Archive for August, 2009


Dojo Info 8/31/09

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Microsoft drops price of Xbox 360 Elite, kills Pro
This might be timely given that ours didn’t turn on yesterday… then it did. Early warning system?
What if I were Rick Pitino’s pastor?
Very thoughtful and well-written response by Paster Prather.
Mr Anonymous – Some Gal A Move
Mr Anonymous is jeep who’s great but has gone a bit reggae.
China’s [...]

WordPress Upgrade In Effect

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

Just made all the file moves to 2.8.4 of WordPress but I already see some silliness happening here. May take some time to figure it out but I wanted to move to a newer version so that I can “Upgrade Automatically” which is uber-keen.

Dojo Info 8/18/09

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

Video: Loaded: Swine flu, the game
Seriously? These are the best ideas you guys can come up with?!?
Reflecting on the DTV transition
Wildly more expensive than it needed to be, IMO.
Google’s Caffeine: A jolt to search rankings?
Just when I started to get some 1st page listings too. 8^(
Video game sales in free fall
The prevalence of the me-too [...]

The Don’t Song

Monday, August 17th, 2009

Great stuff. Creating these is harder than you might think.

Abortions Covered by Obamacare

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

It’s a sad state of affairs that mankind has come to this. Human life should be so easy to eliminate.
For those of you keeping track, the number of proofs that abortion is included in the health care overhaul officially hit seven yesterday at a townhall meeting in San Jose, California. House Democrat Rep. Zoe Lofgren [...]

Obama Interview: End of Life & Healthcare

Friday, August 14th, 2009

From the piece After the Great Recession by David Leonhardt.
THE PRESIDENT: Now, I actually think that the tougher issue around medical care — it’s a related one — is what you do around things like end-of-life care —
LEONHARDT: Yes, where it’s $20,000 for an extra week of life.
THE PRESIDENT: … Exactly. [...]

John Wall Is Downright Nasty

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

Start praying now that Mr. Wall stays a second year at UK… even though that’s highly unlikely.

Blind Youth ‘Sees’ With Sound

Monday, August 10th, 2009

Ben Underwood is truly amazing. How amazing is the human body and brain to be able to make such incredible adjustments. Fearfully and wonderfully made we are.

Obama Pushes Healthcare Takeover Against Public Opinion

Friday, August 7th, 2009

This stuff is maddening. There’s never been a large United States program that was later scrapped. If Obama succeeds in pushing the healthcare legislation, that in the most conservative estimates is $1,000,000,000,000, then you can bet our economy will accelerate into a dangerous tailspin.
I have more thoughts, but can’t articulate as well as like Tony [...]

Dojo Info 8/4/09

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

Study: Texting while driving increases crash risk 23-fold
I would have guessed 47-fold but in any event… it’s a very bad idea.
The top 10 songs the Web brought back
Why any band wouldn’t want to be part of rhythm games is beyond me.
Hawaii coach takes voluntary pay cut
So this coach, Greg McMackin, goes off and says a [...]