My life is now complete: there is plans for a Fraggle Rock movie.
Monthly Archives: October 2006
Nothing like good tunes
11:23pm and a work day tomorrow…yet I am blasting my eardrums.
I love music.
MSNBC promoting Firefox?
I have noticed several times the past few days on MSNBC a weird sight to say the least:
- Several screenshots of web sites that MSNBC was using in various stories.
- Every screenshot that showed a full web browser had very familar icons…ones that belong to Mozilla Firefox.
- MSNBC is partially owned by Microsoft, owners of some major web browser named Internet Explorer.
If I had the capability to record TV, I would have gotten a screenshot of the segments I saw. But I don’t, so I am hoping there are others out there that saw what I saw. There isn’t any doubt though that there is a huge Firefox fan working at MSNBC, who often gets his or her’s screenshots on the air
Building a Better Voting Machine
Wired.com has a very interesting article titled Building a Better Voting Machine. The article discusses what can be done to create the simplest, most secure, and most accurate voting machine out there.
The idea is to minimize the possible ways a voting machine could be compromised, provide an audit trail the voter can verify, and make it simple for everyone involved (voter, voting officials, auditors, manufacturers, etc.).
I completely agree with how they come up with the ideal voting machine. Unfortunately, it won’t be used this election and who knows if it will ever be used. The companies that create voting machines these days are absolutely horrendous when it comes to providing an audit trail and making sure the machines themselves are secure.
Some changes
I have been on a blogging binge the past few days (well by my standards anyways). To celebrate, as some of you noticed, I changed my blog theme a few days ago. This is the first theme that I am truly happy with. It actually has fit what I have imagined my blog looking like. The good thing is someone had the skills to come up with the design, unlike me.
The main photo at the top of my blog is a picture of Lake Sunapee I took from the top of Mount Sunapee two weeks ago. That area surrounding the lake is where I grew up and where I spent the first 22 years of my life, before I moved to Manchester a few years ago. It will always be home for me and will always be on my mind. That is why I thought it was a fitting photo for my blog.