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Monthly Archives: March 2007
This day in history
March 29, 2007 – 4:00 pm
On March 29, 1949 flogging was abolished as a form of punishment in the Royal Navy.
Hundreds of English public school lads started looking for other careers.
I love the IRS
March 29, 2007 – 11:12 am
We are paying a non-resident alien for services at my company. The general rule is that you must withhold 30% to make sure the IRS gets their share. However, the 30% withholding can be overruled by tax treaty, which was the case in this instance. Luckily we caught it in time, because [...]
New toy
March 29, 2007 – 10:55 am
I decided I wanted a desktop PC to backup my laptop. It was delivered yesterday- HP Pavillion s7600n refurb. from Tiger Direct. AMD 64, 512mb, 200gb HD, wireless lan, etc, etc. Cost: $379. My main criteria for selection- no Windows Vista. Sorry MicroSoft.
$30 to upgrade the memory to 1gb.
The apex of Swiss graphic design
March 26, 2007 – 4:53 pm
Just got back from a business trip to Germany where I also managed to add a few days skiing in Switzerland. I’ll be posting random pics over the next week as I feel like it.
Oh no- I’m in one of those moods again.
March 26, 2007 – 4:39 pm
I was driving to my niece’s 5th birthday party Saturday, and drove into a rotary where about 5 people were “protesting.” They were carrying “Impeach Bush” and similar signs, and were exuding the righteous indignation that one only sees in people protesting in an area where no one disagrees with them. This is [...]
Things I didn’t know yesterday
March 26, 2007 – 1:49 pm
I suppose I’m the only one who didn’t know this, and I’m a little ashamed to even blog it: apparently you can apply multiple classes to a single HTML tag! I suppose that’s the downside to learning by solving problems - if something doesn’t manifest itself as a problem, you never learn it.
The WP theme [...]
Dear John
March 25, 2007 – 2:06 pm
In an (unsolicited) letter, John McCain writes:
I have always considered service to my country the greatest duty and highest honor. [...] For some time now I have said that I would make a decision about whether or not (sic) to run for President of the United States and actively compete in the 2008 campaign after [...]
Environmentally unsound vehicle
March 22, 2007 – 12:17 pm
Prius vs. Hummer:
Building a Toyota Prius causes more environmental damage than a Hummer that is on the road for three times longer than a Prius. [...] The Prius costs an average of $3.25 per mile driven over a lifetime of 100,000 miles - the expected lifespan of the Hybrid. [...] The Hummer, on the other [...]
Just keep scrolling down
March 15, 2007 – 8:23 pm
I love this guy’s portraits and doodles. Check ‘em out.
Why I love government
March 8, 2007 – 7:23 pm
Trailers, Cheap.
I keep thinking of the donut scene in Full Metal Jacket -
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: Open your mouth!
[shoves jelly doughnut into GOMER PYLE's mouth]
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: They’re payin’ for it; YOU eat it!
Cell Phone Rants
March 8, 2007 – 7:14 pm
If there is one thing that I am sick of it’s the pathetic mobile phone fanboys who want the latest and greatest cell phones for $.01, but then bitch, moan and whine about how they are stuck in a contract for 2 years. Thank god for the assholes at Consumerist, who seem to write [...]
This day in naval history
March 8, 2007 – 6:43 pm
On this day in 1862, the CSS Virginia sailed out of Norfolk, VA and sank the two Union frigates USS Cumberland and Congress. It marked the beginning of the end for wood hulled warships. The next day the Virginia and the USS Monitor fought to a draw in the first iron vs. iron armored sea [...]
Letdown
March 7, 2007 – 4:44 pm
I ordered a new PC from PCs For Everyone a little while ago. They used to be based in Cambridge, and I always found them to be excellent. I just picked the thing up from their production facility in Norwood, and found that they’d left a bunch of stuff out of my order. They’re overnighting [...]
Strangely alike
March 5, 2007 – 2:16 pm
This “Burkaband” video:
via Mercia Rising, is very likely a prank (see Samizdata comments here), but it reminded me of something totally bizarre I stumbled on while channel surfing at 2AM:
Boobah!
(I assume the original Sprout broadcast wasn’t set to Aphex Twin & Autechre music, but I could be wrong)
Anyway, posted just for the weirdness factor.
$240 worth of pudding
March 2, 2007 – 10:29 pm
OK, I admit it - I’m wrong. The State does not need to be overthrown. Well, not this State, anyway.