Hey, notice that new, pink

Hey, notice that new, pink button just off to the right? It's WedLog! Yep, we now have a wedding weblog, for putting all those wedding-related links and thoughts that didn't seem to fit here. C'mon by and check it out!

Note... it uses XHTML (hey, I needed to get up to speed on that stuff anyhow) so you may get weird results if you're using an obsolete browser.

Here's some of Ronald Reagan's

Here's some of Ronald Reagan's opinions about Dubya:

"The big elephant sitting in the corner is that George W. Bush is simply unqualified for the job. He's probably the least qualified person ever to be nominated by a major party. Yes, he was elected governor of Texas, and before that he ran a baseball team and lost a lot of other people's money in the oil business. But what has happened in the intervening five years to make people believe he'd be a good president? What is his accomplishment? That he's no longer an obnoxious drunk?"

Remind me--which one is Butthead?

Remind me--which one is Butthead?

Republicans have gotten lots of

Republicans have gotten lots of rhetorical mileage out of claiming that President Clinton doesn't know the meaning of the word "is." But this article shows that they seem to have as much trouble with the word "inhabitant."

Motivation, thy name is Dori:

Motivation, thy name is Dori: As previously mentioned, Dori has agreed to get me a projection TV as an engagement present. We went down to Circuit City and were all ready to buy the thing (I was practically foaming at the mouth in Home Theater geekitude) when Dori asked me a really vicious question:

"Would getting this TV now make it harder for you to meet your deadline on the book you're working on?"

I could not lie.

So she put the set on layaway, and we'll have it delivered when the book is done.

Racking the Cube makes an

Racking the Cube makes an argument for rack-mounting the Apple G4 Cube for server use.

Bruce Sterling writes about 21st

Bruce Sterling writes about 21^st century office chairs in The Hot Seat for Wired. We thought that we were cool with our matching Aerons (There's no comfy padding on the Aeron. Just polyester mesh that treats your rump as network damage and routes around it), but he prefers the Leap and the Freedom.

I discovered that Dori's birthday

I discovered that Dori's birthday on Monday coincides with someone else's birthday. Though I wouldn't exactly call her soulmates with Alan Keyes.

Billionaires for Bush (or Gore).

Billionaires for Bush (or Gore). I found the price/performance analysis to be particularly interesting.

Isn't it time for some campaign finance reform, already? Please?

From Vote.com: Should Louisiana offer

From Vote.com: Should Louisiana offer "Choose Life" license plates? If you find this as offensive as I do, please go there and give your opinion. (Via The Brylski Company)

Life is so damn rough

Life is so damn rough here in god's country, I may actually have to do this
this weekend. Of course, it because I'm looking for a wedding location, yeah, that's why...

God Hates Figs, and I

God Hates Figs, and I don't like 'em much myself. Do you believe in figs in the military?

Invisible Web Gets Deeper is

Invisible Web Gets Deeper is an article on the great Search Engine Watch site that suggests that the part of the web that search engines don't touch -- because it is served from databases and difficult or impossible to index -- could be 500 times as large as the engine-accessible part.

From digitalMass, an article entitled:

From digitalMass, an article entitled: A quaint, old relic from the past? Uh-uh.
Don't count out W3C. The standard-setting body has big plans for the way we build Web sites.

Yup, it's an article on the evils of Netscape extensions and how wonderful PICS will be. What planet has this person been living on? Or was this article actually written two years ago?

Eric Raymond on Two Faces

Eric Raymond on Two Faces and Big Lies. I've been waiting for an open source Name to come out against Napster; it was just a question of who and when.

The real point is that by "sharing" without the artist's consent, *you deprive him of the right to control and dispose of his work*. Forget the record companies; for this issue they are just big bloated red herrings, a noxious excuse, a convenient distraction. The real question is this: are you going to support the artists, or steal away the few shreds of autonomy they might have left?

This LA Times article confirmed

This LA Times article confirmed all of my worst fears about Dubya: that he's a shallow, back-slapping, shoot-from-the-hip pol who is completely dependent on his staff. During the death penalty flap in texas earlier this year, he said that he studies each case
thoroughly before making a decision on clemency. Turns out that process takes a whole 15 minutes of his time, from the start of his briefing to his decision. That was reduced from 30 minutes, earlier in his term. He seems to think that instant decisions are the hallmark of leadership, and to eschew and even mock thoughtful deliberation. This is not the guy I want in the White House.

Interested in Dubya's Social Security

Interested in Dubya's Social Security plan? You might be more interested to discover that he doesn't have one. This Op-Ed piece from the NYT explains why, and how with Bush, we're back to the future with voodoo economics. If you recall, it was Dubya's daddy that used that phrase first, while he was running against Reagan.

I read a Chron article

I read a Chron article today called New online brokers let you build your own mutual fund at a bargain price and followed it to Folio[fn], who looks promising. I have some money left over from my condo sale last year, and I've been wondering where to invest it. If you have any experience with these folks, please let me know.

If you like Chuck Shepherd's

If you like Chuck Shepherd's News of the Weird, you'll also like Randy Cassingham's This is True.

If you care at all

If you care at all about the browser wars, go read Greg Knauss's Before the Body's Cold (from Suck) right now. I've been saying similar things since last year, and it's nice to finally have some company out here in the wilderness.

This is what you get

This is what you get when you combine the Defcon hackers and Vegas video marquees (click 7 or 8 times for the full effect).

Wedding planning has started, which

Wedding planning has started, which means we have just begun to go completely insane. Tune in regularly to watch us go grey and attempt to avoid killing either each other or ourselves!

Current front-running date: May 6, 2001. You have been warned. Subject to change at any time without notice (particularly if one of us succeeds in killing themselves or the other).

Links: (some useful, some not):

• Sonoma County Wedding Event Planning Guide.
  
• Spa Off the Plaza has a Pamper the Wedding Party Spa Package.
  
• Balloons & Tours does weddings aloft!
  
• The only web site worse than Wine Country Weddings was WineLimo.com.
  
• Wine Country Party Rental & Sales has all kinds of things for rent.
  
• Healdsburg Country Gardens is gorgeous, perfectly located, and way out of our price range, dammit.
  
• Layne Russell is a local non-denominational minister.
  
• October 12: Weddings in the Wine Country Bridal Show--Coddingtown Mall.
  
• WeddingLinks.com has lists of local locations and providers.
  
• The Madrona Manor has wedding arrangements, although they seem rather expensive and inflexible (Scott Townsend got married there).
  
• Trentadue Winery (in Geyserville) has wedding facilities, and they're even more expensive (gulp!).

Someone today pointed me towards

Someone today pointed me towards this comparative review of Dreamweaver 3 vs. GoLive 5.

While it's not nice to make fun of the competition (or so I'm told) how on earth could anyone take a review seriously when one of the products isn't even on the market yet? And at the end, she basically concludes that she has no idea which one to recommend, and that readers should go through the same comparison she's done (but of course, they'll have to wait until the software ships).

Oh, and while I didn't read the piece with a fine tooth comb, I did spot at least two factual errors. Normally I like the stuff from WebReview, but this isn't up to their usual standard.

Well, it has seemed, on

Well, it has seemed, on occasion, that kissing me has led to a "little death"...

Whew. Tom has assured me

Whew. Tom has assured me that as the following post did not mention his family, the family, or the Mothers And Fathers Italian Association, I don't have to worry about getting whacked.

I have to admit, though, that I was curious about the kiss of death.

Music you'll always remember, and

Music you'll always remember, and an offer you can't refuse:The ultimate Mob Movie Soundtrack, available from MobHits.com.

I saw the ad on TV last night, and laughed for about 15 minutes straight. If I went over to someone's house and heard this CD playing, I'd worry.