Monthly Archives: January 2007

Hillary, Barack, Iraq, and 2008's Prospects

Those of you who’ve known me or have been reading my writing for a while will already know quite well my opinion of Hillary Clinton as a senator and as a presidential candidate. Now that Barack Obama has, essentially, thrown himself into the fray, I think some further discussion needs to happen. First and foremost, [...]

Restoring Power to UCSC's Campus

Excerpt from a conversation I just had with Thom amid the power disruptions today at UCSC’s campus. Tom Gerdes (work)11.50 it’s dark. I’m tired of it being dark.11.57 damn it max11.57 make it less dark in here max stahl11.58 *starts a fire* Tom Gerdes (work)11.58 wooo… you rock. (power’s back on)11.59 that was actually kinda [...]

On Safari

I wrote a long while ago about standards compliance and how the ACID2.0 test really is a valid thing to strive for, but today’s experiences with Safari, which is ACID2.0 compliant, have shown me the other side of this argument. Standards, when you’re talking about the world wide web, are by this point a constantly [...]