Archive for November, 2008
Electronic Voting: How is it so damned hard?
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008OK, so it’s the eve of the US Presidential election so I thought it was worth taking a minute to rant about how screwed up the US has gotten their implementation of ballot casting.
At first I just couldn’t understand how they made it so damned hard. Then I saw a ballot paper. For my non-US [...]
TV I watch: American Chopper
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008I watch a bit of TV, and often voraciously consume any new program that grabs my interest. On the Discovery Channel a couple of years back I “discovered” American Hot Rod. I think they were having an episode-per-night month of repeats. So I watched them all and then kept watching for new episodes coming out.
I’d [...]
What do I, Barack Obama and Darth Vadar have in common?
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008I’m a big fan of Penny Arcade, a comic strip about gaming — even though I’m not into gaming that much. Gabe, the artist, is just fantastic.
They recently released a game that features the characters from their comic strip called “On the rain slick precipice of darkness” which I’ve never played, but when I read [...]