Tag Archives: politics

Some updates, and a little “open sermon”

Posted on June 14, 2009 by Michael Fleming

I’m in the unusual position of being inside, yet rugged up with a jacket and scarf with what feels like a cold. I can’t say I’m happy about it. Upgraded WordPress here to 2.7.1 (Fedora 11 RPM rebuilt for F10) … Continue reading →

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Can sanity prevail? Here’s hoping.

Posted on May 27, 2009 by Michael Fleming

Christian lobby upset about Australian government backtracking on Internet Censorship I’ve one word to say about this: good. The whole sorry mess that is the Australian net censorship debate has become an international embarrassment. It is not or will be … Continue reading →

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Yeah, He Did.

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Michael Fleming

Barry, just don’t fuck it up, k? Please bro? That last yokel really screwed the pooch. (pic courtesy of punditkitchen.com)

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Three little pre-Christmas requests.

Posted on December 23, 2008 by Michael Fleming

Dear Lazyweb, I’ve set up icecast as an  IPV6-only experiment (the result of a half-drunken challenge from Mr Steven Lisson Esq.) and am streaming some Ogg Vorbis tracks off it with EZstream. Winamp and Totem Player (Linux/Gnome) work fine. Banshee … Continue reading →

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.bullshit

Posted on September 18, 2008 by Michael Fleming

Tim Berners-Lee says the Internet is full of lies He’s quite right in saying there’s a hell of a lot of unsubstantiated and downright erroneous rubbish out there – look around FreeRepublic or StormFront or RaptureReady or the Church Of … Continue reading →

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The idiots are running the asylum

Posted on September 14, 2008 by Michael Fleming

Internet Traffic Begins to Bypass the United States Virginia de-convicts AOL junk mailer Jeremy Jaynes Senator saves YouTube from al Qaeda U-huh, given the idiocy of the hicksville judges in Virginia (spam costs the recipient money and sure as hell … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day…

Posted on February 25, 2007 by Michael Fleming

From the comments on a TIME item regarding Jesus Christ’s “may-or-may not have been true or allegory” ressurrection  (via Metafilter) “I’ve already advised the Discovery Channel that if they air this I will cancel my subscription….they should be lucky that … Continue reading →

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A Wednesday Buffet…

Posted on October 4, 2006 by Michael Fleming

Politics (sort of) This method of verifiable voting looks very interesting, if a little complicated for it’s intended users (no such issues here in Australia, especially if you’ve ever seen our Senate voting forms). Ron Rivest really knows his stuff, … Continue reading →

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