Happy Birthday, Patty!
Today, is Patty’s birthday – head on over an wish her a happy one!
Bolivia: Governors Defect, Bill Gates and Evo
Your semi-regular Bolivia update. The governors from six of the nine departments (states) have cut all communications with the federal government. The six represent the economically strongest regions of the country. MAS, Morales political party, amended the rules of the Constituent Assembly to require a simple majority, instead of 2/3 majority, to amend the Constitution.
World of Warcraft a failure?
The most obvious thing to add is customization. The MySpace generation expects a personalized experience, yet Warcraft’s avatars come in only a few stock models. True – when you’re walking around populated zones, you notice that a lot of players look alike. Your only avenues for customization are the armor you wear and, maybe, your
Quien es un “enemy combatant”?
Jason left this awesome comment in my post about immigrants being held indefinitely. Since I’m paranoid about allowing ANY html in the comments, it got mangled Here’s how the law in question (the Military Commissions Act of 2006) defines "Persons Subject to Military Commissions": `Any alien unlawful enemy combatant is subject to trial by military
Scary: Immigrants May Be Held Indefinitely
Although Immigrants is used in the headline, Immigrants May Be Held Indefinitely, from reading the article it appears this applies to non-citizen immigrants. Or does that mean you’re not an immigrant anymore once you’re a citizen. Not that it matters anymore, if the President says your an enemy combatant, you rSOL and can be disappeared.
Me Sick, Pete Engaged, Patty under observation
A more eventful week than I would have preferred, as a fever forced me to leave work early on Tuesday. Bed rest and little else were the order of the day through Wednesday. Yesterday, Pete called to let me know he finally got engaged to Melissa. Although hes had the ring for a few weeks
MS Linux partnership?
Dad passed me along the link to the slashdot discussion of Microsoft’s partnership with Novell. (Usually, its me sending him the slashdot link). On the face of it, the major part of the announcement concerns patent rights MS holds – specifically that it will not assert them against open source developers. The Technology Liberation Front
State of Officiating in MLS
As usual, For the Integrity of Soccer has a sobering, insightful, and depressing review of the quality of officiating in Major League Soccer. As an avid fan, the lack of improvement in this area has been stark in comparison to the progress the league has made on other fronts over the last decade. The reason
Browser update of the Week
Firefox 2 comes out tomorrow (Tuesday) and IE7 is slower rendering some pages, particularly if they use AJAX, than Firefox.