the flying geeks

It’s time again to ogle and fawn over Firefox with it’s newfound 2.0-ness.
This is a good upgrade. Nothing monumentally better than 1.5, but it’s cool to have real-time spell check.
Firefox 2.0 boasts new anti-phishing technology, better searching, and better usability. For me, it is worth upgrading. I think new users may want to wait for […]

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I have a really exciting Official Blog Announcement for my multitude of, ahem, three (+/- one) regular readers. You may now post comments on any entry without registering as a user.
It is pretty exciting, I know. Try to contain yourselves.
Stay tuned for further evidence that I am a captivating and mind-numbingly clever blogger.

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Stu and I have engaged in a lot of fanatical cheering for Detroit and the also the Mets in the past few weeks. The Mets lost to St. Louis, but the Detroit Tigers put a Manwich sized hurtin on the Spawns of Satan New York Yankees. Much uber joyful fist pumping ensued and then Detroit […]

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A Good Democrat Is Me, originally uploaded by j.geek.
I know it seems strange to donate money to a candidate who will not be representing my state. Somehow, donating to a person doesn’t seem like the egregious misrepresentation of values that out-of-state interests pouring money into Oregon ballot measures does.
I’m probably deluding myself.
But come on! They’re […]

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I found this YouTube video at BlueOregon and man is it revealing. Some conclusions I’ve drawn:
Ron Saxton: Blindly Repressed Republican
So, Ron Saxton is like your uptight, totally repressed, neighbor who you really love to have a chuckle about because he’s the only guy on the block displaying enough US flags to be able to legally […]

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When Cassidy was learning how to talk, she called her pacifier a pada (pronounced like prada, but without the r), so naturally, that’s what Riley calls her pacifier.
After touring the Lane County Home Improvement Show this afternoon, we were on our way home and talking about stopping at the grocery store. Here’s the conversation:
Me: Oh! […]

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