Having lived in the Washington DC area for a total of nearly 8 years (and in the District itself for six of those years), I was a big fan and user of the Metro, their subway systems. However, the Metro was was always struggling with funding and maintenance issues, which puzzled me a bit since […]
This is one of the earliest (1993) ‘mainstream’ (non-tech-magazine) cartoons about the Internet and still one of the most famous: A Google search on the caption yields nearly half a million hits. ..bruce w..
The good news is that Google has taken me off their badware list (as of May 1st), though it took them over a week to do so (along with multiple review requests and a posting at the Google Webmaster groups). You can see quite clearly the impact of this blog having the label of doom […]
It’s May Day, nearly halfway through spring, almost halfway to summer. As I type this, snow is falling outside and has been for an hour or so; it’s actually sticking on the ground (we have at least 1/2″ already). And it’s supposed to fall through the day and into the evening. The current temperature (it’s […]
Obviously inspired by SciFi’s Battlestar Galactica three-seaons-in-eight-minutes video, Slate has put together this video summarizing the race for the Democratic presidential nomination in seven minutes: Hat tip to Ann Althouse. ..bruce w..
In 2008 – It’s Tough To Be A Republican
For the past several months all eyes have been focused on the ongoing mess that is the remains of the Democratic primary. The untold and emerging story is the impending beating that the Republicans are likely to take in November. In interest of full disclosure I consider myself a conservative and tend to vote Republican […]
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