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A Day Without A Computer Administrator

Monday, May 1st, 2006

Following up on my previous post about the Bush administration using child pornography as a reason to force ISPs to store records regarding all of your web access, a post over at Identity Woman got me thinking . . .
Maybe we should have a “day without a computer admin”; we could all shut down our [...]

“Work Safe”

Monday, April 24th, 2006

An administrative law judge in New York has recently ruled against the City of New York in a lawsuit filed by an employee terminated for surfing the Internet on city time. The judge ruled that “surfing the web is equivalent to reading a newspaper or talking on the phone” and has suggested that “only [...]

Another Disgusting Power Grab By The Bush Regime

Sunday, April 23rd, 2006

In another power grab orchestrated by the Bush Regime, Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez has announced a push to require ISPs to maintain records of all sites a user may access while online. A particular quote of interest from the article included:
Mr Gonzales also said that he is also investigating ways to ensure that ISPs retain [...]

I Pitty The Fool . . .

Monday, April 17th, 2006

who doesn’t recognize these two guys…

Minding my own business on the observartion deck of Sears Tower, I was treated to the sudden outburst of these two. Mr. T and Conan O’Brien were tapeing a bit for Conan’s show (BTW, the show will be live from Chicago in early May). I’ve got to say, [...]

Penguins in Pajamas

Sunday, April 16th, 2006

A group of enterprizing volunteers has come up with an ingeious way to save penquins caught up in oils slicks off the coast of Australia. Excerpts from the article:
… women in New South Wales have undertaken an unusual service project, knitting sweaters for cousins to the loveable stars of the Academy Award-winning documentary narrated [...]

Time (for) Change…

Sunday, April 2nd, 2006

Take one early morning flight the day of a time change . . . add in connecting flights in 2 additional time zones and you end up with your internal clock in meltdown. Ick…
We seriously need to eliminate daylight savings time. I cannot come up with one good reason to keep it. [...]


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