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EU Concerned About Google’s Street View Images - Yahoo! News

Friday, May 16th, 2008

EU Concerned About Google’s Street View Images - Yahoo! News
Yeah, the EU is concerned that Google is infringing on it’s territory…  At least, that is the feeling I got in Amsterdam.  There were cameras darn near everywhere in that city.

Follow up on Consumer Services and Warranty Activation Services Phone Calls

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Grant’s Grunts » Consumer Services and Warranty Activation Services Phone Calls
So, got another of these calls today, this time from a Ft. Lauderdale # 954-424-9037.  Actually made some “progress” with them by playing dumb.  Saying things like “I want the lower interest rate, but just need a little more information.”  I asked the guy how [...]

Torch in mainland China gets thunderous welcome - Yahoo! News

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

Torch in mainland China gets thunderous welcome - Yahoo! News
Gee, really?  What news!

Logging Frameworks Considered Harmful

Friday, April 25th, 2008

I’ve had it with logging frameworks.  Damn.  What started out as a good thing (log4j) has turned into this awful nightmare of configuration, classloading, religious wars, etc. all over something as stupid as printing out some stupid statement that most developers don’t even know how to make say something useful.
Seriously, SLF4j, Log4j, Java Util Logging, [...]

Where should conversation on race start? - Yahoo! News

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Where should conversation on race start? - Yahoo! News
“Let’s talk about what we have in common, common values, rather than what makes us different,” he says.
I want to relate a story from my days in academia.  Early on in my employment at a certain private University, all of the staff had to go to [...]

Global Warming as Global Distraction

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

I don’t doubt the earth may be getting a bit warmer (30 years ago we were predicting an ice age) but that probably isn’t that big of a deal in terms of the Earth (it may suck for a time, but, it probably doesn’t mean the end of our existence as I believe we will [...]