Every day we’re hit with differing statistics regarding software/music/movie piracy. The mainstream press never questions these numbers. Instead,they swallow them whole, accuracy be damned.
Category Archives: Miscellaneous
McDonald’s Big Mac Turns 40
I remember my first Big Mac. Actually, parts of it are probably still circulating through me somewhere …
Harris vs. The 49ers? Hell No.
Hell, for that matter, put him in a cage and poke with him sticks. Get him really pissed off. We need him healthy and angry for San Diego.
Pre-Season Grossman
Okay, so Grossman had some issues during the game against Indy. Three fumbles and an interception, to be exact. So what? #1, it’s pre-season …
Merv Griffin Was Gay … Who Cares?
If mainstream media remains trapped in the Dark Ages, it’d be the first time they’re in the same room with the fringe right. I’ve claimed many people as friends, both gay and straight. And I’ve dealt with many of Earth’s scum, both gay and straight. Sexual orientation has nothing to do with a person’s ability to contribute to society, lead a productive life and contribute greatly to those around them.
Mike Lee’s Motherfucker
His post entitled Sincerity Theory really hit home with me. What Mike calls Sincerity Theory closely mirrors what I’ve long called Living Honestly, a theory I developed at a point in my life when my world was crashing around me and my stress level was such that I most likely lost 7-10 years of my life within the space of five months.
Coulrophobia
This entry is inspired by this photo at Shorpy. Fortunately my coulrophobia isn’t extreme. Clowns weird me out to a minimal degree. Except the Shorpy clowns. Those guys seriously put on the weird.
This Talk-Show Host Was One of America’s Richest Men …
Who was Merv Griffin?
PeepCode
As I write this, PeepCode’s Rails From Scratch Part II is downloading. I downloaded Part I last night and finished watching it today. I anticipate watching it several more times before moving on to Part II. I love the fact that buying the .mov version also gives you access to the iPod [...]
Gem Error When Installing Rails
So, I’m finally getting around to learning Ruby. (Thanks, I’m pretty excited myself.) While following Dan Benjamin’s excellent Building Ruby, Rails, LightTPD, and MySQL on Tiger over at HiveLogic, I encountered the following error:
$ sudo gem install rails –include-dependencies Bulk updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org ERROR: While executing gem … (Gem::GemNotFoundException) [...]