Okay, I take back everything

Okay, I take back everything I said bad about UPS. They showed up at 4:40 pm, after we'd been told that they *never* deliver twice in one day. Whew!

Have I mentioned that I

Have I mentioned that I hate UPS?

Formerly the Captain James T.

Formerly the Captain James T. Kirk Singalong Site, ShatnerRocks.com has music clips (in Real format) from many of your fave Star Trek stars. Yes, it even includes a clip from Nimoy's infamous "Ballad of Bilbo Baggins." Lucky us.

Between now and the end

Between now and the end of the year, I'm doing a few sessions on creating UI's with DHTML. Navigation Voodoo has some great examples, although they don't work 100% in my browser of choice (IE5/Mac). Found on XBLOG: The visual thinking weblog.

If you're a budding genre

If you're a budding genre fiction writer, you'll find a bunch of useful information here: The Market List - A market resource for writers of science fiction, fantasy and horror.

I get a lot of

I get a lot of spam from would-be headhunters, trying to convince me that I'm perfect for their entry-level HTML grunt jobs. I think that Magnum Solutions Ltd may be about the only company that hasn't offered me a position; odd, considering that I'm well qualified for several of the jobs listed on their page.

The Rubber Bandit Project: The

The Rubber Bandit Project: The World's Largest and First Piloted Rubber Band Powered Aircraft .

Disgusted by Bush and Gore?

Disgusted by Bush and Gore? Thinking about voting for Nader or Buchanan? This Slate article, Is Voting Rational? does an analysis of the effects of voting for candidates that can't win, as well as voting to "send a message."

If we're going to be

If we're going to be pissy, I did read much, though not all, of the report from last week. My take was that it consisted largely of dumb-ass politicians posturing for the cameras, again, 15 years ago. This included Al Gore. But frankly, posturing is what politicians do. Since I live in the real world, not the fantasy world inhabited by libertarians, I'm not shocked when they do it. And I understand that in the end, what counts with government is what it does, not the hot air. In the end, the government did nothing in response to the PMRC. Record companies decided that it was in their best interests to apply the "Offensive Lyrics" labels (yes, so that it would head off possible government action, but they saved themselves millions in legal fees for the price of the stickers, so it's a wash), and that's all that has happened.

Now, when I pointed to the Tipper piece yesterday, I was interested in the biographical sketch of the woman who may be the next First Lady, and it seemed like she was interesting and different from other politician's wives. She certainly doesn't appear to have that Stepford Wife attitude. When Dori needs to focus on 22 words out of a 4,500 word piece, it tells me that she's still more interested in burning the witch than attempting to understand the person.

Despite Tom not having read

Despite Tom not having read the report I linked to last week about Tipper Gore, I did read the one he linked to, below. Here's the relevant quote:

the infamous push for labeling obscene and violent rock lyrics that left her hammered although, in hindsight, looking like a cultural prophet.

Now, if you notice, what's happened since then? The lyrics have gotten more violent and obscene, while simultaneously, the youth crime rate has gone down. It ain't because of the PMRC, folks--it's because, very simply, the two are NOT connected.

"Cultural prophet", my ass.

Note to Dori: Perhaps Tipper

Note to Dori: Perhaps Tipper Gore isn't the devil, after all. She sounds like a pretty interesting person in this article. Maybe she just took on a cause that you disagree with, once.

Joining our previous links to

Joining our previous links to the Subterranean Fortress and the Missile Silo Home, we now present the Aircraft Home, a Boeing 727 previously in service with TWA that's been made into a home. It's on a bearing, so it weathervanes as the wind shifts. Thanks to ST.

Calling A Rose by Any

Calling A Rose by Any Other Name is my latest 10-minute solution, posted at Ask the JavaScript Pro. You can see the script in action here.

We've been on an anti-PETA

We've been on an anti-PETA kick lately, so why stop now? It's the PETA Approved Spin-n-Speak (Flash required).

The Large Hot Pipe Organ

The Large Hot Pipe Organ "is the world's only MIDI controlled, propane powered explosion organ. The LHPO's pyro-acoustic explodo-rhythmations will throbbatize your earholes and dance-ify your booty and make you realize what "Industrial Music" REALLY means!"