Archive for April, 2006

Global Warming — Fact or Fiction?

Saturday, April 22nd, 2006 Posted in Politics, Rant, Science, Society | 9 Comments »

So I learned something the other day. For the last several decades (more so in the 1980's than in the last 16 years), we have heard warnings and cautions ... Read more..

Forced Advertising — Copyright and Patent Laws

Friday, April 21st, 2006 Posted in Electronics, Entertainment, New Technology, Rant, Society | No Comments »

According to this CNET news article: An invention from Royal Philips Electronics prevents TV viewers from switching the channel during commercials or fast-forwarding past commercials when watching DVR content. Can you believe ... Read more..

O, Canada… and the US Healthcare Crisis

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006 Posted in Family, Politics, Rant, Work | 1 Comment »

Sometimes I wish I live in Canada. My employer is rolling out changes to our healthcare plan. "You now have more options," they say. Which of course, we do. What ... Read more..

Immigration Debate

Sunday, April 16th, 2006 Posted in Politics | 1 Comment »

So my brother over at Political and Philosophic Ponderings poses an interesting question: Are Latin American Immigrants Liberal or Conservative? He points out that morally speaking, they align more ... Read more..

Data recovery

Saturday, April 8th, 2006 Posted in Computers | No Comments »

I just realized that I didn't post a conclusion to my fun with my re-partitioned USB hard drive. So here it is... I ended up grabbing a software package to ... Read more..

It’s a girl!

Monday, April 3rd, 2006 Posted in Family, Football | 1 Comment »

Early this morning (2:30 AM), my wife wakes me up and says, "I'm contracting and I just threw up and I'm going in to the hospital to get checked out." ... Read more..