Archive for July, 2008

Sunni-Shia Discord

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

This is from the Islamic Information Center:
July 29, 2008
In a recent interview, Ayatollah Fadlallah, one of Lebanon’s chief theologians, stated that any notions of strife between Shi’ites and Sunnis was untrue. Most Muslims value unity, and simply need some sort of motivation to work together said Fadlallah, suggesting a large scale collaborative project. He admitted [...]

The KDE Propaganda Machine

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

There are already articles on the web discussing the release of KDE 4.1 in the past tense, yet a quick look at the KDE website indicates that it has not yet been released to the public. Furthermore, the KDE techbase already has an article for any naysayers who might complain about new features (or [...]

McCain and Obama both want another Vietnam

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Just some excerpts from a great article:
But is Barack taking his own advice? For he pledges to shift two U.S. combat brigades, 10,000 troops, out of Iraq and into Afghanistan, raising Americanforces in that country from 33,000 to 43,000.
For, without any visible strategy for victory, Barack is recommending thesame course LBJ took after the death [...]

Obama’s not Anti-War, just Anti-Iraq War

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

As I suspected, Barack Obama carries the same understanding of the Iraq war that most other democrats have: “We need to get out of Iraq because we’re losing.” The same democrats who were opposed to it are now calling for an end, not because it is morally wrong to occupy another nation and take [...]

MySpace Still Sucks

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

As long as they continue to allow their users to turn their pages into a poorly coded pile of mush, it will always suck.
And that is the end of the matter.

What’s all the fuss with KDE 4?

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

I’ve been reading more complaints by the day, primarily from bloggers (some of whom I suspect are not even full-time Linux users) that KDE 4 was a complete mistake and should be scrapped. Some have likened it to Windows Vista. Others have even suggested that KDE should be forked so that the [...]

KDE 4.1 + Firefox 3.0 = Bliss

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

There are many things to love about the new KDE and the new Firefox. I’ve personally always preferred Konqueror for most of my web browsing for simple things like dragging an image from the browser to the desktop. It was not that I wanted to leave an image file on the desktop. [...]

Happy Independence Day

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

The only proper and truly “American” way to celebrate our independence is to trivialize it with rock and roll music, flag waving, and random images of patriotism. And few have accomplished that the way that the following man has. So, this one’s for you, America:

Oh yeah, and it never hurts to head butt [...]

Solar Powered Bikinis

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

I was reading an article today about an MIT project to create solar powered textiles. One idea they’ve developed is solar powered curtains. But it got me thinking. The other day I saw a solar powered bra (yeah, like that’s practical). Wouldn’t it be more useful to have solar powered clothing [...]