Archive for October, 2004
the GOP’s nation-wide voter suppression campaign
You’ve heard in the news by now about how the Republicans are ramping up their anti-minority campaign, even going so far as to have a virtual army of volunteers at voting sites across the country to challenge or verify voter’s authenticity and elligibility.
Well here’s a recent poll that explains why they’re so adamant.
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Firefox SVG Logo
I’ve been looking for a vector copy of the Firefox logo for a while (I’m running an OS X-like Dock on my Linux box and it supports SVG…), well schepers of SVG.org totally hooked me up.
SVG is awesome, I’m really excited about using it in the future. I just hope that Macromedia decides to embrace […]
Linux, Num Lock, and eBay
So I’ve been looking around on eBay for interesting deals — specifically for G4 Cubes, but also for cheap iMacs that’ll run OS X because Thais needs a computer.
Earlier today I was watching a auction for an older iMac with 512 MB of RAM (which should’ve been unheard-of in the days that computer was new). […]
OS X vs. Linux and Linux on Laptops
Apple recently introduced a sub $1k iBook so I’ve (almost) promptly put my Vaio on eBay. Now this doesn’t bode well for my emotional state as this will be the fifth laptop I’ve purchased in the last two years.
Initially I purchased a 12” Powerbook to replace a tiny 300 MHz, 12” ThinkPad. In all honesty […]
The Problem with Macs is Apple
The Problem with Macs is Apple, or rather that Apple is a hardware-driven company.
I’ve been gearing up to purchase one of the new sub-$1k iBooks, and on a whim decided to Google for iBook vs Powerbook — if I hadn’t I’d be in for a nasty surprise in a few weeks because I only have […]