http://g33k.efamilynj.org mutters and grumbles from the basement Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:06:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's a whole new day in the US. Although I still have a great deal of trepidation about what this new president will do and how his new policies and beliefs will affect the country in the years to come, I have no concern about his race. I have always ... http://g33k.efamilynj.org/2008/11/05/different-approaches-to-racism This article got my dander up this morning. I can't say that the student was not stupid, since he did copy information that he knew was not meant for him, BUT the response of the adults in this case are rather short sighted. Ok, first off there was material irresponsibility ... http://g33k.efamilynj.org/2008/10/30/short-sightedness I just got this via a forwarded e-mail from some friends and it evoked some thought as well as opinion that warranted an entry: Subject: I'm voting Democrat because I'm voting Democrat because English has no place being the official language in America Just what are the Democrats position on this issue? I ... http://g33k.efamilynj.org/2008/10/23/a-political-jibe-given-some-thought 811 This is the first post after the recent drive crash on the server. I know, I know... Backup planning could have been better but hey, the majority of the data was safe right? At least now I am planning on improving the process to make it a bit more resilient ... http://g33k.efamilynj.org/2008/10/23/a-slow-recovery Well... Aside from the depressing economy that is... We're into the last three weeks of the 2008 Faire Season and although I will miss the event, I am also looking forward to a return to some semblance of calm on the weekends. For one thing my poor over taxed ... http://g33k.efamilynj.org/2008/10/06/alls-quiet-and-alls-well-sort-of During my wanderings this morning I ran into a book (The God of Small Things) that drew my interest. The link led me to Amazon but I use the Sony E-Book Reader so the format is different. I know I could probably buy this in PDF format but I haven't ... http://g33k.efamilynj.org/2008/09/24/a-bad-side-to-proprietary-format-ebooks Worm on NASA Space Station Underscores Spread of Online Gaming Threats This story may be breaking news due to the target compromised but the fundamentals of the hack have been around since before the Net was around. The ubiquity and popularity of online games has just made it that ... http://g33k.efamilynj.org/2008/09/02/its-all-about-the-bait It's a sad day. I emptied out my Netflix queue today and will send back the last three movies that I have at home. I've realized that our life style has been needing some changes and as part of those changes, we are trying to eliminate the 'sedimentary costs' that ... http://g33k.efamilynj.org/2008/08/22/end-of-flix Do you see the sneaky little guy hiding in the picture? He was tucked well into that pipe and I was amazed that he actually fit as I saw him briefly before he backed into it. He is HUGE! They were still landscaping this area but it will look ... http://g33k.efamilynj.org/2008/08/21/sneaky-guest Uni. Washington and Microsoft Research collaborates on yet another mindblowing 3D photo viewer - istartedsomething. New Photo Viewer This was a very cool presentation. I love how the transitions and path mapping are being rationalized by the application. I can't wait to see how these new viewers continue to develop. http://g33k.efamilynj.org/2008/08/15/a-new-way-to-view-the-world