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Monthly Archives: July 2009
Macs are better, Windows PCs are cheaper
Insightful piece from John Gruber (what else would you expect?), writing at his Daring Fireball blog, Microsoft’s Long, Slow Decline:
Microsoft is no longer ignoring Apple’s market share gains and successful “Get a Mac” ad campaign. But the crux of these ads from Apple is that Macs are better; Microsoft’s response is a message that everyone [...]
Posted in Apple, Mac / OS X, Microsoft, Technology
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Your god isn’t pro-life
Excellent piece by Daniel Florien at Unreasonable Faith.
For years, I’ve had only a few things to say about the heated and contentious issue of abortion. First and foremost, I don’t “believe in it”. As I’ve said before, I am simply unable to think of a set of circumstances where (given the choice) it would be [...]
Hitchens: A man’s home is his Constitutional castle
Christopher Hitchens, writing at Slate: A Man’s Home Is His Constitutional Castle:
It is monstrous in the extreme that he should in that home be handcuffed, and then taken downtown, after it had been plainly established that he was indeed the householder. The president should certainly have kept his mouth closed about the whole business—he is [...]
Posted in Crime and Punishment, Freedoms / Rights, Politics, Privacy
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Atheists sue to keep ‘In God We Trust’ off Capitol Visitor Center
I missed this a couple weeks ago (when my wife was in the hospital), but the Freedom From Religion Foundation is suing to stop the government from engraving the words “In God We Trust” in prominent spots at the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington.
For those of you who just can’t get your head wrapped around [...]
Even today, Congress just has too much time on its hands
David Pogue, technology columnist for the New York Times, The Irksome Cellphone Industry:
In recent weeks, the Senate Commerce Committee has been holding hearings about handset exclusivity. That’s when a phone maker (like Apple) offers a particular model (like the iPhone) to a carrier (like AT&T) exclusively for a period of time (like five years).
Come to [...]
Music City Drum and Bugle Corps
I honestly can’t believe this passed under my radar for so long. Well, yes I can- the last few months, while not the worst I’ve experienced, have not been the best…
In any event, Music City now has a Drum and Bugle Corps! As a lifelong fan of drum corps in general and proud alumnus of [...]
Posted in Arts, Entertainment, Music, Nashville, Tennessee
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Your local GOP makes the KKK look like the ACLU
The Nashville Scene for July 16-22, 2009 contains the annual piece, You are so Nashville if…. Always a fun read (regardless of orientation–political or otherwise), this year’s winner is the title of this post (see the cover art).
Posted in Entertainment, Humor, Nashville, Politics, Social Commentary
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Man walks on Moon +40 years
In case you hadn’t noticed by all the Apollo and Apollo 11 programs on television the past several days, today marks the 40th anniversary of man walking on the Moon for the first time.
Posted in History, Science, Space
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Remembering Steve McNair
My wife has been in the hospital the last week, so of course pretty much everything in our family’s lives has been put on hold indefinitely, but the news of the untimely death of Steve McNair, and all of the surrounding circumstances, has been so tragic as to be nearly unfathomable.
A diehard Titans fan, I [...]
Posted in NFL, Nashville, Personal, Sports
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People prefer confidence to expertise
New Scientist:
EVER wondered why the pundits who failed to predict the current economic crisis are still being paid for their opinions? It’s a consequence of the way human psychology works in a free market, according to a study of how people’s self-confidence affects the way others respond to their advice.
The research, by Don Moore of [...]