James Doohan, who played Scotty on Star Trek, got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. A number of his co-stars were also present.
Doohan recently revealed that he has Alzheimer’s and will be quitting the convention circuit.

It all comes clear: Send jobs overseas, win valuable prizes.

Once again I have to say there’s no one in contemporary American politics who speaks for me. I know I can’t be the only one who feels this way. I don’t want to be faced with the choice of voting for someone I don’t like or someone I don’t like less than the other one, [...]

Supposedly, IT worker turnover is staying low even as the economy “improves”. Could it be because there are simply fewer jobs and there’s no place to go?

I used to respect Sen. John McCain. Now I realize he’s drunk the koolaid like all the others.

Our municipal water tastes and smells a little funny because of an algae outbreak. But we don’t need to worry, or so county water officials say.

In that local case where evidence from a vehicle black box was in question, the judge has ruled it admissible. The data says the defendant was traveling 106 mph when he struck a car waiting at a red light.

I really don’t care one way or another what the new soccer stadium looks like as long as I don’t have to pay for it.

What is wrong with our society that we breed people like this animal?

Skype for Mac OS X is available. It’s a VOIP application that claims to be better (and cheaper) than Vonage. You’re limited to calling other Skype users but you can’t beat the price.

Despite being made aware of this, the latest Diebold voting machines still have a gaping security hole. Luckily, we’re not subjected to them here, at least yet.

The social software site Friendster fired Joyce Park because she blogged about their conversion from Java to PHP. If that bothers you (and it should), check out Jeremy Zawodny’s blog for info and directions on how to cancel your Friendster account.
As you may have guessed, I cancelled mine.