September 8, 2004 – 10:21 pm
It dawned on me today that I’ve been posting a lot of quoted stories or links lately, so I think I need to take a break and just speak my own thoughts, although I’ll continue to post interesting ideas from others as well. Therefore, the next post I make (right after this one) will be [...]
September 8, 2004 – 10:37 am
“We’re Not in Lake Wobegon Anymore”
By Garrison Keillor
August 26, 2004
Something has gone seriously haywire with the Republican Party. Once, it was the party of pragmatic Main Street businessmen in steel-rimmed spectacles who decried profligacy and waste, were devoted to their communities and supported the sort of prosperity that raises all ships.They were good-hearted people [...]
September 3, 2004 – 9:01 am
This one’s for all you who like this classic shoe, but aren’t big fans of international exploitation in the name of corporate profit. (Thanks to Michel for passing this on).
I think that any U.S. company with an off-shore presence should be forced to abide by the same standards that are required for their domestic employees, [...]
September 3, 2004 – 8:53 am
Yesterday I had to drive out and spend the day here for a meeting on the project I am working on. It was 104 degrees (F), but we were in air-conditioned rooms for most of the time.
I saw an amusing sign on the base at one point that said something to the effect of “what [...]
September 2, 2004 – 10:49 pm
Not that I actually have any spare time, but I’m thinking of porting Wordpress to Java, seeing as how I’m not a big PHP fan, and I like to be able to do a lot of tweaking (specifically making it more secure). I’ve looked over the WordPress code and it’s not as big of a [...]
September 2, 2004 – 10:39 pm
Picture of toys ala the Letterman show segment of the same name, Riley decided to play his own version of “Will it float” in the bathtub today, placing a whole bunch of action figures in a smaller bucket full of water. (Click for full-size image)
OK, I admit it probably wasn’t his intention, but I [...]
September 2, 2004 – 10:26 pm
… really I did, but I can only stomach so much. Stuff that smells that bad needs to at least be served in smaller portions.
September 1, 2004 – 8:01 pm
Nathan got me thinking about redesigning my CSS, and I think I’m going to.
I’m leaning towards getting rid of all images in the backgrounds; I go back and forth on whether it’s annoying or cool.
It did take a little while for me to put together the main one I’m using now, and a couple of [...]
September 1, 2004 – 4:06 pm
Original article from the employee
Discussion
This is pretty scary when you think of how many of us are in a similar position.