KeywordAssistant, now for Intel
A few months after I posted about not being able to use Keyword Assistant, my favorite iPhoto plugin, because it didn’t work on Intel Macs, I broke down and toggled iPhoto so that it would launch in PowerPC translation so I could use the plugin. It was slow, but it worked, and I could tag [...]
Friday Random 10:
A few tunes on today’s mix speak to my feeling of total disillusionment with the Senate, particularly the Johnny Cash, the Monk, and the Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet.
Johnny Cash, “I Hung My Head” (American IV: The Man Comes Around)
U2, “Spanish Eyes” (B-Sides 1980-1990)
Thelonious Monk, “Nutty” (Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane)
Ed Harcourt, “Black Dress” (Strangers)
Golden Gate [...]
Losing the war on civilization
The legislation that passed the senate yesterday, which legalizes torture, suspends habeas corpus, strips judicial oversight, and includes war crimes immunity in an effort to turn this proud nation into a Potemkin democracy, is in my opinion the saddest moment of our national history post-9/11. My favorite analyses:
New York Times: “ Congress passed a tyrannical [...]
