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Thursday, February 1st, 2007

Okay, So One More Note About The Hack

I am going to restore at least the text of the missing posts and assign them to the right days, but I’m not sure about the links (that might be kind of tough to reconstruct in some cases). I might be able to restore some of your comments on those posts, too, based on my […]

6 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing by Mark

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

Good News, Bad News

Well, I got hacked earlier, if you missed the excitement, and as you can see below, I lost about a day and a half’s worth of stuff.
That’s the bad news (and a note to the hacker - I’d be expecting a nasty letter from a law firm in your near future).
The good news far outweighs […]

9 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing by Mark

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Windows Vista Round 2

Well, a couple of people weren’t too happy with my crapping all over Vista yesterday, so I thought I’d post an update.
One reader commented that I should check my hardware, as it sounded like I had one or more bad drivers - and it’s true, I was having great difficulty in loading the proper video […]

2 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing by Mark

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Biden’s Racial Condescension: The Left Reacts

John McIntyre highlights some of the reaction to Joe Biden’s “he’s so articulate!” gaffe re: Barack Obama from the left’s leading blogging lights. Short version: I predict Biden will be forced to make some sort of public apology…
UPDATE 4:15 p.m.: From the “remove the log from thin own eye” department…
No one has caught this yet, […]

1 Comment » - Posted in Navel-Gazing, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, 2008 News, Democratic Candidates by Mark

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Windows Vista: A Disaster

Well, if you follow this blog closely, you know I had a lot of problems with the Windows Vista Beta 2 program. You also know that I didn’t have any more luck with Windows Vista Release Candidate 1.
Now, I’ve got the real deal: the offical Windows Vista Home Premium, clean installed. Yep, I wiped my […]

17 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing by Mark

Monday, January 29th, 2007

Obama In The Big Easy

Barack pays a visit to New Orleans:
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama toured hurricane-scarred New Orleans on Monday after criticizing the White House for the slow pace of recovery from storms that hit the Gulf Coast almost a year and a half ago.
“There is not a sense of urgency out of this White House and this […]

5 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing, Barack Obama, Democratic Candidates by Mark

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

No Conspiracy After All

If you live in Austin (or if you read my blog) you might remember a little scare a couple of weeks back when some birds showed up dead and downtown was evacuated. Well, it was no big deal, after all:
The Great Austin Grackle Kill of ‘07 had all sides engaged. Had the birds, which number […]

6 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing by Mark

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

A Rare Sight

For those of you in the Midwest or the North, this will sound rather quaint, but here in Austin, we have a rare treat today: snow. Even better is that my three-day weekend has extended to four, since the powers-that-be are warning folks to stay off the icy roadways.
In all the years I’ve live in […]

No Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing by Mark

Monday, January 8th, 2007

I’ve Been Tagged!

You know those things where you answer some questions sent to you and send them on to someone else…well, our good friend Academic Elephant has included me (her answers here). The subject: five things you don’t know about me. Hmm…well, let’s see:
1. I was a National Merit Scholar. That will surprise many of you, no […]

14 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing by Mark

Monday, January 8th, 2007

Strange Doings In My Neck Of The Woods

Not sure what to make of this:
Police shut down 10 blocks of businesses in the heart of downtown Austin early Monday after dozens birds [sic] were found dead.
Experts were testing for any sort of environmental contaminant or gas or chlorine leaks that might have killed off the animals, police spokeswoman Toni Chovanetz said.
There were […]

4 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing by Mark

Friday, January 5th, 2007

Tip Of The Day

I didn’t know it, you didn’t know it, but now we both know it, thanks to Slate’s Timothy Noah…and it could really be news you can use, to boot…

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Sunday, December 31st, 2006

It’s Approaching Midnight In My Neck Of The Woods…

…so I’ll just simply say a very Happy New Year to you all.
Thanks for your readership, and may you and yours have a safe, healthy, prosperous 2007.
God bless…

5 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing by Mark

Saturday, December 30th, 2006

The Decision ‘08 Help Desk Is Open

Regular readers know that from time to time my geeky side comes out and I post little tips for people who might be doing Google searches for computer problems.
Here’s a new one:
You’ve got a Linksys or other router for your internet connection so that you can, say, use your Xbox Live account without sacrificing your […]

4 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing by Mark

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

A Demonstration Of Why I’m In The Second Tier

Wretchard of the Belmont Club puts the pretenders like me to shame with this long, definitive, learned, epochal post on the blogosphere at war. Comment from me would be superfluous…

4 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing, In Praise Of by Mark

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006

A-Ha, So THAT’s Why All The John Edwards Searches Are Heading My Way!

I blogged below about the weird amount of traffic I’m getting (from a most unusual mirror of my site) off of the Google search “John Edwards ‘08″. Well, it appears that Edwards had to take his website down after an early head start:
Former Democratic vice-presidential nominee John Edwards is running for president for a second […]

1 Comment » - Posted in John Edwards, Navel-Gazing, 2008 News, Democratic Candidates by Mark

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006

Interesting…

…to no one but me, perhaps, but hey, maybe you’ll find it diverting.
I’m getting a lot of traffic today from people looking for info about John Edwards and his ‘08 blog (does such a thing exist? This inquiring mind is not too concerned). In fact, a Google search for John Edwards ‘08 lands with my […]

3 Comments » - Posted in John Edwards, Navel-Gazing, 2008 News, Democratic Candidates by Mark

Friday, December 22nd, 2006

I Got Nothing…

…a big, fat nothing. I’m starting to feel like Atrios here, I’ve got such a case of blogger’s block.
So, if there’s anyone around who isn’t traveling or busy with family, two questions:
What was the biggest story of 2006?
Who’s your nominee for Yearly Jackass?
Enquiring minds want to know…

9 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing, Weekly Jackasses by Mark

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

The Problem With Monolithic Thinking

Rich Lowry suffers from the flip side of the delusion of Joseph Rago:
First Lady Laura Bush spoke for many conservatives when she excoriated the media’s coverage of Iraq the other day. She complained that “the drumbeat in the country from the media … is discouraging,” and said “there are a lot of good things happening […]

1 Comment » - Posted in Navel-Gazing, Iraq, NY Times/Media Watch by Mark

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

No Fan, He

Joseph Rago of the Wall Street Journal is less than enamored of blogs:
The blogs are not as significant as their self-endeared curators would like to think. Journalism requires journalists, who are at least fitfully confronting the digital age. The bloggers, for their part, produce minimal reportage. Instead, they ride along with the MSM like remora […]

8 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing by Mark

Saturday, December 16th, 2006

No Blogging Today…

…because I was with family. Actually, my nephew Mason graduated from Texas Tech University today with a B.A. in Philosophy. Congrats to Mason, and here’s hoping you all had a wonderful Saturday…