Archive for August, 2008
The Bastiat Solution
Posted by in government, philosophical, politics on August 29, 2008
The Goal Is Freedom: The Bastiat Solution | The Foundation for Economic Education: In Brief. Everyone–especially politicians–should be required to read Bastiat. Especially before they vote.
A real Space Oddity arrives at PC Pro
A real Space Oddity arrives at PC Pro | PC Pro blog. Holy cow. This is one tiny machine. I mean, 90% of the internal volume of this thing has got to be the connectors… Absolutely insane.
How To Remotely Install Debian Over A RH Based Distro
Posted by in freaky, hack, linux, open source, technical on August 26, 2008
How To Remotely Install Debian Over A RH Based Distro | HowtoForge. This is seriously geeky, but pretty stinking cool. The only downside? One mistake, and you’re screwed. Kind of like skydiving. Or bullfighting. 
The Right to Earn a Living Under Attack
Posted by in business, economics, government, philosophical, politics on August 21, 2008
The Right to Earn a Living Under Attack | The Foundation for Economic Education: In Brief. An excellent example of what “licenses” are really about.
Want to know a major reason that medical costs are so high? Between licenses and malpractice lawsuits, you’ve got your answer…
EASEUS
EASEUS: Free, Easy, Non-destructive Partition Management – AppScout. This looks like a really cool little utility. I need to check it out…
Talking To Pirates
Talking To Pirates. Well, at least somebody is listening. Too bad that the EA’s and Activision’s of the world aren’t. 
Chemist allowed to go home, sans his lab
Posted by in freaky, government, philosophical on August 13, 2008
Worcester Telegram & Gazette News | Chemist allowed to go home, sans his lab. The government is just here to protect you. From yourself. Because we know more about your vocation than you do.
Idiots.
Play Unplayable Videos on your PC
3 Ways to Play Unplayable Videos on your PC | MakeUseOf.com. I use VLC all the time–and highly recommend it–but the “build an executable movie” option is just way cool.
Eee Box B202 small form factor PC
Posted by in components, gadget, technical, web on August 11, 2008
ASUS’s Eee Box B202 small form factor PC – The Tech Report. If this thing would run HD video well, I would buy one in a heartbeat. But, unfortunately, it doesn’t, so I’ll have to stick with something else.
When Google Maps fails you…
xkcd – When Google Maps fails you… Luckily, I haven’t gotten directions like this yet.