Archives for April 2008

Better To Be Thought a Fool...

April 27, 2008 | Filed under: Rants

…then write a blog post and remove all doubt. A few weeks ago, Tom Engelhardt wrote an article for The Nation about the employment of air power in the war on terrorism. I read it, got seriously pissed and then let it sit. I went back and read it again.

Chickenhawks

April 14, 2008 | Filed under: Rants

Matthew Yglesias trots out the old chickenhawk argument, calling out John McCain, among others, because his daughter is not in the military. He neglects to mention that McCain has a son in the Marines that just returned from Iraq and another son at the Naval Academy, to say nothing of

Had Enough Racism? Here Come the Feminists.

April 14, 2008 | Filed under: Politics

As I tried mightily to slog through this diatribe about how wickedly misogynistic Hillary is being treated, I stopped immediately upon reading this: “I pinpoint sexism for a living. You’d think I’d be able to find an example. And I hate to rely on this hokey notion that there’s some

Customizing the Movable Type Bookmarklet

April 6, 2008 | Filed under: Geekery

The Elsewhere mini-blog howyadoin’ over in the sidebar is actually a separate blog in my Movable Type installation. I use the Multiblog plugin to pull the 15 most recent posts and display them here. A cool feature is Multiblog’s ability to set triggers so that when a new Elsewhere post

Who Said Elections are Boring?

April 5, 2008 | Filed under: Politics

Sometimes you can’t make this stuff up: Clinton chief strategist tries to play both sides: Hillary Rodham Clinton’s chief strategist, Mark Penn, apologized Friday for “an error in judgment” after meeting with Colombia’s ambassador to the United States on Monday, when he reportedly discussed how to push for passage of

Lightroom 1.3 vs Aperture 2.0

April 4, 2008 | Filed under: Photography

Note: This article was originally drafted prior to Apple’s release of Aperture 2.1 and Adobe’s release of Lightroom 2.0 beta. I will continue with the original intent and address these releases in an update. Within the last year, I have gotten more serious about digital photography. I would classify myself