George Takei responds to homophobia

George Takei (Mr. Sulu in Star Trek, for those of you who don't know...) responds to homophobic comments by some basketball player: ...I want you...

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St. Skeletor's Day

Happy St. Skeletor's Day__, everyone.

__ http://mat.tl/skeletor/2008/about/

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Seasonal Satire

A bit of seasonal satire for you: It's That Time Of Year Again

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Government Swap

On IRC, it was suggested that "the US needs exposure to sensible politics for once". I think this is a great idea, and since the...

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The Future of Where?

Just to make it clear, I have no interest in the city of Reading and its future or lack thereof. It's the practice of reading...

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Edwards's Law

"You cannot apply a technological solution to a sociological problem." Nobody seems to know who Edwards was, but pretty much the entire system administrator profession...

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Incidentally...

...I use the word "incidentally" too often.

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Why you should never separate a geek from computers...

This is a somewhat worrying example of the bad things that happen when you separate geeks from their computers for extended periods of time (>2...

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Debian vs. Dell

Dude, you're getting a Dell!

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Open Letter to the Fashion Industry

Dear Fashion, Please could you start making mens' clothing in colours that do not appear in cat vomit? Much appreciated. Also, producing womens' clothing in...

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Living in the Country

John Goerzen comments on the differences between country and city life.

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Identity Theft

Months ago, [Joey Hess][1] [recommended][2] that the term "identity theft" be reserved "for the possibility of someone stealing a copy of me". Rereading his blog...

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Jaffa Cakes

Rich,

Biscuits go soft when they get old. Cakes go stale. QED.

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bruce schneier

http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts

Because trivia about Chuck Norris is so last Tuesday...

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Fun recipe

Wouter Verhelst suggests an interesting recipe for Duck with Whisky.

http://www.grep.be/blog http://www.grep.be/blog/2006/05/24#duck_with_whisky

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Things Republicans Believe

<http://stallman.org/republicanBeliefs.html>_

My favourite:

Jesus loves you, and shares your hatred of homosexuals and Hillary Clinton.
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