My Powerbook is back from the shop, and just in time. The world is going to hell in a handbasket. Israel is kicking ass and some people are saying that it’s not Bush’s fault:
You can blame Bush for a lot of mistakes, and I do, but not for the latest turn in the seemingly eternal [...]
Posted on July 20th, 2006 by pwyll
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Radley Balko has released Overkill, his paper on the (ab)use of SWAT teams and paramilitary tactics in law enforcement. You can download the free PDF, or support his work by purchasing a bound copy. Be sure to check out the amazing interactive map of botched raids.
Posted on July 18th, 2006 by pwyll
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But my Powerbook is undergoing major surgery, hence the lack of posts.
Here’s the deal. The Powerbook, aka Willow, started going to sleep at random times. The screen would go dark, and the drives would spin down. Simply hitting the space bar would wake it up, but the whole thing was very annoying.
Some searching on the [...]
Posted on July 17th, 2006 by pwyll
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When I was an undergrad at USF, Tampa, the school owned a piece of land on the Hillsborough River, Fletcher Park I think it was called. Back then USF used to host what it called River Riots, wild parties with bands, kegs, bongs, dogs, students, bikers, and other local fun lovers.
At a River Riot [...]
Posted on July 11th, 2006 by pwyll
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I was reading a thread on comp.lang.ruby discussing one of the several perennial questions, ruby vs python, and found this.
Besides ROR, can you give me a reason why perfer ruby instead of python?
Did you see the lovely young ladies (I hope you know who you are) at the last RubyConf? And … which would *you* [...]
Posted on July 9th, 2006 by pwyll
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The same words in American English and Australian English sometimes don’t mean the same thing. Consider this gem, from The Daily Telegraph:
IN these violent times, Um Ahmed takes steps to ensure her safety, strapping on a suicide belt before going to bed at night.
The mother-of-eight is one of a group of 20 women who, according [...]
Posted on July 7th, 2006 by pwyll
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