Archive for February, 2003

Repetition?

Friday, February 28th, 2003

Politicians on both sides of the argument over Iraq have been busy rummaging through the history books. The pro-war camp constantly warn against repeating the mistakes of appeasement. The antis claim we are heading for another Suez. But which is the more plausible parallel? Matt Seaton asked a dozen leading historians.

— The Guardian

Snow Haze

Tuesday, February 18th, 2003

We had one hell of a time digging our way out of this holiday’s blizzard which left nearly two feet of snow in our front parking lot, effectively burying our cars and rendering transportation useless in the process. But being the bright and cheery central Pennyslvania troopers that we are, […]

Daredevil: Cutting room floor should-have-beens

Sunday, February 16th, 2003

In my way too biased opinion, Daredevil does pass the mustard. I’ll explain more about that later as I feel deeply compelled to do so. But for the time being, I wish someone on the net would re-edit and make available a bootleg version of the film, beginning with these suggestions:

Take […]

Millions March

Sunday, February 16th, 2003

Millions of ordinary people all over the world demonstrated their disapproval of the Bush Administration’s intent for war against Iraq today, despite domestic terror alerts issued by the governement and weather reports of a winter snow storm that never showed.

Is that Cocoa I Smell or are you Brewing Up Shareware?

Wednesday, February 12th, 2003

There are some really cool small-but-kick-ass shareware apps taking full advantage of Mac OS X’s excellent Aqua GUI and integrated Cocoa environment brewing up these days. Here’s a few that I’ve downloaded and played with in just the last hour:

NetNewsWire - Now a full-on 1.0 application costing just $30, this useful app is much […]