High Court Trims Whistleblower Rights thanks to the deciding vote cast by new Supreme Court Justice Alito. This decision gives protection to every crooked politician in Washington.
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Can you tell the flash annoyed him?
This is the newest member of the Kickass Family. His name is Briggs, named after the Briggs & Stratton Engine. Named this in honor of the bags under my eyes because this little guy does nothing but purr (loudly) right into my ear while I’m trying to sleep. He [...]

Since the Boo boy took off for parts unknown on Christmas Eve this house has been woefully catless. Syd the dog has been needy and despondent. She sits next to my computer chair and whines constantly, not exactly conducive to a proper work environment.
Right before leaving the house yesterday I noticed I had a visitor [...]

It’s just too dang nice out. The garden is in full bloom and Syd the dog has spring fever as badly as I do.
Yes, I’m working, but if I neglect you readers it’s because my hands are itching to dig in the soil and get those plants in. My peas are almost a foot up [...]

Well THAT explains a lot! Check it out.
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This CAN’T be for real . . .
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I don’t do chat rooms. I only IM if it’s necessary for a client interface. I don’t participate overly in forums except for a few that are industry specific. Reason? I’m too damn busy with paying work. However, that leaves me at a distinct disadvantage when interfacing with one of those who do. Especially when [...]

If the settlement between ICANN and Verisign is approved by the Department of Commerce Verisign will have complete control over all dot coms and the ability to raise prices on them with no cost justification, and revert us to the days of the Network Solutions Domain Name Monopoly. Bob Parsons of GoDaddy, one of [...]

And they say WINDOWS is the insecure one . . .
Get a load of THIS Mac OSX security alert.
I guess I won’t be doing much online stuff with the Mac until I get the OSX upgrade, the Safari upgrade, and the dang thing behind the hardware firewall I’m installing when I get it networked [...]

Though it’s just barebones at the moment, and I’ve still got a bunch of work to do customizing the template and getting everything set up, the Refresh Delaware Valley site is now up and running. And in my usual bulldozer way, I got Vicki (aka vkaryl) to start up Refresh St. George and Refresh Southern [...]

It’s official. I’m taking at least part of the day off Monday, President’s Day, so I can see the Keith Haring Exhibit before anyone has a chance to CENSOR it. The exhibit is at the Reading Public Museum today through August 6th, but after Monday the show might not be as complete as it is [...]

Just got my “new” Mac IBook today that I purchased used off ebay since I needed a test mac so the mac owning members of css-discuss wouldn’t get totally fed up with me constantly begging them to browser test for me. Well, guess what, guys– I’m gonna be one of the pesterees instead of a [...]

I just got a new notebook computer (yes, cross it off the new year’s resolutions, it’s bought and paid for.) So in the usual setup what do I have to do? Wade through a ton of SECURITY UPDATES from those wonderfully security conscious people in Redmond, Microsoft. You know. The ones who say they have [...]

Thanks to a relatively inexperienced ebay seller who didn’t know how best to list his Mac Notebook ‘puters, I managed to snag a brandy new IBook yesterday at a damn good price (slightly less than comparable used ones bring) and complete with cd/dvd/rw, airport card, and most other bells and whistles. I’m sure the mac-owning [...]

I’m really working for a great bunch of people right now, all exciting projects and creative things trying like hell to buzz through a brain that normally doesn’t feel like it’s stuffed with cotton. And you know those metal band oil filter wrenches? I feel like one is tightened around my forehead. And I [...]