matt's Posts )
I can’t help but wonder…do they celebrate North Korea Day in Australia, Damon?
From the “Genius Alert” Department
Meet Jonathan Baldino: A 19-year-old freshman at the University of Colorado faces criminal charges after police said he made a fake bar code label to buy an iPod for $4.99. The actual price of the MP3 player was $149.99. Jonathan Baldino was arrested Wednesday at a Target store and police said the electrical-engineering student admitted [...]