Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

• Samuel Johnson

How appropriate.

Dianne Feinstein's "Platform Equality and Remedies for Rights Holders in Music (PERFORM) Act" would permanently hobble your ability to record off the radio and force webcasters to use DRM formats.. Are you fucking insane? This is the most short-sighted, monopolistic, brazen legislation I've seen from Congress in quite some time …

There's one set of phone calls you never ever want to get from your spouse. The calls that notify you that some major life change has occurred. The calls that let you know that a loved one has passed on. The frantic call that the toilet is broken, and so …

According to Fox 2 this morning, these simple steps can add years to your life. Being one of those people that likes to add years to my life (and I'm sure most of you would also like to add years to your life), I waited in rapt attention to the …

Went to Penguicon 4.0 today. Interesting show. I wish I had gone earlier, but alas, I didn't. Went to a talk on PHP security, which was extremely fascinating. (Apparently e107 has a rather nasty hole in it as of a few days ago, according to the speaker). Also saw …