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So there I was, writing a short post about something, when I needed to embed an image. I cliecked the “Insert Image” button in my Movable Type blogging software, uploaded the image, and…it wouldn’t let me create a thumbnail image. Thumbnailing is done by the Perl Image::Magick module and, sure enough, when I checked Movable… Read more

The case against Lori Drew has been dismissed (more or less) by the federal judge who was hearing the case. This counts as very good news…but not exactly wonderful news. For those not following the case, Lori Drew used MySpace email to play a cruel trick on a teenage girl named Megan Meier, who killed… Read more

[No, this isn’t a repeat of this episode of “Mike and Me,” from a couple of years ago. More on that at the end. This article, slightly tweaked, is crossposted on TrueNorth, my LiveJournal and on the Forum, as well as here, where comments are welcome.] *ring**ring**ring* “Joel Rosenberg.” “Will you hold for Commissioner Campion?”… Read more

I just read a story in the Washington Post that’s going to stay with me a long, long time. It’s by Gene Weingarten, it’s brilliantly written, and it will break your heart. You have been warned. The story is about people who have accidentally left their babies in their cars in the heat, with fatal… Read more

Well, I’m lazy, and don’t want to replow the ground that others have already plowed; I’m more inclined to do a little freelance gleaning at the corners.  And since somebody asked, and I was writing on it anyway . . . So let’s start here, with the reporting on how Jason Vassell stabbed Bowes and… Read more