March 2005
Monthly Archive
Yet another quiz
Posted by J.A.S.O.N. on 31 Mar 2005 | Tagged as: Babble, Quizzes & Memes
Via blacksage.
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Local tools clueless
Posted by J.A.S.O.N. on 31 Mar 2005 | Tagged as: Politics, Rants
If this type of crap is what my local government is thinking up with my tax dollars, I believe it’s time for me to move.
I’m *this* close to totally losing faith in the US.
Quote of the day
Posted by J.A.S.O.N. on 31 Mar 2005 | Tagged as: Babble, Internet
A comment on a slashdot article titled Government Finishes Internet Study — 7 years late
“Lawmakers had demanded the $1 million federal study, ultimately called “Signposts in Cyberspace,” under a 1998 federal law, the Next Generation Internet Research Act.”Thats a bargain. It took between $6 and $10 million to figure out Clinton got head from a fat girl.
R.I.P. Terri Shiavo
Posted by J.A.S.O.N. on 31 Mar 2005 | Tagged as: Babble
Despite what side of the “argument” you’re on, everyone has to agree that Terri’s in a better place now. I hope her parents can find their own peace in knowing this.
Comments and Pings are closed on this post out of respect.
Rest in peace, Terri. You’re home now.
New Schtick
Posted by J.A.S.O.N. on 31 Mar 2005 | Tagged as: Site News
I’m thinking of starting a new bit around here on Fridays. Everyone seems to have their own thing going on, so I figured, “why not?”
I’m going to be doing a Friday Foto. Every Friday I’ll post two photos up here. It’ll probably start out as photos I’ve taken, but I’d love to put up photos others have done, too. So, if you’ve got a photo that you want me to post feel free to email the link to me. If you don’t have a website to host it on, I’m willing to stick it up here, but the image must be have a copyright notice with your name on it (i.e. © 2005 Jason Stare).
Now I just gotta start taking more photos.
Taste the rainbow
Posted by J.A.S.O.N. on 31 Mar 2005 | Tagged as: Internet
Oh lookie, Gmail is adding rich text formatting to their service.
I’ll try to contain my excitement.
I’m not really a big fan of Rich Text or HTML email. I know there are many great and lurvly reasons for using them, but it’s been my experience that individuals lack the ability to use those reasons when composing email. Instead, you receive rainbow colored text and neon-colored backgrounds. I guess I should feel lucky that they don’t support animated stationary like outlook does.
*Sits back and waits for Deltus to compose the rainbow-colored comment I know I’ve just inspired in him.*
To pill or not to pill
Posted by J.A.S.O.N. on 30 Mar 2005 | Tagged as: Politics
Republicans are objecting toa bill passed in Colorado that would require hospitals to tell rape victims about emergency contraception.
The reason?
Fellow Republicans say the bill, passed by the Legislature on Tuesday, violates Catholic hospitals’ freedom of religion by forcing them to offer information about abortion.
How about, instead, we force the poor girl/woman who has been raped and mentally scarred to have some bastard-rapist’s child. A child she never asked for, wanted and will forever remind her of that coward that decided to take advantage of her. Does that sound better to you schmucks?
If churches are going to get into the business of backing hospitals, then they need to accept that doctors can and will do things that are against the curch’s particular beliefs.
I can see Owens’ dilemma. He’s caught in a spot where he might have to sign a bill that’s against his personal beliefs or risk having his authority usurped by the state legislature by a (I believe) 2/3 vote if he veto’s it. Of course, while I can see his dilemma, I have zero sympathy. As a government leader his priority is to making descisions that are in the best interest of the citizens of his state as they have voiced them, not to his personal beliefs. Some may say that the two coincide, but, bviously, that is an incorrect statement, as Owens an now attest to.
The best quote from the article is from Mimi Schaefer:
“The focus should be on professional help and care, not on religion.”
The message I’d like to send to our “leaders”? While the dominant religion in the US appears to be Christianity, I would like to remind all of you that this country was founded on the basis of freedom from oppression, be it religion or government-based. In order to maintain that freedom, you jackasses need to stop forcing Christianity down people’s throats.
I pray (yes, I’m Christian) that this whole “morality” phase the governmnet is on backfires and ruins some careers in politics. I do not want the government dicating to me what correct morals are. That’s for me to decide.
Bloglines adds package-tracking feeds
Posted by J.A.S.O.N. on 30 Mar 2005 | Tagged as: Internet, Tech
Now this is neat! I love technology that’s there to serve the customer.
We are pleased to announce our newest feature, package tracking. Now, you can have Bloglines track the status of your UPS, FedEx, and USPS packages. From your My Feeds page, click the Add link in the left pane. Then, click the Package Tracking link in the right pane. From there you can enter tracking numbers for UPS, FedEx, and USPS packages. Also, you can do a search on a specific tracking number. Entering a tracking number will create a subscription in your account that is updated whenever the status of your package changes.
In action:
Which Incredibles Character Are You?
Posted by J.A.S.O.N. on 30 Mar 2005 | Tagged as: Quizzes & Memes
Via Diggers Realm
In leiu of real content, I present to you…a quiz.
Which Incredibles Character Are You?
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When you know you’re in for a bad day…
Posted by J.A.S.O.N. on 29 Mar 2005 | Tagged as: Babble
