Canadian election part 2

Rick's follow-up as Stephen Harper is even better than the Liberal one. Here's looking forward to Rick doing Jack next, so to say.

I must admit I am sick of this discussion. I ask you, why in heaven's name would I like People? The so called "people" had their chance 18 months ago and they choose not to give me a majority. This morning I suggested to Tom Flannigan that we should change our campaign slogan from "Standing up for Canada" to "Fuck the People". He said no, pointing out that in politics honesty is not the best policy. "Besides" he added, "300 million bucks on an election nobody wants is about as big a 'fuck you' to the people that the Tories can muster". How we laughed!

Canadian election

Bah humbug! I guess unless something unexpected comes out I'll be voting Green again. At least a little action on the hill provides material for funny guys like Rick Mercer. Example, his recent Christmas letter as Paul Martin:

Of course I have to mention Belinda. If it wasn't for her this government would have died months ago and me along with it. Some people in the press have referred to her as my guardian angel, I prefer to think of her as my political defibrillator. Even to this day when I see her coming I want to tear open my shirt, put Vaseline on my nipples and yell CLEAR!

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David & Sarah Caldwell welcome you to Mole Station Native Nursery

Street painting... wow

Check them out...

Paul's Web 2.0

Paul Graham, the master of the quick, relevant tech essay, takes on Web 2.0

And here's a quicker (maybe even better) explanation: The Devil's Dictionary: Web 2.0

The humidifier is in

After the OK from my uncle who owns an "air" company in Regina on the product and project, I went ahead an did it. It's easy:

1. Locate your furnace (check the basement)
2. Unpack the box and assemble your tools (note the optional instructions and non-optional Miller)
3. Install the humidifier (this is the tricky step)

It's a Wait 5000 12 gallon/day flow-through, $138 at Rona. Installation was about 3 hours I think. As usual, my cordless drill made everything easier. A good cordless drill is a must have. I use mine for pretty much every project.

 

My last Sony post (I hope)

I didn't think Sony could screw this situation up anymore, but they have. It turns out their "fix" they've given out for the DRM actually introduces some really bad security holes to your computer.

Boycott Sony

I don't feel like quite the crackpot now that Wired is saying Boycott Sony as well. I wonder if there will be any implications with advertising sales to Sony for my favorite magazine?

The Sony fallout

The reaction was swift to the evil Sony DRM tactic I mentioned. You know, the one where they stop CD copying by secretly putting a "rootkit" program on your computer that forces their music player and leaves you open to viruses and can't be removed, except it doesn't even stop pirates because it only affects Windows?

• Italy, California, New York are the first to sue
• Microsoft updates their software to fight it
• Department of Homeland Security comes out against it
• A virus is released that exploits it
• Sony backs down, but won't apologize
• Sony doesn't learn

Arrested Development Cancelled

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I hate busy malls

I'm nearly done my Christmas shopping, are you?

Also,I think I'm going to take a shot at installing my own central humidifier. I'll post pictures, of course. The "Wait 5000" at Rona has pretty good reviews around the web and is $138. Getting that or a similar flow-through unit installed professionally would end up being $300 to $400. One catch: it comes with an installation video, but the video is something called "VHS". I think my parents have one of those...

Hummers, Hummers, Hummers

Hummer Overfloweth. A California dealership with 300 or so excess hummers tries to hide the problem. Lots of great pictures. I think there's some social commentary or microcosm of the US economic situation here, but one commenter's take is probably the best:

You can hide some of the hummers all of the time and you can hide all of the hummers some of the time, but you can't hide all of the hummers all of the time.

My AJAX presentation

Thanks to everyone who came out. The follow-up links are here.