absolutely ... hilarious !!!

And not that bad of an idea, really. See: iowahawk: Sears/Kmart Acquires France

I can't agree more that ...

Windows security problems: South Florida Sun-Sentinel: "... life is too short to waste time and energy dealing with Microsoft products."

See, for example:

Celebration, Florida.

Re: Made in USA: "If real estate developers operated on a large enough scale, if they built whole towns ..."

The NYT on The N

My So-Called Network: My only objection is the dissing of "Just Deal". It's one of the rare series that manages to be educational and yet have a plot. And not just a plot, but a plot that actually connects all the episodes. And we could only ever wish that a US teen series would be as realistic as Degrassi:TNG. I still wish The N would show the abortion episode though.

They really need to add Edgemont to round out their Canadian teen drama offerings. And, Gilmore Girls is already on ABC Family, and given the ratings it's drawing, I think they want to keep it for now. I could see it ending up on The N in another 5 to 8 years perhaps. The N would also do well to add The WB's Popular; another fantastic sarcastic teen show.

If this is true...

... then we're in big trouble. Break for News: "Search engine Google is ignoring thousands of news stories about the alleged theft of the U.S. presidential election."

Most. Obtuse. Description. Ever.

Microsoft AutoUpdate for Office 2004 for Mac: "This update to Microsoft AutoUpdate for Office 2004 for Mac is part of Microsoft's continued effort to provide the latest product updates to customers."

This makes me

SICK!

In this day and age, I really don't want to believe my own two eyes when I look at this flier that was distributed to potential voters of color.

The Postal Service partners with ... The Postal Service.

Pitchfork: "... Sub Pop is considering, under the auspices of their newly minted licensing deal, using local postal outlets as distribution points ..."
I would probably go to the post office more often, if they did have any indie-pop CDs. Maybe even a package, where, like, if I buy the CD, I'd also get a set of postcards and/or stamps bearing the logo/likeness of the band?
I must admit this is probably one of the coolest things that USPS has done in a long time, especially if they want to get a younger crowd talking about them.

ALF's Hit Talk Show

Premiers (as a regular series) tonight on TV Land at 11 PM E/P. (There has previously been a one-off special edition of the show, but I just happened to notice tonight that TV Land has apparently signed on to make it a regular series.) More Info - TV Series - TV Tome

Why 2004 won't be like 1984 ...

The End of Democracy

The Village Voice: Features: Sucking Democracy Dry: The End of Democracy by Rick Perlstein: "George Bush sold out our security in order to pull off a sales job ..."

The Bush Method

My Way News: "'... everything this administration does - deny it, pretend it's not there, and then try to hide it when it comes out and act surprised,' Kerry said."

I hate reruns during election season...

Bush Lawyer Anticipates Delay in Tally (washingtonpost.com): "... it may be days or weeks before we know who actually is the winner ..."

Shades of 2000, folks.

WMA = "popular"?!

Forbes.com: The IPod In Perspective: "Microsoft ... has a popular audio format in Windows Media ..."

On what planet? Not this one. Apple (and by extension, their FairPlay-DRM/MPEG-4/AAC files) have maintained nearly a 70 percent market share of legally purchased digital music. There *might* be a large number of people ripping their CDs at home into WMA, but where are the statistics to prove it? I'd say most people who rip at home are encoding into MP3 format. More than likely, WMA is a distant number 2 or 3, with OGG, FLAC, etc. trailing behind that.

U.S. Debt Ceiling Is Reached

New York Times > Washington > As U.S. Debt Ceiling Is Reached, Bush Administration Seeks to Raise It Once Again: "Less than a day after President Bush implied that Senator John Kerry lacked 'fiscal sanity,' the Bush administration said on Thursday that the federal government had hit the debt ceiling..."

Spyware is Windows-only

The Register: "Prominent anti-spyware developer Webroot says it has yet to detect a single Apple or Linux spyware app."

Air Force: Suicides > Insurgent Combat Deaths

Suicides Have AF Officials On Edge : "'Our kids are killing themselves at a greater rate than the insurgents are killing our kids,' he said."

I am Fish "Tacos".

You are Fish 'Tacos.' You might think you're
exotic and worldly-wise, but in reality you're
just a bunch of crap on toast. Repeat after
me: 'just because you put something in
quotation marks doesn't make it so.' And
'taco' isn't Spanish for 'toast.'


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I guess it's true that smart computing choices abound on both sides of the platform. See below a photo of post-debate analysis, showing both a Democratic and a Republican analyst. (courtesy MacBidouille)
There is also much balance in the real world - Al Gore, for example, is an Apple board member, but prominent Mac users include Rush Limbaugh and even President George W. Bush.

Anti-Draft Petition

Democracy For America: "If we 'stay the course' with this president, we will face a choice: drastically reduce our commitments or reinstate the draft."