Bastards

To: Supreme Iranian Leader Ayatollah Khameini On this day I beseech you to direct your attention to the fates of seven women of your nation who are to be executed by sangsar (stoning to death) for crimes against chastity. You can claim it's an act of governance, and you can claim it's motivated by religion, but your claims do not change it from what it clearly is: murder. … [Read more...] about Stonings

The busybodies in the Chicago city council have banned the use cell phones while driving. I don't use the cell phone all that much, but my wife is going to be really pissed-off. They say you can use hands-free phones, but since the State of Illinois banned headsets, I'm not sure what that leaves. So if you want to make a call, you have to pull over. I guess I could get used … [Read more...] about Making Life Harder For Chicago Drivers

One of the most interesting technical sites on the web is Philipp Lenssen's Google Blogoscoped. He writes about Google, about search engines in general, and about all the things you can do with them. The man seems to be that most appealing of geek types, the inquisitive genius. He's Mr. Wizard for the search-engine set. He's always writing about interesting things he's … [Read more...] about Blogger v.s. SEO

TWELVE YEARS we've been bombing Iraq...and Chicago's WGN cuts off the last 15 minutes of Angel to announce the explosions in Baghdad. It wasn't even a scoop: they just rebroadcast the CNN feed. Bastards. I called them at (773) 528-2311 at the time to complain. It's all recorded messages at that time of night, unless you press 5 to get the breaking story tip line. Since it was … [Read more...] about Damn the Media!