Congrats you uncaring bastard
From The Daily Pick
On August 19th, George W Bush broke the record for all-time most vacation days while President, beating Ronald Reagan’s old record in nearly half the time!
This man has spend nearly 20% of his time in office not working. Think your boss would give you 10.4 weeks of vacation a [...]
at least not the neocons
charts are from the budget explorer
Take a look here: See the deficits decreasing over the course of Bill Clinton’s presidency and then increase dramatically over George Bush’s presidency? 9/11 isn’t the reason for this. President Bush signed the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 on 6/7/01 and then [...]
good thing I kept up my motorcycle license
http://www.envbike.com/
by way of Gizmodo
Those guys are just too young to remember what it really was like in 1985.
the Engadget 1985 thingy was an awesome trip down memory lane for me, but what is with the digital pictures? I don’t remember seeing one of those until the Mac + (and those were B&W)! (I know why they added the [...]
three great artists pass away in the last 30 days…
RIP Luc Ferrari, Bob Moog and Koji Tano three pioneers who were great influences on all modern music.
When the going gets rough, the tough head to Crawford, or Idaho or VFW halls
So George ends his vacation with a few speeches to supporters and then another vacation. He moves from red state to red state, from military base to VFW hall, from one group of unquestioning supporters to another; all the while ignoring [...]
you decide…
So in one of the episodes of the 4th season of West Wing, the CJ Craig character introduces the BareNaked Ladies has having started in the cradle of liberty, Boston.
West Wing Geek Test: What was the name of this episode?
Music Geek Test: What was so messed up about her statement?
answers in next post
My second technological revelation today
For one reason or another I’ve avoided getting a DVR. First it was the expense, and then it was the hassle of stringing the phone cord across my den. Then there was the politics of the Tivo company adding new advertisements while you were skipping over the others or supporting the [...]
I finally figured it out
Sure, I’ve been using RSS for a year or so now, using it to keep up on my favorite websites. I never understood the devotion to it that its proponents exhibited at Gnomedex, in blogs and on the Gillmor Gang. Then I wrote my own RSS aggregator as an exercise and [...]
