Archive for March, 2006
What’s wrong with the right
This primarily applies to right-wing pundits, political leaders, journalist, and bloggers and it’s simple really.
They can’t stand anyone whose opinions or beliefs differ from theirs because, like someone who’s done too much cocaine, they think they are right, and there is no other possible way to be. They often pretend to speak for God, they [...]
Origin of the name Jagwire
Really. I should post more items on this thing. There's tons of interesting stuff out there but how much time do I really want to spend doing this.
Let's travel back in time…
It's 1988 (or so) and I'm trying to think of a good name to use on the BBSs. BBS stands for [...]
The Artwork of Melanie Sallis
I've finally gotten my wife's website up and running. It's got a fair amount of her artwork posted to it. I've got to get her to give me the titles of some of the pieces still and I need to rework some of the text a little bit. Anyway it's good stuff [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Stumble Upon
I've been experimenting with Stumble Upon recently. It's an interesting web tool and social site that allows users to review web sites. It has some advantages over del.icio.us in that it allows a sort fo voting system and blogging. Where del.icio.us is more of a generic bookmarking site Stumble Upon allows for social interaction [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Bruce Sterling’s SXSW keynote MP3
You can listen to Bruce Sterling’s SXSW Keynote here. As usual Bruce gives the audience a number of interesting bits about emerging technologies but mostly he speaks about the future we are creating and what we ought to do about it. He goes on to say that the real challenge to the future is [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Latest Theory on Global Warming; NOT the Fault of Modern Human Lifestyle. Ha!
Ha! Those crazy Russians! According to Vladimir Shaidurov of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the apparent rise in average global temperature recorded by scientists over the last hundred years or so could be due to atmospheric changes that are not connected to human emissions of carbon dioxide from the burning of natural gas [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Collectibles and Antiques
Some close personal and long time friends of mine have started a website – Collectible Antiques Etc. They “started it out of a love of history and a desire to understand more about antiques and collectibles.” There’s some good material there about antiques and collecible items. I think they may be starting a business. [...]
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