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  1. Electoral Map April 30, 2003

    One of the things that really bugs me about our current governmental system is the Electoral College. When I was growing up, democracy (and, thus, the U.S. Government) was always explained to me as one vote per citizen, majority rule. This makes sense to me.

    Posted in Politics.

    11 comments
  2. Internet Explorer .pdf files? April 29, 2003

    It’s the little things that get to me about Windows most of the time. Things like this — today, for absolutely no reason that I can think of, Windows has decided that Adobe Acrobat .pdf files should have Internet Explorer’s icon.

    Posted in Technology.

    2 comments
  3. Butterfly alphabets, and much more April 29, 2003

    Prepare to get lost for hours in all sorts of linky goodness!

    Posted in Links.

    2 comments
  4. iTunes/www.applemusic.com April 29, 2003

    Excellent work, all around. As far as I’m concerned, all of the whiners at MeFi and /. can jump off a cliff — Apple’s got a good thing going here. The only downside I can see is that to take advantage of AAC’s smaller file sizes, I’ve got about 1500 CD’s to rip all over again…

    Posted in Technology.

    2 comments
  5. Apple turns up the volume April 28, 2003

    Well, today was the day that Apple finally made the announcments that rumor sites had been salivating over for the past few months. Lots of cool goodies…

    Posted in Technology.

    4 comments
  6. Teach backwards! April 28, 2003

    It’s hard for kids to get interested in century old debates without knowing all the context around them, but they might very well be interested in current day events. So why not start now and explain the events that got us here? War on terrorism? Sure, let’s teach it, and that leads us backward to a discussion of how the current state of affairs is the successor to the bipolar world that came apart in 1989. And that leads back to the Cold War, and that leads back to World War II, etc.

    Posted in Life.

    2 comments
  7. Ran away for a bit April 28, 2003

    Had a very pleasant weekend visiting Prairie’s friend Beth in Vancouver, WA, and Prairie’s mom in Woodland. It rained a lot Saturday, but Sunday was an absolutely gorgeous early summer day, and I got a few decent pictures — one of which is the newest entry to WüdiVisions.

    Posted in Life.

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  8. All about me! April 26, 2003

    Prompted by Kasia (via Robert), I realized that I don’t have any sort of ‘about me’ info here. Guess it’s time to rectify that, huh?

    Posted in Life.

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  9. Remember when we had rights? April 25, 2003

    Last weekend, when Miranda was visiting, she asked me, ‘what’s up with all the political stuff on your site lately?’ Well, Amy sums it up quite well — when this is the situation, I find it reprehensible for people not to care. To shrug their shoulders and turn away. To deem it ‘somebody else’s problem.’ It’s in times like these that we must pay attention, and do what we can to prevent things from getting any worse, and to right the wrongs already in practice.

    Posted in Politics.

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  10. ERA still in limbo April 25, 2003

    So — Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah, and Virginia — what do you say we move into the 21st century and get the ERA passed?

    Posted in Politics.

    2 comments
  11. Warm fuzzies April 25, 2003

    Midway through the day today, I got some very nice comments from Dyanna and Kirsten. It was too busy at work for me to respond at the time, it was exactly the pick-up I needed in the midst of a crazy day at work. You’re both wonderful!

    Posted in Life.

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  12. …just a matter of emphasis April 25, 2003

    So — what many have been saying for months is starting to be admitted. The U.S., recognized as the world’s leading superpower, went to war to prove a point, and lied about emphasized the danger in order to get support that wouldn’t have been there otherwise.

    Posted in Politics.

    6 comments
  13. Dean stirs up a hornet’s nest April 24, 2003

    Wow — looks like Howard Dean went and pissed everybody off! Here’s why…

    Posted in Politics.

    5 comments
  14. Redesigning April 24, 2003

    This is a starting point, not an end point. Some things may look goofy at the moment — my most humble apologies. Comments, as always, are welcome.

    Posted in Website.

    11 comments
  15. Its / It’s / Its’ April 23, 2003

    I think someday I want to start a software company called Its

    Posted in Humor.

    4 comments
  16. They’re running out of excuses April 23, 2003

    As Iraqi Shiite demands for a dominant role in Iraq’s future mount, Bush administration officials say they underestimated the Shiites’ organizational strength and are unprepared to prevent the rise of an anti-American, Islamic fundamentalist government in the country.

    Posted in Politics.

    1 comment
  17. The Trotts take over the world April 23, 2003

    Now, my only question — which Trott is Pinky, and which Trott is Brain?

    Posted in MovableType, TypePad.

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  18. Destinations April 23, 2003

    It’s not uncommon for me to stumble across something on the ‘net that catches my eye, but that I don’t create a full entry for. Sometimes I want to come back to it with a full entry later, other times it’s just a ‘ooh, neat!’ moment. In order to track these, there is a new sidebar section called ‘Destinations’ — little one-line links. Sometimes I may come back to these for full posts, other times that may be all that appears. It’s worth experimenting with for a bit, at least.

    Posted in Website.

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  19. Santorum April 22, 2003

    If the Supreme Court says that you have the right to consensual (gay) sex within your home, then you have the right to bigamy, you have the right to polygamy, you have the right to incest, you have the right to adultery. You have the right to anything.

    Posted in Politics.

    3 comments
  20. Mayday! Mayday! April 22, 2003

    The other day at work, I was toying with the idea of doing a ‘day in the life’ series of photos. Taking my camera with me during the day, and snapping a shot every so often, then presenting them to the world. I hadn’t decided quite how to do it — a picture an hour? Every half hour? — but I’d been letting it rumble around in the back of my brain since then.

    Posted in Links.

    1 comment
  21. What did he say? April 22, 2003

    I have never, that I can recall, heard the subject of a permanent base in Iraq, discussed in any meeting. The likelihood of it seems to me to be so low that it does not surprise me that it’s never been discussed in my presence. To my knowledge.

    Posted in Politics.

    2 comments
  22. If only… April 22, 2003

    A perfect juxtaposition of headline and photo, from the Anchorage Daily News last month.

    Posted in Humor.

    2 comments
  23. Things I shouldn’t admit in public April 21, 2003

    You know, that’s enough embarassing myself for the moment. Time to stop before I dig myself any deeper. ;)

    Posted in Life.

    5 comments
  24. TV Turnoff Week Apr. 21-27 April 21, 2003

    I stopped watching TV roughly, oh, ten or twelve years or so, I think. Since then, the only times I’ve been around much TV has been when I’ve been over at someone elses house and they’ve happened to have it turned on.

    Posted in Television.

    3 comments
  25. Blogchalking is back April 20, 2003

    This is my blogchalk: United States, Washington, Seattle, English, Michael, Male, 26-30, Macintosh computers, movies, music, and other random bits.

    Posted in Internet.

    1 comment