Theodicius

Good. Evil. Bratwurst.

Doing Everything

Filed under: General,Technology— arlen@ 10:17 am

Thomas Roessler goes off on a rant because Apple isn’t providing a way to download from an iPod. Never mind that iPodDownload is widely available; no, that doesn’t count because Apple didn’t write it. Personally, I think it’s foolish to insist that the hardware builders are the only proper source for software. I phrased it […]

Roller Coaster

Filed under: General,Science Fiction/Fantasy— arlen@ 9:34 am

In the warm afterglow of Christmas, while my oldest was putting together the CSI puzzle (complete with UV light) that was the hit of her Christmas, I decided to checkmy email. Reggie White is dead, and Dave Locke is in a coma. Reggie was one of the finest defensive lineman ever to play the game […]

Second Christmas

Filed under: General— arlen@ 9:11 am

First Christmas is over with, second one is coming. Second, you ask? My youngest is bringing my grandson and his father up from Arizona, and we’ll have another Christmas with them tonight. One is splendid, two is nothing short of magnificent.

It’s coming! I can feel it!

Filed under: General— arlen@ 11:33 am

Two chess tournaments and several drama practices later, I’m back. Christmas is coming. Sorry if that offends you, but frankly calling it anything else offends me, so I guess we’ll just have to agree to disagree on this. I can do that amiably, can you? It’s the time I think of the people in my […]

Microsoft

Filed under: General,Technology— arlen@ 11:11 am

This a subject I can easily rant about. They consistently, and I suspect intentionally, make my job difficult. But the talk is about their new search engine, their entry onto Google’s space. There’s a lot of hype. You want my two cents? You should know by now my advice is to look to history. Companies, […]

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