Larry’s Log

You know, if I could get my hands on a legitimate copy of Microsoft’s Visual Studio for around $100 I would probably try my hand at some of their .NET stuff.

I am so pleased to discover that the SC still holds our right to a day in court precious.
Congress did give the president authority to hold Hamdi, a four-justice plurality of the court said, but that does not cancel out the basic right to a day in court.

I personally feel so much more personal […]

It came two days early. Iraq is now officially a sovereign nation again. My take on it is that the early handover has probably foiled the Iraqi insurgents in any ideas they may have had in marking the day of handover with coordinated attacks on the new government. Aljazeera is reporting another take on the […]

The BBC (and probably others) is reporting an IE Browser flaw that could open a back door on your computer.

Dan brought this to my attention and it reminded me of how purposeful and single minded a child can be. When they relate to something it takes a lot to make multiple connections to things and symbols. In this case the beauty that can be seen in the female form only means one thing to […]

In addition to playing with Blogger again with my "Motorhead" blog I’m also experimenting with Wordpress and another hosting service.

I’m killing two birds with one stone. I’m trying out a different webhost and new blogging software. We’ll see how both go.

My friend, Jeff, has bought himself a bicycle and is determined to get back in shape. To chronicle this he has started a weblog. Jeff is your typical geek. He’s a 37 year old bachelor with a BSEE who loves beer and stale marshmellow peeps. He has a sample of just about every piece of […]

When I was about eight I had my mouth washed out with SOAP by my mother. I had called my little brother a shithead in the heat of an argument. I have been careful about my usage of profanity ever since.
Because of my experience with the positive effects of washing a child’s mouth out with […]

I haven’t said much about Ronald Regan’s death this past weekend. Anything I could say has been said by everyone else. I do want to mention that Ray Charles has died. His music meant a lot to me. I’ll miss him.

It means "fox-like" but it should mean "true grit." At the National Spelling Bee young Akshay Buddiga is given the word "alopecoid" and he faints dead on the spot but he isn’t out for the count. He takes a moment to compose himself and then nails the word. Who said spelling bees weren’t exciting.

I read in Yahoo! News an article about Claud Johnson, Robert Johnson’s illegitimate son. Claud finally received his inheritance from his father’s estate and the story tells about how little it has changed his life.
The story also goes a little into the trial where the courts decided that Claud Johnson was the heir to Robert […]