Virtually Speaking…

According to its website, the National Organization for Marriage has announced a major campaign in its fight to deny gays and lesbians equal rights to marriage. This, in and of itself is horrible but one quote in the announcement caught my eye:
“Marriage really matters because children need a mom and dad,” said NOM president Maggie [...]

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They used to say, “You know you work at a Dot-Com when you eat from the best restaurant in town the vending machine down the hall in the same week.” Working as a freelancer isn’t all that different. The wonderful picture, working in a cafe, sipping my lovely beverage, sun shining through the [...]

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Representative Wolf,
I am writing to you in support of two issues: President Obama’s economic stimulus plan and the Uniting American Families Act.
Both parties have contributed to America’s current economic problems. From deregulation to irresponsible spending, now is the time to put aside party politics and unite behind the President’s plan. While the plan [...]

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I did something rather stupid tonight. After tweeting a sarcastic remark about a group in Utah who want polygamy made legal, @adam4004 began building a straw man in a tweet conversation with me, eventually concluding that because I don’t support marriages between siblings but I do support gay marriage, I must be some type [...]

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I have a theory on the current “credit crisis”: when the media stops covering the credit crisis, the recession will end.
The timetable that leads to this begins with a bit of irrational exuberance. At some point, a large number of investors and members of the public get caught up in the potential of economic [...]

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A co-worker asked me whether Macs were “the way to go” and whether I would recommend buying one over a Windows laptop.
I paused. This is it. This is the moment those weird Mac people tell you about.
He’s a reasonably intelligent chap though not a geek per se. Switching platforms would involve [...]

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Two words: love it!
More words: I’m still moving things around, but so far so good. The only issue that I have run into so far is the hard disk size. I may have to be a bit creative on how I partition the drive for Windows, but otherwise it’s quite nice to [...]

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Just a quickie:

Totally Jonesin’ for my new laptop: Nikki’s EBaying (as opposed to EBuying) has gone well. We have cleared about £700. We are just waiting for a few things to clear before we fork over the dough.
Bit of an odd development at work: a new consultant is making a bit of [...]

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So I’ve done a little house cleaning of late. The old kit was starting to look a bit… dated. Hell, the content has been damn lamentable for … well, let’s not go there. Nikki said that I might want to try blogging a bit more again. If nothing else, I hope that all [...]

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Okay folks, I’m selling my Quad Core Mac Pro so I can upgade to something else.  Here are the specs:
Mac Pro Quad Core
Intel Xeon, 2.66 GHz, 1.33 GHz bus
Memory: 5 GB
Dual Gigabit Ethernet
Bluetooth
Firewire 400/800
Airport / WiFi
OS X 10.5.6
2 Superdrives (DVD + CD burning)
Built-in audio (line in, out, headphones, etc)
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT 256 MB
Hard drives:
SATA [...]

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