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Ted’s Election Summary
Originally published at Ted's Commentary. Please leave any comments there.
Every election, I find myself spending a bunch of time figuring out how to vote on the various issues. In the past, only my wife has benefited from the research. This year, I want to at least let my friends know my voting plans.
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A note for those of you with _Let The Right One In_ at home or in your Netflix Queue
Watch the dubbed version with Narrative Subtitles (subtitles for signs and letters and the like), not the subtitled version. The subtitles have been dumbed-down substantially from the original theatrical screenings: http://iconsoffright.com/news/ ( Read more... ) -
Mentoring in D&D
This is a cool idea for handling new content in D&D games ( Read more... ) -
Dear Lazyweb
What is the best online book cataloging site these days? I have a bunch of my books cataloged in Readerware, which works all-right, but I'm thinking about going through and re-syncing my collection and my catalog, and that seems like a good time to consider a software switch ( Read more... ) -
Mother's Cookies shut down
Mother's Cookies shuts down. This saddens me. I liked both their Mother's and Archway cookies. Their chocolate chip cookes were the afternoon snack of my childhood. I'm going to have to go and buy some before they're all gone. -
4:3 Displays
Two posts in one day, amazing!
This is just a note to anyone who likes traditional 4:3 displays for laptop or computer displays. If you do, I strongly recommend buying one soon. The display manufacturers are finalizing their move to 16:10 and 16:9 displays, and soon, new 4:3 displays won't be available at any price from the major manufacturers:
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Palin Thoughts
Thoughts on Sarah Palin. She's clearly the long-shot choice, and McCain's choosing her likely means he has internal polling data that suggests without significantly mixing up the race, he's going to lose. Second, the attacks on her family are reprehensible and Obama is correct to declare her family off-limits. However, positions regarding the ( Read more... ) -
Gustav is Scary
I'm not seeing a lot about this on my friends list, but if you or anyone you know lives in the Gulf coast near Louisiana, they need to be preparing for evacuation. Gustav is bearing down hard on the Louisiana coast, and it looks like Katrina redux. It may even be worse than Katrina for New Orleans, if the track shifts even 10% east. (The ( Read more... )