If you’ve heard about them, but haven’t given them much thought, I give a trench level view of why H1-B visas are bad for everyone involved (except corporate management) Congress is trying to raise the cap on H1-B visas again. This is very bad and shows how the government is losing touch or just doesn’t [...]
My full-tilt boiling over anger over the election had subsided, but now it is back. I think my anger over the election was starting to subside. I’m not happy, but I just can’t stay so pissed off and continue to function. Then I rented, “Bush’s Brain” last night. It brought up a lot of stuff [...]
This is something close to my heart that I haven’t touched on in this blog yet, I was going to do write something today, but I haven’t got time, so instead here are a couple of interesting links… Microsoft and other major technology companies are trying to get congress to bump up the indentured servant, [...]
Mini-summary of small multi-function video/photo cameras I’m a documenter. Or rather, I’d like to be. I’m always seeing (or hearing) something and wishing I had my camera or mini-disc recorder with me. I’ve got a digital camera, a mini-DV camera, and a mini-disc recorder and microphone. So, I’m set, sort of. Except that they are [...]
The more land we capture the more land we lose… Are we going to be stuck in Iraq? Our “coalition” is disbanding, the U.N. isn’t so sure they want to help us anymore. The Iraqi people don’t seem to excited to have us there either. Are we stuck in an un-winnable war that will continue [...]
This week’s issue of The Stranger is the first thing that has cheered me up in any way about the election.
This looks like an awesome show about how marketing is getting progressively more insistent. I saw a link on wired this morning about a Frontline episode called Persuasders. It is about how marketers are becoming more and more insidious as we are becoming immune to their approaches. I missed it on TV, but luckily they [...]
Did you know that Dawn of the Dead is now in the public domain? I found a link to Undead Art in one of my rss feeds today (sorry, I don’t remember which). It turns out that Dawn of The Dead is now in the public domain! Download it, burn it, and enjoy! Undead art [...]
The ICANN has changed the domain transfer rules because they are evil. I found this article on Slashdot this morning about how ICANN is changing the rules on domain transfers to inexplicably make it easier for hijacking. There is some good info on netcraft about it. Here is the actual change language. It freaked me [...]
My kind-of review of last night’s Laurie Anderson performance in Seattle. I saw Laurie Anderson last night here in Seattle. She continues to be an excellent performer, but something has changed in the way that I relate to her as I get older. I first discovered her when I was 16 and I checked out [...]
