Entries from November 2002

A Rat is A Rat

Date November 27, 2002

I used to love to read Michael Moore, but then his angry rhetoric became angry lies. Even if he is on the left and his goals are similar to my goals, a rat is a rat.
Here’s an example of why I quit reading the man:
The film [Bowling for Columbine] makes reference to “weapons of [...]

Black People

Date November 26, 2002

Hah. Had to pass this thing from Sam along:
Black People Love Us!

A political party rant.

Date November 26, 2002

Edited/Expanded 11/26 11:00
Today the PRS is talking about former congressman Bob Barr going off to consult for the ACLU. Bob Barr just lost his re-election campaign in Georgia because he was “too conservative.” PRS recommends that we rethink our definition of the ACLU as a liberal organization. I think, however, we should rethink our definitions [...]

Big Government

Date November 25, 2002

When I was a young kid I would frequently get lectured about the importance of labelling video tapes correctly. I had a tendency to forget to affix or change a label on a cassette after I taped something. So the tape marked “General Hospital” might in fact be six hours of MTV videos. This caused [...]

Design tips

Date November 25, 2002

Always a good idea to look carefully at your designs to make sure what is communicated is reasonably close to what you intended. For example, it would have benefited Neiman Marcus to look closely at how this image looked when it was scaled down. Here’s a larger version where the text is more easily read [...]