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Second email to my condo management company

> Otto: > > Thank you for the note. Help is on the way this morning. > > Pete Howdy Pete! After walking up six flights of stairs, I’ve lost more than a little faith in your definition of “help”. Don’t get me wrong. After the sudden flooding rain downtown and the ensuing lightning storm, … Continue reading “Second email to my condo management company”

The Pirate Bay trying to launch flying server farms…

TPB says that they want to have their servers flying over international waters. While I’m sure that this is pretty unrealistic, though certainly do-able, if they actually get it to work then there’s only one real response I can make: On another note though, I don’t see how this solves their basic problem. They still … Continue reading “The Pirate Bay trying to launch flying server farms…”

SOPA, PIPA, and the MPAA

I’ve been reading some of the latest comments from Chris Dodd. I find it both amusing and saddening at how despite a resounding (but momentary) loss, he still doesn’t get the underlying ideas here. He’s blaming the current failure of SOPA/PIPA on things like “slow pacing” and the fact that this gave “the Internet and … Continue reading “SOPA, PIPA, and the MPAA”

Hidden Doodles in the Thanksgiving Google Doodle

Google has a pretty neat interactive Doodle for Thanksgiving… Pirate: http://g.co/doodle/7gmtj5 Wizard: http://g.co/doodle/y4rs2x Beanie hat on bicycle: http://g.co/doodle/enz2bt Disco Roller Skater: http://g.co/doodle/zskwej Astronaut: http://g.co/doodle/my24pw There’s more, but I haven’t found them all yet. To find them, just get the right combination of shoes, hat, and feathers and poof, it transforms. 🙂

Otto Ale

So, this now exists: http://beerstreetjournal.com/victory-otto-arrives/ Label: In 1987, when we arrived in Bamberg, Germany for the first time, St. Otto was not there to greet two thirsty travelers in a rented Fiat. He’d been dead for 848 years but we were alive, and our recent visit to the Belgian brewery of Orval only fanned the … Continue reading “Otto Ale”

I Love Memphis, but I often hate the South…

Memphis, this is why the world thinks you’re backward… because sometimes, you are. Shelby Commission votes for family-planning contract with Christ Community Seriously? Look, don’t get me wrong, I love living in the south, and I love Memphis, but I mean, FFS, seriously? Christ Community has flat-out-stated that they cannot actually fulfill the requirements of … Continue reading “I Love Memphis, but I often hate the South…”

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