I managed to pick up John J. Miller's book "Our Oldest Enemy" -- on the U.S. relationship with the perfidious French -- Thursday afternoon at the Union-Tribune's periodic get-rid-of-review-books-for-charity-sale. Conservative books usually last quite awhile, but I was still a little surprised it lasted until late afternoon. On a related note: Some stinkin' Frenchman apparently […]
I spent most of today out with my grandmother helping her get a new computer. Her old AMD K6-2 Windows98 machine was getting really clunky. So, now she's got a new eMachines box with more than she'll probably ever use for less than $500. The unfortunate thing was, as expected, Service Pack 2 for WindowsXP […]
The Electronic Freedom Foundation continues to go after the FCC's broadcast flag. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the broadcast flag, it is a bit of code inserted in a digital broadcast which puts rules on how you can use it. For example, you could be prohibited from videotaping a program or saving […]
I just added the Fahrenhype 9/11 documentary due out next month to my Netflix.com rental queue. After doing this, I was presented with the "Other Movies You Might Enjoy" screen, which included: "Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy." If a human can explain the connection, I'd be interested to do know what it is.
I've got six invites. If you want one, drop me an e-mail. First come, first served.
It comes as no surprise that when Congress passes a law as far-reaching as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act lawyers will find innovative uses for the tools provided. Some enterprising lawyers decided to use the act, which was intended to prevent people from copying DVDs, copy-protected CDs or MP3 files, to prevent the sale of […]
It appears that Service Pack 2, which is designed to help improve security, can also (surprise!) cause various programs not to work. A list of the affected programs can be found here. Some of the programs listed I can understand having problems with the increased security demands of the latest Windows fix -- but Scrabble […]
PC Magazine columnist John C. Dvorak, a writer I admire, is unimpressed with the quality of the blogging at the Democrat National Convention. A cynic would suggest that bloggers, overwhelmed by convention attention, will be suckers to public relations pros resulting in a hopeless parroting of the party line in ways traditional media folks wouldn't […]
Those interested in politics can just skip this item. Warner Bros. announced this week that it would be penalizing video game publishers who put out bad games based on their licenses by demanding higher royalty payments. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter last week, WBIE senior vice president Jason Hall revealed that his company is now […]