rss.xml http://ardvaark.net/rss.xml en The Dumping Ground 2007 120 Bitch Still Set Me Up http://ardvaark.net/bitch-still-set-me-up Time flies when you're having fun. Or smoking crack.

Can you believe it's been one whole year since I created bitchsetmeup.com? Unbelievable. The domain is set to expire today, unless I renew it.

]]> Fri, 09 May 2008 08:52:57 -0500 http://ardvaark.net/bitch-still-set-me-up Brian Finally The End of Overdraft Rape? http://ardvaark.net/finally-the-end-of-overdraft-rape I hate debit cards. With a passion. Your money is in your bank account for less time, thus earning less interest. Also, they don't come with the same level of consumer protection and fraud liability as the good old-fashioned credit card.

]]> Fri, 02 May 2008 07:39:16 -0500 http://ardvaark.net/finally-the-end-of-overdraft-rape Brian My Last Will and Testament, Part 1 http://ardvaark.net/my-last-will-and-testament-part-1 No, I haven't been diagnosed with anything.

]]> Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:34:35 -0500 http://ardvaark.net/my-last-will-and-testament-part-1 Brian The Future of Digital Archives http://ardvaark.net/the-future-of-digital-archives Ever since the announcement that portions of the Library's new Library of Congress Experience initiative would have some user-interface components implemented using Microsoft's Silverlight in exchange by Microso

]]> Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:52:24 -0500 http://ardvaark.net/the-future-of-digital-archives Brian Eon, Epoch, Era - Orders of Timely Magnitude http://ardvaark.net/eon-epoch-era-orders-of-timely-magnitude Yes, yes. We all know that humans are causing global climate change. We're responsible for increasing CO2 levels, and the resulting increase in temperatures.

]]> Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:01:12 -0500 http://ardvaark.net/eon-epoch-era-orders-of-timely-magnitude Brian Yet Another Vista Anecdote http://ardvaark.net/yet-another-vista-anecdote I upgraded to Vista SP1 this weekend. There really is no reason not to try, especially since the version I have has a disk-imaging backup tool. So I could lobotomize my machine and re-insert the old image if something went horribly wrong.

]]> Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:02:54 -0500 http://ardvaark.net/yet-another-vista-anecdote Brian No Backup On Battery in Vista http://ardvaark.net/no-backup-on-battery-in-vista With the release of Vista SP1, I decided it would be a good time to back up my computer - in case something went horribly wrong. Better safe than sorry, or somesuch.

]]> Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:27:25 -0500 http://ardvaark.net/no-backup-on-battery-in-vista Brian Suicide Rates Among Veterans http://ardvaark.net/suicide-rate-among-veterans Matt over at Machination wrote a little blurb on veteran suicide rates. I was immediately suspicious as to whether the statistic of 6,256 suicides in 2005 was actually meaningful, or whether it was just an attem

]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:01:28 -0500 http://ardvaark.net/suicide-rate-among-veterans Brian Google Picks American http://ardvaark.net/google-picks-american I'm not really the biggest sports fan in the world. I follow my teams, and even get excited about them, but I don't really care much for the arena of sports beyond that narrow window. Hedda, on the other hand, is a machine. She follows the teams, the stats, the players, and does it all unconsciously.

]]> Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:31:18 -0500 http://ardvaark.net/google-picks-american Brian The Other Thirty Percent http://ardvaark.net/the-other-thirty-percent I'm watching the Cubs - Zambrano just had a nice 1-2-3 inning - and in between the top and bottom of the first inning is a commercial for a drug for genital herpes.

One study found that up to 70% of people who had genital herpes got it from their partner when they had no signs of an outbreak.
]]> Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:20:58 -0500 http://ardvaark.net/the-other-thirty-percent Brian