Advice for Democrats, in light of the Patriot Act’s re-up

The Rude Pundit (whose name is exactly what it implies; squeamish persons need not click the link) has a brilliant (IMHO) strategy for Democrats when faced with Republican stonewalling: “What are you trying to hide?” The RP goes into further detail on its possible applications, but it’s elegant and simple and darkly appropriate for so [...]

No, seriously: don’t run on the platform.

Wonkette catches something that others don’t. (Yes, I realize that that’s hardly news.) the image there is priceless.

Have you thanked a sysadmin today?

(or hugged, or granted a raise to, or given fabulous widgets to, or performed sexual favors for…) System Administrator Appreciation Day is TODAY, July 29 2005! It’s like Administrative Assistants’ Appreciation Day (fka Secretary’s Day) only SO much cooler. Just admit it. You know you love system administrators. They get you online to satiate your [...]

something i’d like to see

Just thinking. I’d like a small, integrated audio device, which I can connect to a wired or wireless network; which will tune itself to a streaming audio feed; which has quality output; which can be configurable through a simple, platform-independent interface (perhaps via Web); which has low power requirements, perhaps even served through PoE; and [...]

“And then he started tap dancing.”

I just can’t resist posting this… Joe. My.God. collected stories from his blogger-friends about the weirdest kink-related experience they’ve ever had. (It’s all text but NSFW.) The title on this post is from my favorite tale, from an anonymous source. (Hell, if it were my story I’d want to be anonymous too.)