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The techies will enjoy this picture of the inside of a Garmin GPS.

I woke at 2:30am and lacked the will power to stay up. Ugh!

So, on a different philosophical question, I now wonder if it was wrong of me to post the reply to an email I sent. This will require some thinking. At the time of posting I thought it only fair that since people saw the initial message that they also see the reply. The reply had additional information which justified the actions of 3GuysHosting. South Knox Bubba posted entire exchanges between SKB and Brian Conley. Enron email became public. But are these types of publications out of bounds? Can email not be sent with the assumption that the world is going to read it? If I sent a letter by postal mail the same thing could happen. The recipient could publish the letter in a newspaper or produce copies and distribute them.

Too much thinking before coffee. Time to brew!

The only secret kept is the one not spoken.

Cooter’s Place, a "Dukes" memorabilia shop in Gatlinburg, Tenn is owned by none other than Cooter himself! (who abbreviates Tenneessee Tenn anymore?) He runs the website Cooter’s Place where he advises against seeing the Dukes of Hazzard movie due to profanity and sexual content.

I would have not have expected a response. Mike Quinlan responds to my earlier email pointing out that he bought the domain rather than forcefully shutting the site down; however, he continues to say that had the site been one of his customers he would have done the same thing.

Mr. McCaughan,

Did you have the joy of seeing Mr. Crook’s site before you sent this to me? Just in case you didn’t here are a couple quotes for you:

Our problem is this: the military is a lifestyle these morons chose. What idiot risks their life for a country? It’s what they chose. Forsake our Troops! They must think that if they go to war, they don’t need to pay taxes just……just like the rest of us. Let ’em die in combat– we don’t need their ilk!

Number of US soldiers killed in the Iraq War, of their own doing, because they CHOSE to be leeches: 1,574. These scumbags deserved what they got.

Even more entertaining is this photo of a dead US soldier. It’s entertaining, because there’s something called owning your actions. He chose his path, and now we as a country have to pay his survivors benefits and pay for his burial, not to mention the fact that a chaplain still has to go out and tell the blubbering widow, which is another waste of resources, and that is just disgusting. He chose to join, and because of that, Forsake The Troops strongly feels that he should just be thrown in a ditch somewhere and left to rot. This soldier was not a victim of anything else but his own poor choices. Forsake The Troops spits on him and all other “veterans” who died because of something that they chose to do. No sympathy here.

Mr. Crook, was never a customer of mine (but if he was the outcome would be the same). I purchased the domain name (from him) to remove it.

I have no problem with the pro or anti war crowed as long as they can make there point intelligently which Michael Crook obviously can not.

One final note, I have not spent the last 15 years in the military to listen to the kind of crap he is spewing or to have people like you call me un-American!!

Respectfully,

Mike Quinlan

Not yet sure that I want to respond to his email with anything more than a "thank you." I am a little taken back that he missed the point of my email and thinks I called "him" un-American.

…I find your censorship with such judgmental arrogance to be equally offensive and un-American.

My reference being toward a business. This would be akin to the landlords of a shopping center putting chains on Borders’ front doors because the landlords felt selling Harry Potter books conflicted with their Christian beliefs. Now, purchasing the domain from Michael Crook and taking the site down is a different matter. Perhaps 3GuysHosting should have better worded their message.

I do think that Michael Crook is a bloody idiot trying to get himself a little "fame."

Kudos to arcite!

I mean, we have warnings about smoking but what about religion and other cult group activities? Why not insist that all places of worship carry health warning: Danger, potentially irrational and intolerant thinking ahead! "Don’t follow leaders, watch the parking meters."

Read his full post from Tuesday, July 12, 2005.

Following the great turmoil and unmasking of South Knox Bubba I have seen many bloggers come out of the anonymous closet. I have a new found awe for a blog I enjoy reading regularly. B.K.DeLong of Brainstream has never hidden his identity but until his post yesterday morning I never associated him as a co-founder of The Leaky Cauldron!

Leaky was founded by Kevin C. Murphy as a method of archiving the great amount of Potter news circulating on the Web.

May he serve as the inspiration for me to accomplish something that doesn’t suck eggs quite as badly as TN Lottery Results (overly blatant plug?)

Student: I don’t have time.
Master: Make time.

Expect the Wayback Machine to go away. "Internet Archive sued over Wayback Machine"

The nonprofit Internet Archive, now nearly ten years old, is on the defending end of a bizarre copyright lawsuit.

If we were wiser people, instead of shutting down websites when American lawyers line their pockets and destroy the best innovation man kind has for collaboration and intellectual advancement (with the Internet in its current state I can find in minutes what used to require a physical trip to the library) we would simply move the websites outside of the United States. The Internet belongs to the world and should not be tainted and ruined with stupid US laws.

The Wayback Machine is not a copyright infringement; it’s a necessary preservation of electronic history!

Perhaps label making isn’t very exciting. But at least the employees have a sense of humor!

The rain is here.

A web designer makes the shape of the car, decides what kind of tires it will have, 4 doors or 2, and most importantly the color.

A web application programmer builds the engine, connects all the wiring, puts the doors on the hinges, mounts the tires, and fills it up with gas.

A web application developer can work his tail off making the engine of the car move the car and to please the client the developer can add some piping that also lets the engine brew his coffee while he drives. The client might get excited about the feature but may never appreciate the effort that went into running the pipes for the coffee maker without adversely affecting the performance of the car or the appearance. While the developer de-prioritizes such minor things as the final washing and waxing of the car, the client fixates on "why hasn’t this car been washed yet?" and of course right after applying the wax the client will say "hmmm. Don’t you think this would look better in blue?" or "I think we should only have 2 doors."

Student: I will disappoint someone today.
Master: Better than disappointing everyone.

We had a visitor on our porch this morning. Tommy discovered the frog while walking the dog. He said he would not have noticed had the cat not been sitting staring at it. We decided it best to help it hop along before the cat beat it to death. It was very calm in my hand and as the shock wore off it jumped about two feet. I forgot how fun frogs can be! I’m happy to see we have them in the yard and that an extra leg isn’t growing out of its forehead. 

Someone is pondering a snack.