http://www.nutation.net/blog So from the mid-most the nutation spreads Round, and more round, o'er all the sea of heads. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:50:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Aww, he's almost cute when he's not so painfully censoring himself. Also, Top 25 Iraq war profiteers, rather interesting; companies from necessary to evil got on this list. Made it bike in to work without getting hit with a drop of Dolly. I bought a translucent coleman $10 rain suit at ... http://www.nutation.net/blog/2008/07/23/bush-gets-loose-in-houston/ I caught the video on the ever present CNN news feed at my girlfriend's mom's house. But let's hear it from the inimitable Harper's Weekly: President George W. Bush announced that he would now agree to a withdrawal inside "a general time horizon," rescinded a 1990 ban on offshore drilling ... http://www.nutation.net/blog/2008/07/22/stop-it-bush-jr-youre-scaring-the-children/ Tonight I was looking at the Public Knowledge Project and it's Open Journals Initiative software platform (note see the end for the more comprehensive list at DOAJ). Besides the a bit navel gazing but well known and well written First Monday (e-journal about the internet), the best ones I ... http://www.nutation.net/blog/2008/07/16/science-the-most-expensive-thing-to-see-on-the-www/ File under comic relief. Background: I have perhaps bought 2 or 3 pairs of shoes for myself from the 70% off section of Designer Shoe Warehouse in my life. They at some point cajoled me to sign up with an email address. I signed up with myemailaddress+dsw@gmail.com. Specifically ... http://www.nutation.net/blog/2008/07/16/technical-assistance-request-for-designer-shoe-warehouse/ Well, in 1999 or so, I was probably trying to get PGP working with Gnus in Emacs. In 2000/2001 I was probably trying to get gnupg (GPG) working with Mutt. Somewhere between then and now I probably had it working with Thunderbird. Now I've got it working ... http://www.nutation.net/blog/2008/07/09/well-fisa-08-passed-its-time-to-revisit-pgp/ Taking North Korea off the axis of evil was pretty great news this past week... but check this breaking story: ATF raids Blackwater armory, seizes automatic weapons Perhaps a sign that the Feds will start to reign in the beast they've created in the soldier of fortune corporations. In case you ... http://www.nutation.net/blog/2008/06/27/news-that-sent-a-proper-chill-down-my-spine/ For those of you wishing to sync Microsoft Outlook and iCal with Google Calendar I wish this were a complete how-to, but it's more like a yes you can. Plus Jott... Basically this post is a big post on how to get your life organized around some sort ... http://www.nutation.net/blog/2008/06/22/ical-outlook-jott-and-google-calendar-can-play-nice/ Every person I've told that I moved from LA to Houston for the summer has said the same thing. You're gonna hate it. What the heck? I mean seriously. This place ain't bad, you just have to look around a bit. Admittedly I haven't tasted the nightlife ... http://www.nutation.net/blog/2008/06/14/houston-texas-haters/ For an article about antisocial punishment... here... if you have access. For more on Banksy... go here: banksy.co.uk I think this is a good blog title for this from Gawker: 'Science' Embraces Hipster Artist, Confuses Scientists I for one was not confused, just surprised. http://www.nutation.net/blog/2008/03/14/banksy-on-the-cover-of-science/ Will he make the rest of the country jealous. Now in news of Governors having sex with their spouses. Alaska's Governor Sarah Palin Announces Family Addition. Isn't that nice. :-) [update] What is up with snarky linguistic music criticism from NYT reporters::: On the Web page is a recording of what she describes as her ... http://www.nutation.net/blog/2008/03/12/ny-gets-african-american-columbia-educated-leader-before-rest-of-country/