Ratlands.com is 4 years old today. I only know that because I had to pay the hosting and domain registration bill today. I seriously considered abandoning Ratlands; I haven’t been writing much lately and haven’t cranked out an essay in months. But, at roughly $10 a month, Ratlands is one of my less expensive vices, [...]
Also tagged Personal, pointless gesturesSometimes I’m just too tired to write. It seems like I’ve been at that point for weeks. So, you get 3 unrelated bits tonight. WordPress does a pretty good job of intercepting the comment spam that people try to dump on websites. But, I still have to get in and delete it en masse. For [...]
Also tagged Music, Personal, PoliticsOne of the nice things about the internet is that when you make a statement or take a position that is objectively wrong, any number of helpful individuals will step up, do the right thing, and point out your wrongness. In the comments to my previous post, such an individual took time out of their [...]
Also tagged humor, pointless gestures, wordsmithing, wtf?If you have no interest in dual-boot installations of Linux, come back tomorrow. I promise I’ll be on to something else by then. I installed Ubuntu Linux 9.10 on my 2nd hard drive a few days ago. It’s a pretty easy install. Either that or I’ve done it enough times that it isn’t quite as [...]
Also tagged Computers, pointless gesturesI was looking at the Ratlands site stats earlier this evening. Out in the real world, apparently somewhere between 25%-30% of people use a version of Firefox. In the Ratlands universe, 71% of the people who visited here last week used Firefox. I’m not sure what that means, but I still think it’s cool.
Also taggedThe FTC is now regulating bloggers. (via Gormogons) Basically, I face an $11,000 fine if I fail to disclose any freebies or payments I have been given for reviewing a company’s products. I’m given to understand that this includes books and other reading material. So, rather than risk being assessed a fine of $10,997 dollars [...]
Also tagged abuse of power, ethics, Nanny State, Science/Technology, social justiceI haven’t been posting much lately. The Head Rat’s twin sister has been in the hospital, the Head Rat and I have both been fighting some kind of cold or virus or something, I’ve got a number of pending issues at work, and, if I (for some unfathomable reason) must be honest, I finally succumbed [...]
Also tagged humor, Kansas, law, numbersFTC Looks To Regulate Blogger Credibility No worries here. I’ve got no credibility in the first place. (Actually, the proposal is to require disclosure if a blogger has been paid for a story or given a product to write a review. One of the author’s points was that no one is talking about requiring that [...]
Also tagged regulationI should probably check a calendar more often. I had to cancel dinner with my folks today. I’m working on some stuff for work that can’t be let go any longer. After I called Mom, I got that “dream where you think it’s finals week and you have a test for a class you forgot [...]
Also tagged moviesI’m always amazed at how do-gooders of all stripes get laws, regulations, ordinances, etc. passed and enforced and then are surprised that the end result didn’t turn out to be nirvana. If you believe that 1) government can fix anything and everything, 2) you are right and 3) you want it bad enough, I guess [...]
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