Thankfully, the city just widened a lightly used street around where I live and replaced the old four-way stop with a yield circle. It's so much more efficient now that you only have to stop to yield to other cars.
Friday, July 17, 2009
In support of yield circles
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
George W. Bush's great redeeming quality
President Obama's first pitch at the All-Star Game today has to make you wish he would suck it up and take a few lessons from the gold standard of first pitchers: George W. Bush. For all his failings, the guy really knew how to burn it down the middle.
Microsoft's problem
Very good article about what's been ailing Microsoft for the past few years. Basically they have reached the point of good enough. Really, there was no major improvement from XP to Vista, and it doesn't sound like there will be any from Vista to 7, at least nothing worth spending $100 on for the upgrade. The same applies to Microsoft Office. Office 2007 was basically a cosmetic update, and Office 2010 only really adds online Office (which I tend to think will be more valuable than some people say). The only time I upgrade anymore is when I get a new computer every three or four years or so, which is why I have Vista and Office 2007 now.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
The EC's ubsurd attacks on Microsoft
Recently the European Comission has made the destruction of Microsoft its mission in life. Previously, the EC has forced Microsoft to market an edition of Windows XP without Windows Media Player, called Windows XP Edition N (the EC didn't like Microsoft's preference that it be called Windows XP Reduced Media Edition, even though that's exactly what it is). Of course, practically no one bought Edition N.
Monday, July 6, 2009
On Sarah Palin
All this media obsession with Sarah Palin baffles me. Everything she does is scrutinized to determine how it is actually a deft move to position her for a run in 2012. Okay, maybe she really will run in 2012, but who cares? Let me break some news that I wouldn't have previously deemed newsworthy either: Sarah Palin has a zero percent chance of ever becoming President. Have we forgotton the last campaign so soon? Or is the media just trying to draw viewers in with the reality show life of the Palins? I suspect it's the latter, and I hope it is too.
Friday, July 3, 2009
My new food addiction
Tabasco sauce. It's so good. I can't get enough of Chipotle burritos with every bite doused in Tabasco. I think it's burning a hole in my throat though.
Californians: They love spending, but they simply refuse to pay for it
I find it funny that Californians constantly elect politicians to spend lots of money and then they always vote down the ballot measures those politicians propose to pay for all the spending.
Clearly California desperately needs a new constitution. Unfortunately, I suspect a new Californian constitution would only serve to make it easier for the state to raise revenue.