Monthly Archives: November 2007

Fun repair experience

While on vacation in Hawaii, my Macbook Pro suddenly decided to stop working. When hitting the power button, all you get is a loop of startup chimes. Good times. I took a little trip to Maui’s home depot, and got the screw drivers I would need to take it apart. I …

November 28, 2007 – 12:14 pm | By Joe Mullins | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (2)

Okay It’s official

Whether or not Kucinich gets the democratic nomination, I’ll be voting for him. As I’ve read more into him, looked at his voting record, and watched him in the debates, I’ve only become more and more impressed. He’s the only candidate besides Paul who doesn’t come off as a dyed in the wool …

November 21, 2007 – 12:36 pm | By Joe Mullins | Posted in Random | Comments (1)

Supporting the Troops

Injured troops being asked to return portions of their signing bonuses. See everyone has it wrong. We support troops who are at war, not home from war. And really, I mean we only sort of support troops at war, like, when it doesn’t cost a lot of money. Armored hum-vees aren’t …

November 21, 2007 – 11:19 am | By Joe Mullins | Posted in Asides | Comments (0)

Blueprint Growl Style

I’m an enthusiastic user of Growl, but can’t say I’m really in love with any of the styles. On a 30″ monitor, they tend to get lost pretty easily. So I thought it was time to design my own.

I was inspired by Apple’s Keynote theme, Blueprint. So I shamelessly imitated its design.

I’ve …

November 20, 2007 – 10:47 pm | By Joe Mullins | Posted in Technology | Comments (0)

Denial

Interesting article about denial from the NYT.

November 20, 2007 – 11:55 am | By Joe Mullins | Posted in Asides | Comments (0)

Kindle

So Amazon has jumped into the e-book business with Kindle. Color me un-fucking-impressed.

Welcome to 1990 but with e-paper. All of the cool tech in this device (free wireless connectivity) seems more aimed at vendor lock-in rather than customer convenience or value. So let me get your value proposition strait:

$400 ugly grayscale device …

November 19, 2007 – 4:34 pm | By Joe Mullins | Posted in Technology | Comments (1)

My soul died

I feel this way a lot of days.

November 16, 2007 – 9:18 am | By Joe Mullins | Posted in Asides | Comments (0)

Miracle Fruit

This is just fascinating. Turn sour into sweet by eating a berry first.

November 15, 2007 – 4:13 pm | By Joe Mullins | Posted in Asides | Comments (0)

Judgement Day

Watched “Judgement Day – Intelligent Design On Trial” last night on PBS. It was interesting to see the people I’ve heard described in numerous news reports defending their positions, and see a re-enactment of the court proceedings.

In case you don’t know, it documented the court case surrounding the Dover School Board’s attempt to place …

November 14, 2007 – 12:06 pm | By Joe Mullins | Posted in Random | Comments (0)

The American Husband as Exotic Animal

While written tongue in cheek, there’s a lot to learn in this article about a woman who uses animal training techniques on her husband. This is another contribution to my fascination with unconscious motivations and manipulation. “It’s never the animal’s fault.”

November 9, 2007 – 5:12 pm | By Joe Mullins | Posted in Asides | Comments (0)