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Category Archives: General

Does Poker Kill Braincells?

Filed under: General— arlen@ 7:05 am

I wonder if the people who play poker are as stupid as the spammers who advertise poker sites?

The New Oxymorom

Filed under: General,Politics— arlen@ 8:15 am

I’ve been watching the political commentators, and I’ve just realized we have a new oxymoron in town. It used to be the definitive oxymoron was “military intelligence.” (A phrase that still brings a smile to all of us ex-mil types, as we know the oxymoron intimately.) But I think a new one has just appeared: […]

A Brew-Up in the OSCMS Arena

Filed under: General,Technology,Web Design— arlen@ 1:43 pm

Those who have paid attention to me for a while (and I thank both of you) know my opinion of the Content Management System segment, commercial or open source. While nothing is excellent, or even good, for that matter, I did have hopes of one open source project, in particular, growing up to be something […]

Why the BBC is Wrong

Filed under: General,Mystery— arlen@ 10:01 am

Here’s why the BBC is wrong in their current portrayal of Jane Marple. (For those who haven’t watched the new Miss Marple series, imagine a skinny Margaret Rutherford. No, I take that back; it’s a slander against Dame Margaret.) Their new actress has her loving murder mystery stories. Yes, that’s what turned me off about […]

Interesting

Filed under: General— arlen@ 9:40 am

Now the spammers are using a hole in SCO’s website to attack me. Wonder if I could sue SCO over that? I’ll keep that thought in hand for the next time they decide to threaten to sue me over using Linux.

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