Apple’s new Mac/Intel ad
Steve Jobs introduced some way cool stuff today, and this new ad will no doubt be a classic. http://www.apple.com/intel/ads/
Google Earth now available for Mac [updated]
The good news just keeps coming today for Mac users! Google Earth now on Mac. [update] Way cool application, nice to see Google supporting the Mac. I’m having fun zooming around the globe. So far no major problems.
Garmin announces support for Mac OS X
Most excellent news! I’ve been using an old Windows laptop to run MapSource and dowload maps to my Legend GPS… I’ll be very happy to be dump that thing in the trash and use a Mac. And we’re more likely to get a more powerful unit such as the 2610 to use in the car [...]
Of corruption and pork
The Jack Abramoff indictment is just the tip of the iceberg… The stench from Washington has been growing worse, but maybe the current round of scandals will provide the exposure needed to force behavior, and the system, to change. Heck, even Newt Gingrich has jumped on the reform bandwagon. Sadly, the Repulicans have created a [...]
Fancy Parking
I guess I’m not the only one who parks this way… Fancy Parking — browse over the the About page, and read it all the way through. When I had my F350 diesel in Texas several years ago I quickly learned that backing-in is a much easier way to park, and exit.
What can we learn from history?
Bruce Thornton’s essay, Reflection on 1862, is a thought-provoking and well-written article. Unfortunately, historical perspective seems to be lacking in much of the critical coverage of the war on terror; rather, we seem to be fed a lot of hysterical perspective. Thornton shows that was also true for Lincoln and the US Civil War. History [...]
Is Osama bin Laden dead?
Michael Ledeen writes in National Review Online that Osama bin Laden died in mid-December and was buried in Iran. This will be great news if it can be confirmed.
Heroes
Bravery. Sacrifice. Courage. American heroes in 2005.
Mac OS X Tiger Secrets
Courtesy of Macworld, Tiger Secrets Declassified: Secret shortcuts. Hidden helpers. Mysterious menus. You could spend months tracking down all the undocumented features tucked away in Mac OS X 10.4, Apple‘s newest operating system. But chances are, you’re too busy using Tiger for more-important tasks—such as doing your job. So Macworld sent in a team of [...]
Custom Lego Models
Way cool – The Legos Web site now has a feature that lets you create your own Legos design, and have the pieces sent to you to build. Check out the Lego.com Factory. It’s even compatible with Mac OS X!
Speaking Truth to Power
Representative John Murtha has become the darling of the press and the Democratic Party for his continued criticism of the Iraq war and claims that our troops should be pulled out. Some have complimented him for “speaking truth to power” (see Speak Truth to Power, John Kerry’s Online Office, MyDD, and News Hounds). Representative Murtha [...]
Albright, Kennedy, Gore and Kerry, Liars?
The news I discussed below on the latest evidence of Saddam’s terrorist training camps provides an opportunity to ask if the leading critics of the Administration’s Iraq policy have been lying: “I never believed in the link between Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda and Islamist terrorism,†former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright flatly declared [...]
Saddam’s Terror Training Camps
Stephen Hayes writes in the Weekly Standard on new information being gleaned from documents of Saddam Hussein’s regime seized in Iraq over the past few years. THE FORMER IRAQI REGIME OF Saddam Hussein trained thousands of radical Islamic terrorists from the region at camps in Iraq over the four years immediately preceding the U.S. invasion, [...]
Consumer Electronics Show 2006
There are many announcements and cool new products showing at the CES in Las Vegas. Huge 103″ HDTVs, Blu-Ray and HD DVD players, wannabe iPod killers, gadgets, computers, etc. Here’s some links to sites with news: Endgadget has lots of news, and is live-blogging many of the keynotes and presentations. HD Beat Popular Mechanics CES [...]