January « 2006 « Sam's Thoughts

Who’s reading this blog?

So I was checking the logs to see where readers of this blog are coming from. The stats plug-in I use for wordpress records stuff like how many hits I get, where they are coming from if following links from other sites, what google and yahoo search terms readers are using to find this site [...]

January 31st, 2006 | Category: politics, this and that | 4 comments

On the plus side

Congrats to one of my other co-workers Cheryl, her husband Rob and the now one day old Ryan Alexander! Better late than never. I’m almost positive they don’t read this or even know about it, but best of luck anyway!

January 30th, 2006 | Category: this and that | Leave a comment

Just when you think you’re out…

…They pull you back in! I was just talking to one of my colleagues here in the office. Over the weekend he was talking to his cousin who has been out the military for nine years. He just got notice from the defense department that he is being reactivated. He will have two weeks of [...]

January 30th, 2006 | Category: politics | 2 comments

Dave Winer on friendship

Dave Winer has a wonderful essay on friendship. Definitely worth a read.

January 28th, 2006 | Category: this and that | Leave a comment

Scary!

If there is one thing the world doesn’t need it is in-focus images of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. At least not any pictures taken in the last 10 years. Now don’t get me wrong, I love the Rolling Stones. But these guys are getting seriously old. Mick and Keith are both 62 years old [...]

January 28th, 2006 | Category: this and that | 2 comments

If ever there was a time…

…This is the time for a filibuster. Samuel Alito has no business being on the Supreme Court. Any judge nominated by George Bush has no business on the court. Finally John Kerry is showing some spine. He and Ted Kennedy are leading a filibuster of the Alito nomination. I urge you to call your senators [...]

January 27th, 2006 | Category: politics | Leave a comment

Ther is hope for the future

I found this on Digg.com. Earlier today attorney-general Alberto Gonzales, the guy who wrote the memos justifying the Bush administration’s torture policy, spoke to law students at Georgetown University. He was trying to justify the blatently illegal spying on Americans by the NSA and CIA. During the speech some of the students stood up [...]

January 25th, 2006 | Category: politics | Leave a comment

What the hell is a Geely?

During the Detroit Auto Show that just concluded, a Chinese made car was displayed for the first time in North America. Geely “showed off” their 7151 CK. Now there is a name that just rolls off the tongue doesn’t it? Autoblog has an item about it and also some more pictures. Now I haven’t personally [...]

January 24th, 2006 | Category: cars | Leave a comment

Brilliant new Honda ad from the UK

Watching TV ads in the US is generally tedious at best if not downright annoying. Half of the time you can’t even figure out what the hell they are trying to sell. On the other hand ads from other parts of the world are often brilliant. A couple of years ago Honda UK did [...]

January 22nd, 2006 | Category: cars | Leave a comment

New stuff I’m listening to.

I’ve bought a some great new music in the past couple of weeks. I picked up Severed by Munk. Munk has kind of Nine Inch Nails feels to it. I heard Munk on Accident Hash and a few other podcasts. Earlier this week I also heard Edison Rocket Train on The Rock and Roll [...]

January 21st, 2006 | Category: music | Leave a comment
 
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