A Resolution for March 12th
Posted by Daryl in Deep Thoughts on March 13th, 2009
As of today, I’m going to stop trying to write beautiful prose for this blog. I’ve managed to do it before, with articles like Lake of Fire, Anyone? and Will the Real Slim Shady Please Shoot Paris Hilton, perhaps I don’t need to continue to prove that I’m witty.
I’ve got dozens – literally dozens – of articles in an unfinished state. Either drafts on this site that will never get finished, or text files on my computer that will likely see the same fate. It’s got to stop, because too many good ideas are getting stuck in the machine.
I don’t have to prove myself, so I’m not going to. Here’s to more blog entries and fewer novellas.
Funniest Picture Ever.
I got this today and it’s got to be one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.
HDMI Cable Shenanigans
Posted by Daryl in Technology on July 16th, 2008
So last week I got a new TV. It’s about time, as the set we had was almost beyond shame.
What the thing is is irrelevant to wha I want to say, but safe to say it’s a flat panel LCD with several HDMI inputs on the back.
We had the cable people come out and give us a new HD cable box. It’s got all manner of outputs on the back of it – cable, composite, s-video, component and HDMI. I elected to go HDMI because I know it’s the only digital signal of the bunch and I thought it surely must allow the best picture quality. Read the rest of this entry »
Michelle Obama: Proud.
I can’t believe how much of a dustup has ensued from the following – seemingly inocuous – quotation:
“For the first time in my adult life I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback.” (CNN)
Regardless of your political affiliation, I don’t see how you could take this to mean that Mrs. Obama was ever anything but a proud American.
Did anyone on the right stop to consider what might actually be going through her mind? And what it means?
Mildewd: You don’t want to be one.
Posted by Daryl in Deep Thoughts on June 20th, 2008
mildewd (alt. mildude) [mil-dyüd] noun, informal: 1. a man, formerly fastidious in dress and/or manner, who has now allowed himself to deteriorate with advancing age. 2. clothing that would only be worn by such an individual. (plural: mildewds)
Some examples:
- “Man, get a haircut. You’re such a mildewd.”
- “That shirt was mildewd 20 years ago.”
- “I don’t want to go to Shifty McNasty’s, it’s a bar for mildewds.”
- “The mildewd, no longer fashionably late, received a scowl from the prestigious crowd.”
I hereby submit this word to the English language. If you have other, more interesting uses, of the word – please feel free to leave them in a comment.
Special thanks to SarZ for causing me to think of this.
Where is Our Say?
Posted by Daryl in Deep Thoughts, Politics, Technology on June 14th, 2008
Yesterday a reprehensible piece of legislation was introduced in the Canadian House of Commons that stands to make millions of otherwise law-abiding Canadians criminals. It also stands to expose those same millions to lawsuits that could ruin lives, careers and families for the simple crime of shifting songs from a lawfully purchased CD to a lawfully purchased iPod or other device or storage format. Welcome to the 21st Century, bitches.
The Federal Minister of Industry, Jim Prentice, says “This bill reflects a win-win approach.”
Just who will be doing all the winning with this is pretty clear. And it’s not me and you.
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/06/12/tech-copyright.html
Taser Report Delayed? Leak it!
From CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/06/12/taser-report.html
Okay, now it’s all gone too far. I call shenanigans on this sorry damn excuse of a Federal Government, and I especially call out Stockwell “Doris” Day for delaying a report so that he might put some of his own spin on it before it gets released.
I don’t think there could be one single, solitary, non-bullshit reason given by any sane person to justify delaying such an anticipated report for any period of time at all…let alone for SIX DAYS.
Obviously, there’s something in there that very much concerns our Mr. Day.
I call upon anyone in possession of a copy of this report to leak it to the media immediately. Do your own conscience a favour and do your country a service by releasing this report before Doris puts his stamp on it. Please.
Accommodation?
Posted by Daryl in Deep Thoughts, Politics on May 28th, 2008
Western law is entirely based on the premise that you may do whatever you wish, as long as it hurts no one else.
For all the volumes of laws and charters and everything else we have that defines what we are and are not allowed to do, that basic tenet rings true.
I love Canada. We don’t have the economic or industrial power of many countries, and we certainly don’t have the largest population or even the largest land mass. Canada doesn’t come first on very many lists of any consequence…though I’m not sure how many of those lists would be written by Canadians. Read the rest of this entry »
Hillary, Give it Up Already
Posted by Daryl in Deep Thoughts, Politics on May 23rd, 2008
Dear Hillary,
I’d just like to thank you for running such a good campaign for the Democratic Nomination, at least up until a while back when you started talking about white people liking you more and blowing Iran off the map. Not that I necessarily disagree that there will come a time when Iran needs the rubber-hose treatment, but this isn’t the sort of thing a potential President should be saying.
Olympic Boycott
Posted by Daryl in Deep Thoughts, Politics on March 28th, 2008
Nobody seems to be saying this outright yet, so I’ll say it for all of us that are thinking it:
