I've been playing around with having the content of my webpage delivered in different styles since I first stuck a few lines of HTML together and viewed it with my Mosaic browser on my Amiga. I used server-side includes back then. Now, I use a combination of PHP, JavaScript, and CSS.

Usually the mass media is quick to link any two stories together to create the impression that there is a trend going on. In the past couple weeks, I've read stories of the rediscovery of many things once claimed extinct: a special grass in Santa Catalina, a snow leopard on Mt. Everest, a wildflower in Contra Costa County Park, and a woodpecker in Arkansas.
All of these species were listed as extinct years ago by ecologists. Are ecologists jumping the gun on calling species extinct? I r

I had an idea for a website. Surely, someone else has thought of this and already done it. The idea is to compare the cost of the crimes depicted in Hollywood movies to the amount they intended to make off the crime.

I posted this as a Slashdot Question, but I seriously doubt it will pass through the editors...

I am no longer supporting Opera. I've always been one to fight for cross-browser compatability, but not anymore. I've removed Opera from all of my computers. I've removed Opera from all of the computers that I administer at work. I've removed Opera from the local software repository. I'm also going to redirect Opera.com to a "Don't be so stupid" page on our local DNS.

Normally, I'd be pissed right about now, but I'm not.
I booted up my PC this past weekend and I got a system message from SmartD (the hard-drive monitoring daemon). It said that HDD had uncorrectable errors on it. It is a Maxtor, so I went to the Maxtor site and downloaded their harddrive checking utility, PowerMax. It reported an error code and said to email it to Maxtor support. I did and Maxtor support said the drive it about to die completely - so back it up quickly and replace it.

I like rules. I'm not completely OCD. I just like to take everyday situations and create a set of rules to govern what the best working options are.

I have an observation which could easily be a complaint if I actually cared about it, but I don't. So, it is just an observation. Every time I make a comment that others find Insightful or Interesting, it quickly shoots up to +5. However, it is normally followed a large number of replies intended to explain what a moron I am. It makes me wonder how many +5 Insightful Morons there are on Slashdot.

All great ideas come in pairs. No, not two ideas. The same idea comes from two people. One person gets the credit and the other gets angry. There have been some exceptions (like crediting both Newton and Leibniz with Calculus). But, why is this important?

Now that the election is over, I hope we can take Slashdot back from the political extremists. I want once again to be able to read comments without having it slip into a Kerry/Bush debate shortly after the idiotic First Posts.

Is it just me, or are the boards becoming more and more politically bipolar? You can't even read comments about a new video card until someone twists the topic into an anti-Bush or anti-Kerry forum. I'm sorry, but technology and politics are not fundamentally connected. They can support one another, but each can survive without the other. As it is, this site is degrading into a black hole of parrot-heads that misquote half-truths and paste undocumented websites to support themselves. I t

I finally broke down and got a copy of Doom3. I knew going into it that it was a bad idea. My PC is only 1.7GHz and my video card only has 32MB RAM. Of course, it didn't run. My wife's computer is a little better at 2.0GHz and a 64MB video card. It runs, but it is so choppy. So, now I'm in the hunt for a new video card and CPU. I'll probably need a new motherboard when all is said and done with. What to do with an old Motherboard/CPU/Video Card?

I think I'm getting OSOCD, Operating System Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

I used Redhat 6 from the time it was released until I decided one day to get Redhat 9. That pissed me off. The day I got my disks in the mail, Redhat declared that they would discontinue Redhat 9 support. Of course, I had a few months of support left, but the timing still got to me.

The fundamentals of construction are not beyond me. I understand the purpose of studs, drywall, plumbing, electrical conduit, and all of that. However, I am a computer geek. I started programming in third grade and that has been my primary hobby and profession ever since. Even my brief duty in the Marines was spent mostly programming radar and communication systems. However, I am now doing construction.

Apparently, the powers at be have decided that I deserve more than an old Dell Optiplex GX1 for work. So, I came in today to find a brand new Gateway E Series on my desk. I'm sure it is faster than my old 400 MHz GX1, but I'm still a bit conflicted. I *finally* got both the video and sound working properly in Fedora and now I have to start over again. But, with a faster computer, it should be much quicker this time, right?