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06 juli 2004
There Is No Arizona
LOML's stuff arrived today while I was at work, back to the office for the first time. When I got home, there it was: Arizona. All the stuff that became so familiar over the past year down there is now familiar here, in a familiar place, and that makes for a weird combination for me.
It's like a metaphor, but without the similitude.
He's here and nothing is on-hold any longer. That's an amazing feeling.
For the record, I just want to say how much I love him; y'know, just in case I get up in the middle of the night and trip over boxes, glass tabletops, clothing, the wooden bedframe that I'm not used to, or any of the bazillion wads of packing paper strewn about.
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Dashboard vs. Konfabulator
Those of you who are not Mac folks (and shame on you for that!) can ignore this one.
But why didn't the Konfabulator guys just exclaim that Apple validated their idea (i.e., Dashboard), then proceed to port (and charge for) the Konfabulator Widgets to Dashboard?
Never expect longevity when all you're doing is filling a hole that the OS manufacturer left in their OS. Duh.
For more on the topic, I highly recommend the Daring Fireball.
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05 juli 2004
I'd Want To Call It Political, Too
We went to see Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 today. The FEC insisting that the work is a political advertisement that, in turn, would fit the definition of McCain-Feingold campaign-finance law, makes the FEC a big pile of steaming Republicans—or cunning Democrats.
Given the target-rich environment for poking fun, I was surprised how on-target (September 11) and on-message he actually stayed. So much so that I completely disagree with the FEC. In fact, I'd go so far as to ponder the possibility that the FEC is suborned, ironically, by misapplication of a law that was supposed to make campaign finance (and so the FEC as well) less corrupt. God bless the stupid fucking GOP asswipes.
Yes, they really do deserve to be called that.
I find Republicans—and any of those who favor the current administration—absolutely unsupportable. Moore hasn't so much fired me up as refocused me on the salient points.
Bush doesn't respect the Office of the President because he didn't earn the Office.
Bush has failed in every endeavor he's ever tried, including his current gig.
Conservatives in this country hate to be wrong; it's something I've noticed that's germane to many organizations who value uniformity over diversity. To be wrong is egregious and unbearable. To be wrong is to be less of a person.
Democrats aren't saints, but I sleep better knowing that if someone's going to fuck up, they err on the side of caution towards human rights and humane efforts.
W is about the Bushies. And about himself. And that's something not worth the effort, to me.
On the other hand, maybe the FEC ruling is the better than anything any amount of advertising money could ever buy.
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