Link of the Day [11.01.08]

broderic on November 1, 2008

I tried OpenOffice years ago. This was when you had to run it as an x11 application. It totally sucked. Why? First, it had a non-native interface. X11 is Unix apps with all the window-y, unix-y stylizations that that entails. Second, it was slow. On my TiBook it was still rather silly to launch, and menus just appeared with a noticeable delay. Third, X11. You probably don’t run it. You probably shouldn’t run it. You need admin rights to launch OpenOffice. You need to know some command line kung fu as well. It was just painful to use, and I am glad to be using Pages or Google docs instead.

That said, it looks like they are getting around to making it an okay app to run on OS X.
Once it is out of open source/unix-y developers hands, it will take off.

http://www.openoffice.org/

Quote of the Day [10.31.08]

broderic on October 31, 2008

One. Two. Freddy’s comming for you
Three. Four. Better lock the door
Five. Six. Grab your crufix
Seven. Eight. Gonna stay up late
Nine. Ten. Never sleep again

Quote of the Day [10.30.08]

broderic on October 30, 2008

“The man who once asked me about my wedding date returned my gaze with a stare, shook the hand of the strangers to the right and left of me and continued out the door.”

Maeve Reston, LA Times

Link of the Day [10.30.08]

broderic on October 30, 2008

Rush Limbaugh is a pathetic person. Here he his complaining about the moderates in the Republican party going over to Obama. He says good riddance. I say good luck. For all you fools who thought Republicans were decent people, Rush Limbaugh is the embodiment of the current Republican, narrow-minded and prejudiced. It is not enough to think different, but you must think like Rush. I can’t wait for Tuesday to see his head asplode.

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_102408/content/01125111.guest.html

Konichiwa, iPhone desu

broderic on October 30, 2008

What are they selling? What are they saying? What’s with the dog? Is that a black person speaking Japanese? Is that manga? Can I read manga on MY iPhone, real manga and not the scanlations I can find on the web? Will it stream anime in Japan? Why can’t it stream anime in the US? My netflix queue is backed up with anime that I haven’t gotten to. They need a nendroid holding one of these…

The wonders of technology never cease to amaze!

(ht apple otaku)

Yes, have some

broderic on October 30, 2008

Coffee? Tea? Or me?

It’s beginning to feel like autumn. There’s a chill in the air. So mornings start off nice with a hot cup of coffee. Then, after lunch a cup of hot tea is nice as well. At night, some hot chocolate would help ease the day to slumber. And some Nozomi wouldn’t be bad at all.

Quote of the Day [10.29.08]

broderic on October 29, 2008

"Playoffs? Don't talk about playoffs. Are you kidding me? Playoffs? I'm
just hoping we can win a game, another game."Jim Mora former NFL coach

Link of the Day [10.29.08]

broderic on October 29, 2008

Why should those old fogies in Florida decide the outcome of the election? Why living in a thoroughly blue state with no chance for your red fool of a candidate keep you from appreciating your vote? Why should we have to worry about what the two people who live in Idaho and the four people in North Dakota need in their next president? Why do we still have an electoral college?

I don’t know. I don’t really care. I live in a thoroughly blue state that will always seem to do the right thing for me to worry about. I treat voting as a civic duty. I missed out on it for ten years, and when I did get to vote, the stupid old fogies elected president fucktard.

If you want your vote to count, then you should support the national popular vote referendum or whatever they call it. Even if you don’t, you should visit the site to understand why our system may be antiquated.

http://www.nationalpopularvote.com/