A Modest Construct

In 1998, then-king of the graphics card market, 3Dfx, introduced SLI (or Scan Line Interleave), which essentially took two PCI video cards, hooked them together, and while one processed even-numbered lines, the other processed odd-numbered lines. Essentially, it was the natural evolution of the current technology. Computers had spare PCI…

This morning, my alarm clock went off, loudly, at 8:05. I pounded at the buttons, becoming increasingly frustrated when nothing seemed to turn it off. It was a few more seconds before I realized that my alarm clock does not play an excerpt from Vivaldi’s “Spring.” At least, not that…

I should have done this weeks ago, but for some odd reason, I never got around to it.

Ronald Reagan is dead at 93, a victim of Alzheimer’s disease. He was a father, husband, actor, president, sometimes all at once. While the media ran long-winded tributes and two-bit politicians on both…

Linux is a superior product. Along with its open-source brethren (whom I use in abundance), it comprises one of the major computing accomplishments of the last decade (In fact, this year marks the anniversary of the Linux kernel 1.0). Today, its clean GUI and present security bonuses make it an…

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Economic Left/Right: -7.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.10

Take the test yourself: http://www.politicalcompass.org

What my score means, basically, is that I’m a socialist. Certainly, I understand that there are flaws and limitations in a socialist system, but where aren’t there flaws? Our capitalist system sure as shit isn’t self-regulating: we’ve injected so much government oversight into…

Years ago, I wanted to be a “writer,” a vague and somewhat fatuous goal aptly swept away as I grew older. My main motivation for wanting to be a writer stemmed from the fact that I did it, that is to say, a prepubescent writing terrible 30-page novellas and thinking…

Woman wins $369M rollover suit

For those of you who don’t feel like reading, the story basically says that a woman whose Ford Explorer rolled over (when she was in it) and paralyzed her has won a large lawsuit against Ford. Ford plans to appeal, contending that the Explorer meets federal…

We a got new cat, a large 8-month Siamese male that we named Simon. So far, of our three other cats, one cowers under a bed all day, one merely gets pissed off when Simon tries to play, and one went outside and disappeared (she’s been gone for a week now).

Needless…