Monthly Archives: December 2005

Crunks ’05: The Year in Media Errors and Corrections is funny, though most of the humor was unintentional. If nothing else, it’s an object lesson in not getting all your news from a single source. Tags: MSM errors

They used to market Rochester with the slogan “I’d Rather Be In Rochester, It’s Got It!” It still does, if you define “it” as “unhealthy air”, that is. Tags: Rochester pollution

I’m not sure if I’ve ever mentioned Ruby on Rails but it’s a web application framework based on the Ruby language. It’s been getting a lot of press recently and they just announced version 1.0, so it’s probably stable enough … Read More →

Southern states won’t be getting Great Lakes water, thanks to a new agreement between the US and Canada. I have nothing against them, but the ecology is fragile enough as it without a drastic lowering of the lake levels. Tags: … Read More →

Now that Diebold’s direbag CEO has resigned, does this mean they’ll give up on their flawed electronic voting machines? Or just their GOP money raising? Tags: Diebold corruption

Whoa. A British reality TV show has sent three “space tourists” into space on a five day mission. Only they haven’t left Earth. They actually managed to find people dumb enough to think that the lack of weightlessness is due … Read More →

In a startling development, Fast Ferry officials actually released a marketing a plan. Of course, it’s been two years since it started, but better late than never I guess. Tags: Rochester ferry fiasco

If you’re a sysadmin, the Top 10 System Administrator Truths are for you. If you’re an end user, 8 End-User Troubleshooting Tips is the place to go. Tags: sysadmin IT