Blog posts

1. blogging since...

   Jokerbone archives go back to 2002. I have “posts” on a “homepage” going back to July of '99 . Does that count? Have I been “blogging since 1999”? Supposing I had, is that a point of pride or shame?…

2. ways and means

   Congressman Nancy L. Johnson (R-CT), Chairman, Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Ways and Means, today announced that the Subcommittee hearing on the Medicare Drug Discount Card, previously…

3. vi command line editing

   I’ve always been annoyed at my lack of ability to be annoyed with bash ’s default to emacs-style command line editing long enough to learn simple emacs commands. set -o vi Problem solved. Add it to…

4. XM Radio

   After driving past their headquarters visible from NY Ave, NW on the way to and from the B/W Parkway with the knowledge that the 3+ hours a day in my car could be better spent, I’ve finally broken…

5. don't send me .dee oh see

   Erk mentioned that I haven’t ranted about EULA’s in a while. There’s a great /. thread following a post about a Microsoft document giving ‘partners’ tips for how to sell MS Office to people…