Month June 2006

I think bruce springsteen is a great songwriter. but I always got the feeling he wanted to be more than he actually was. like he was always itchy and climbing, always a little uncomfortable in his own skin. if you… Continue Reading →

just like everything else they’ve ever done, microsoft reverse engineered java, broke their contract with sun, threw them out of the house, renamed everything, and claimed they invented it. windows nt is clearly was an unholy comingling of windows, ibm… Continue Reading →

on this day in 1611, explorer henry hudson, his son john and seven others were cast adrift in a small open boat, abandoned by mutineers in the bay that would later bear hudson’s name.

like many other countries in western asia and eastern europe, saudi arabia was formed from a province of the former ottoman empire after world war I. its outlines were drawn by the western powers at versailles on the same map… Continue Reading →

you want to hear something funny? well, I guess you’re not actually going to “hear” it, but anyway… when I’m at work, sometimes I’m working alright, but I go down these side tracks and wind up working on my tools,… Continue Reading →