Thoughts on the world and the things in it.
I might be a little late to the party, but I just had to write something about “Into the Wild“. I saw the film this weekend with my sister and her partner. Both of them are consummate outdoors men and having spent my fair share outdoors we were all moved …
So far only one company has bother responding to my boycott, Omega. I got some automated replies, but so far this is only real response. Dear Mr Hamel, Thank you for your e-mail and for sharing with us your concern about the situation in Tibet. We truly respect your opinion; here is …
I know you are thinking, “ya Dave, like they care.” But the time has come for China to free Tibet. This latest round of protests calls into question China’s ability to act as a world leader and unfortunately unless people begin to put their money where their mouths or hearts …
My collegue and I were chuckling at the state of affairs in the US right now. Eliot Spitzer is about to get crucified and I can say, with a little bit of schadenfreude, is I am glad. The self-righteous are always fun to watch fall. The part that kills me is …
I just had to comment on this article in the New York Times magazine about Facebook and blood donation. I have real mixed feelings about this. While I would like to support blood donation, I can’t – I’m gay. I can’t contribute to this, because some policy maker decided that …
I recently upgraded two pieces of software. One was Norton the other iTunes. In both cases I got bit in the ass for it. In the case of Norton I forgot rule #1. Never, ever buy software the first year it comes out. The reason is because it takes at …