Well, soon.
The dollar dropped to record lows through the $1.40 level against the euro on Thursday as the US currency continued its slide following the Federal Reserve’s decision to cut interest rates earlier in the week. [Source]
Spectators to the abolishment of freedom
I just watched the University of Florida student getting tasered and read the account of the falsification of the police report. I am appalled! The video indicates no wrong doing! The questions seemed appropriate and Kerry seemed willing to answer. The growing abusive police state in this nation must be contained! What growing abusive police state? The abusive police state that commands on of our military personnel, who put his life at risk to protect your freedoms, to stand up so the officer can shoot him. The students who sat idly by should have risen from their chairs when the officers stood threateningly behind the student. They should have made a human barricade and assured the freedom of speech that our forefathers gave their lives for during the Revolutionary War. How we dishonor them! Our government exists by the will of the people and if the government is stepping out of line then the people must step up! Besides, what’s college if you haven’t been arrested at a protest?
Easier said than done you say? I would have sat idly by also if I were there you say? You don’t know me very well then. All that said, I acknowledge that maybe there were other circumstances not conveyed in the video or the media that led to this event. Perhaps the student had an altercation with the police earlier.
As Naomi Wolf has rightfully pointed out, the tasering of Andrew Meyer will be remembered as a watershed moment in American history. That much is certain. The only thing that remains to be seen is how we, as Americans, react to it. Will we sit passively by while our Constitution and our Democracy are murdered right before our eyes?
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The choice is clear: either we fight fascism right now with all our power, or we will be the next ones on the ground with a policeman’s knee on our throats and 50,000 volts of electricity coursing through our bodies.
[Source]
Update: Is that officer laughing?!
Haslam Makes Me Giggle
Right! Sure. Billy you just keep fooling yourself.
"These are great jobs with bright, creative people who have created something that’s special here," Haslam said. "When you talk about the media production business, now you talk about Knoxville in the same league as New York and Chicago and L.A. And maybe this is an even better place." [Source]
Developer Tip of the Day
Development is hard but if its really hard then you are likely doing something wrong!
My Senators Do Not Represent Me
Why?
Statement of Purpose: To restore habeas corpus for those detained by the United States.
Tennessee: Alexander (R-TN), Nay Corker (R-TN), Nay
[Source]
See also and also. On the positive side, at least http://www.senate.gov/ is using ColdFusion.
State of Things
Wow! That’s a really big fan between me and that truck full of manure.
Developer Tip of the Day
If you have two servers with the same directory structure and you are ftp’d and remote desktop’d into one of these servers, when you ftp a file if it doesn’t immediately appear in the directory in the remote desktop, then you are probably ftp’d into the wrong server.
To non-developers, I acknowledge that as you read that you probably hear Charlie Brown’s adult wah wahs in your head. For that, I apologize!
Quote of the Day
You haven’t lived until you’ve experienced lunch lotteries and toilet paper rationing!
Overheard in Target.
ASP Classic on Windows 2003? Jump a hoop!
If you are trying to get an Active Server Pages class (instead of .NET) application to work on your Windows 2003 and not getting any pages returned, look in the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager at the Web Services Extensions. You are likely to see that Active Server Pages is Prohibited. Simply right click and choose Allow. Now your ASP classic application will function!
Avast! Arrrr ya havin’ a hard time with yer pirate talk?
Remember! Today is Talk Like a Pirate Day!
Special thanks to Aaarrr mate at file under awesome.
What is Monday?
Project 1 says be done now!
Project 2 says be done now!
Project 3 says be done now!
Project 4 says be done now!
Project 5 says be done now!
Project 6 says be done now!
Bank says be done with all projects now!
Dryer says make me your project now!
PTO says be done now!
Scouts say be done now!
I feel finished.
Drying Clothes 24/7 is hard on these machines!
Here we go again!
Update: Main vent clear. Now checking innards for clogs.
High School Football Idn’t Bad!
As a teen, I went to two high schools. Only going to one wasn’t challenging enough. Okay, maybe that’s not it. I went to 9th and 10th grade at Lenape High School in Medford, New Jersey. I went to 11th and 12th grade at Germantown High School in Germantown, Tennessee. In the 9th grade I was on the track team doing pole vault, high jump, hurdles, and the 400 meter relay. That was fun! I gave it up because I learned that if you work for someone they give you money. I started washing buses for $3 per hour under the table. That was the end of my high school extracurricular activity. What a mistake! Between working and being absorbed with computers, I never went to a high school football game.
Since my daughter Sarah is now on the flag team at her high school, we are going to the games as good band parents should, to support the school. I have to say I have enjoyed the games very much (despite what Cathy’s pictures would have you believe)! I like bumping into friends, and the teams play really well! I’ll be going to many more.
Farragut vs Bearden was a loud game! We showed up earlier than last time and thought we’d missed kickoff. From the parking lot the stadium could be seen as packed and it roared with activity. I won’t review the game because there are more qualified people to do that. I’ll just say it was not boring. The Bearden band did not know their routine so the half-time show had no marching and no flags. That was a bit of a let down. I was tickled to see Brian Hornback on the field during Scott Moore’s presentation of a $500 contribution to each school! Cathy knew he’d be there because Brian doesn’t miss Farragut football games but we really didn’t expect to see him much less on the field! During half-time a woman in the Farragut bleachers passed out and several paramedics and police carried her out. I fear it was heart attack. I’d certainly like to know that she’s okay. They almost drove an ambulance into the stadium to get her. The game went into overtime and the teams played ferociously but Bearden ended up losing to Farragut 35 to 28. Despite their great playing, the high schoolers were distraught, some to the point of tears. Frankly, Bearden won the can drive and played an exceptional game. I know its easy to say but they should be proud! Get ’em next time!
Here’s the schools I attended:
- Pre-school, St John’s Episcopal Church, Wilmington, NC
- Kindergarten+2weeks 1st grade: Forest Hills Elementary School, Wilmington, NC
- 1st-3rd: Cary Elementary School, Cary, North Carolina
- 4th and 5th: Not Audubon? (have to look that one up)
- 6th and 7th: Theodore Roosevelt Middle School, Kenner, Louisiana
- 8th: Medford Middle School, Medford, New Jersey
- 9th and 10th: Lenape High School, New Jersey
- 11th and 12th: Germantown High School, Germantown, TN
- 1988-1993: University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
Of Grasshoppers
Student: I will not be overwhelmed! I will not panic!
Master: You will succeed.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: Does it ever get easier?
Master: When you quit making it hard.
