Posted October 31st, 2007 by Mike
We used to be assured that if we didn’t get a handle on our country, soon the “Japanese would be passing us in everything”. After seeing this constant stream of hilarious videos…I’m convinced that this prediction has come true…if for different reasons.
Posted October 31st, 2007 by Mike
…A 17 year old boy and girl got into a Pontiac Fiero and started their first official date. The date was to watch “Pet Cemetery” at a friends Halloween party, and as they left the girls driveway she said “don’t worry, I know where it is”. They drove to a neighborhood about 5 minutes away, [...]
Posted October 30th, 2007 by Mike
Hmmmm….let’s see….all these media industries built on a limited bandwidth, high cost of entry, controlled access, one-to-many business model are having problems. Radio. Newspapers. Network television. Music…. Of course the convenient target for music has been piracy. We all know they lose trillions because of piracy. But wait! No, it’s not piracy! It’s legal, purchased [...]
Posted October 29th, 2007 by Mike
Like the alert system of a meerkat village There exists a large network of Christian women who sound off at the first sign of danger. This is an excellent and needed mechanism, but we face a very complex world and, once warned, we must examine the dangers closely. The latest alert has to do with [...]
Posted October 28th, 2007 by Mike
I’m pretty sure if I was president, I would figure out a way to include ninjas in here somewhere.
Posted October 26th, 2007 by Mike
Saw this ad today. This product must first give you wrinkles, then clear you right up. Or maybe this product can turn Gollum into a supermodel. C’mon now…everyone knows about photoshop.
Posted October 26th, 2007 by Mike
My 8 year old daughter has a diary/journal that is protected by a spoken passphrase. Supposedly, it has to be her voice and it has to be the exact phrase. She’s had it for quite awhile, but for some reason she left it out this morning and asked my wife to see if she could [...]
Posted October 25th, 2007 by Mike
Oil trades over $90.
Posted October 25th, 2007 by Mike
Here’s an article about a man who served 22 years for a crime he didn’t commit. I thought this quote was good. Music is many things in this world, but we should never forget that it’s a wonderful gift from God. It wasn’t until 1997 — more than a decade after he was locked away [...]
Posted October 25th, 2007 by Mike
Long story short: I was state chairman for College Republicans in the 90’s. I worked on several Republican campaigns and in a couple offices. I am a conservative, tax-paying, right wing, gun owning, drug-free, Christian musician who doesn’t believe in gay marriage. And I am now officially running as a convention delegate for Ron Paul. [...]
Posted October 24th, 2007 by Mike
I was watching Predator the other night, and realized that I was watching the future governors of Minnesota and California kick invisible alien tail (with varying degrees of success). I think we should listen to them. Of course, the Republican obsession with debt is probably not the best thing “for the people” even if it [...]
Posted October 24th, 2007 by Mike
Here’s some good analysis….
Posted October 24th, 2007 by Mike
It’s official, I’m now running as a delegate for Ron Paul. Expect a manifesto in the next 24 hours!
Posted October 23rd, 2007 by Mike
In the old days of online music piracy, kids were sharing mp3′s largely undiscovered and therefore, unhindered. Then along came Napster, and everyone new about it. Thus it was shut down. Now filesharing is much more sophisticated. Bittorrent eliminates the central control and allows people to set up their own community. This reduces the visibility/exposure [...]
Posted October 23rd, 2007 by Mike
This document should be mandatory reading in school. I highly recommend that everyone read it from beginning to end. It’s a speech from 1957 by a man named Hyman Rickover, also known as “the father of the nuclear navy”. Some interesting things about that speech. Things that I never really thought about. Humans use energy [...]
Posted October 22nd, 2007 by Mike
Thought this was a nifty video on information structure. The music is annoying though.
Posted October 21st, 2007 by Mike
Not too long ago, the AP found that Comcast (one of the main ISPs in the world) was blocking and/or hampering Bittorrent traffic. Bittorrent is a filesharing protocol that allows people to share and quickly download large files. Unsurprisingly, this traffic makes up a huge chunk of overall ‘net traffic, and it is widely used [...]
Posted October 21st, 2007 by Mike
Turns out Socks the cat was abandoned after the Clinton’s left the Whitehouse. And it would seem that Buddy, the Clinton era first dog, was run over soon after they left. (“accident”?) Are women really gonna vote for this?
Posted October 20th, 2007 by Mike
Way back in ethics/philosophy class, we were often given theoretical situations and asked if they were “morally right” or “morally wrong”. Things such as: “An alien race offers to give us medical technology that will cure cancer. The only stipulation is that we must give them a child that they will take to their planet [...]
Posted October 20th, 2007 by Mike
Yesterday at work, I got this email: YOU ARE INVITED!!!! Thats rite you are invited, Shelly shaw and Mike shaw To a movie family party tonight!!!!! There will be movies,music,Gusts[stuffed animals],and more. The party will be at 6:40-10:00. Dad here is a reaminder:Please do not act to crasy. ALSO DO NOT READ THIS AND WHEN [...]