Self Regulation Yet Another Lie

From: http://commonsense.ourfuture.org/e_coli_conservatism_19_ne_plus_ultra

E. coli conservatism (19): the ne plus ultra

Offered without comment. What is there possibly to say?

WASHINGTON – The Bush administration said Tuesday it will fight to keep meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease. Continue reading

Hike – Fern Lake Trail to the Pool

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Here’s a short video I shot with my still cam:

Keyed Up

My pal Tony sent me this shot of his old Olympia manual typewriter keyboard. Amazing how few keys we got by with.

Olympia Portable Typewriter

Olympia Portable Keyboard

Nowadays we have a lot more keys to worry about – not to mention that weird little pre-trackpad ‘wart’ for cursor control.

HP Portable Keyboard

HP Portable Keyboard

Then there’s your typical home PC keyboard. I think I paid a whole $7 for this one. Very light, very cheap but works fine on Mac or PC.

KeyTronic

KeyTronic Cheapie Keyboard

Then came the ‘split and twisted’ scheme to minimize RSS. There’s successively more and more compliant versions of these – one that has the keys in ‘pockets’Â

Windows Ergo Keyboard

MS Ergo Keyboard

Then there’s the truncated Apple iMac keyboard that was on my jukebox – I decided to try the KeyTronic cheapie and it works fine. Better set of control keys.

Apple iMac

Apple early-generation iMac keyboard

My current keyboard – the Matias Tactile Pro. It’s noisy but it types very nicely. Five-year warranty.

Matias Tactile Pro

Matias Tactile Pro Keyboard

Here’s all of em together for comparison.

Comparison Shot

Distilled Love

Here’s a lovely selection of inspirational sayings brought to you by a man following in the footsteps of Jesus… we think. (you may reconsider after reading)

From here.

Oh, and before some bible-wavin wingnut starts up with that old lie “…he never said any such thing!” here’s a recording of him saying it – and then reaffirming it, proving he lied about his ‘apology.’ F**king hypocrite. Good riddance.

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Vivisection

This is just sick.

Watch the video, read about the atrocity. We can’t stop #$^@# Gitmo, but we sure as shit can stop this kind of torture.

When I worked at the Univ of PA I saw cats routinely tortured for brain research. When I asked the techs about it they seemed bored at best, callous at worst. This is a symptom of sociopathy.

Please write and call.

Today.

Non-Shock

FreeHand is officially dead:

http://www.graphics.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3612

Golly. Anyone surprised? *nod* Didn’t think so.

Bet there’s going to be a lot of pissed-off designers out there. Lots of folks (not me) loved FreeHand and swore by it.

I saw this coming the day I heard of the MacroMedia buyout.

Wonder how long till we hear the news about Flash – won’t that be fun.

When We Forget to Remember…

By Sheila Samples

The gutters are clogged with the dead

The ones who couldn’t join in

The others refusing to sing

The ones who are losing their voice

The ones who’ve forgotten the tune.

Excerpt “God Bless America,” Harold Pinter, January 2003

 

Preceeding generations had every reason to believe those following them would step into the breach and continue the vigil over this nation’s Constitutional freedoms and, if necessary, fight to preserve them. They believed, like George Washington warned — “Government is a “force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.” And they remembered, from generation to generation. Unfortunately, those following our generation will have no such luxury.

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Candlelight Vigil – 2005

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