Another Brave Woman

While I’m talking about Ayaan Hirsi Ali, I thought it might be useful to remind everyone of Wafa Sultan.  If you missed this last February, here’s another chance.  Dr. Sultan, who lives in LA, is a Syrian-born Psychologist who gave a righteous beatdown to some Islamic caveman on al-Jazeera.
Predictably, she has since accumulated the standard [...]

Can I Get A Good Ax?

For the past few weeks, I’ve been helping out with an audit at work. My function has mainly been as a scribe, sitting in the conference room and doing my best to capture everything that happens during the nine or ten hours of auditing. My curse is my ability to type and my [...]

Of Course!

So, as a Dutch native, you are fortunate to count among your citizens one Ayaan Hirsi Ali.  Her story is inspiring.  Assigned to an arranged marriage in her native Somalia, she fled to your land and claimed asylum.  She learned your language, embraced your culture, and became an outspoken critic of a religion that is [...]

Focus

I got a chance over the weekend to watch Focus, finally. I’ve had the thing for almost a month now, and that isn’t the best way to optimize your Netflix utilization.
I stuck this in my queue about a year ago, and I don’t really recall why I did. It stars William H. Macy, [...]

OfficeFest

Chris Garrett attended OfficeFest this weekend (an overnight Saturday/Sunday ASL gathering that draws a decent crowd).  I couldn’t make it, but I’m looking forward to the next time.
Report is here.

links for 2006-05-16

Damien Katz: Signs You’re a Crappy Programmer (and don’t know it)
For the programmers out there…some of this was a bit over my head. Tell me if it is funny.
(tags: humor programming)

Why the B-2 is Still a Hanger Queen
Interesting piece on the burden of keeping a B-2 in the air. Good thing we have [...]