Goodbye 2004
Well, here we go! One minute before midnight! This past year has definitely been interesting. I posted 135 blog entries in 2004, including this one. We start...
Laser on my Plane
As the plane on which Hedda and I were flying approached National Airport Wednesday night, I was looking out the window of the airplane, and I noticed this h...
Encrypted Video Game Files
I received Half-Life 2 from Mom & Dad McGowan for Christmas. The game is supposed to be great, and I’m looking forward to it. But so far, I am not impres...
How To Fly For Free
Hedda and I are sitting in Dulles Airport right now. We were waiting to fly home for Christmas. However, the flight was way oversold and we decided to volunt...
Evil American Express Telemarketing
For the past week or so, I’ve been getting a single phone call every day from a mysterious number: +1 888.389.6736. The first several times the call came thr...
Stacked Browsing (and other Extensions)
While I’m browsing the web, I use Firefox tabs as a sort of “browsing stack”. I tend to start out on something, and then branch off into other things by open...
Sanitization of the Past
Rory has an interesting post that starts with the sexuality of Lewis Carroll. Basically, he’s amazed at how sanitized much of our history and culture is.