Slim Pickins For Mashups

Slim Pickens
I usually like the mashups on the Daily Source Code but the last two 7/06 & 7/08, from my POV, were pretty horrible. Maybe the well is drying up. All a matter of taste of course.

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Quote Of The Month

Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
- Mark Twain

The title of this post links to a page with other quotes on the subject of examples. Include is this timeless bit of wisdom.

"The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are no longer able to set a bad example." François de la Rochefoucauld

Oh for the good old days.

The Onion | Bush Regales Dinner Guests With Impromptu Oratory On Virgil's Minor Works

It's been a couple of weeks since anything from The Onion made me laugh. This made it worth the wait.

>>Bush arranged the small, informal dinner in honor of Camps' unexpected arrival in America.

"It had been too long since I'd heard one of W.'s anecdotes, so I simply got on a plane," Camps said. "I showed up at his doorstep with a watercolor by Ignat Bednarik, whom I know he adores, just to make sure he'd let me in."<<

The Onion | Bush Regales Dinner Guests With Impromptu Oratory On Virgil's Minor Works

Another Rebuttal To Cruise

This time from the acting Govenor of New Jersey.

"Tom Cruise knows as much about postpartum depression as I do about acting, and he should stick to acting and not talk about women who need help," said Richard J. Codey, whose wife, Mary Jo, has struggled with the illness.

MSN - News - N.J. Governor Comes to Shields' Defense

Private Eyes Fear Limits On Information Access

Social security numbers were not invented for the convenience of investigators, private or public. Give me a break. I'm supposed to have my financial well being or the security of my personal private information placed in jeopardy because someone else might skip on a debt? We're going to pass a law that says the needs of a business lobby are more important than that of an individual protecting private property. F them, get a new line of work. This is still America isn't it?
Private Eyes Fear Limits On Information Access

Sandra Day O'Connor, First Female on Supreme Court and Moderate Swing Vote, to Retire

In a related story Fox News creamed themselves thinking about possible conservative replacements.

Sandra Day O'Connor, First Female on Supreme Court and Moderate Swing Vote, to Retire

Free Video On CNN

Just checked out the free video at CNN.com. It runs on Windows Media Player only and seems to work well. They show a short commercial before they show the story, alas there is no way to fast forward through it. I'd have been surprised if there was.

Cruise Talking Out Of His Ass

>>Disputing the effectiveness of antidepressants generally, Cruise said, "all it does is mask the problem." He added, "There is no such thing as a chemical imbalance."<<

Get a clue Tom. There are thousands and thousands of better informed people who say you're wrong.

CNN.com - Shields blasts Cruise for 'rant' - Jul 1, 2005

DDN Headline: Local WiFi plan turning into a federal case

From Hiawatha Bray at the Boston Globe: Some of the arguments for and against municipalities providing internet access for their citizens. I'm all for it and as far as I can tell the only ones opposing it are those who stand to lose business.
DDN Headline: Local WiFi plan turning into a federal case