Intellectual Intercourse

So, what happened this week?

MickC — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:28:23 +0000

You may have noticed that the blog and everything else was down for a few days this week. If you did, you may have wondered what happened. Did we close? Obviously not. But since you’re curious enough to have read this far, I’ll lay it all out for you. Even though this blog is [...]

Happy 4th of July

MickC — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:32:43 +0000

Here are some quotes for your 4th of July: The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all hazards; it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have received them as a fair inheritance from our worthy ancestors. They purchased them for us with toil and [...]

Tag44: Failing at Astroturf

MickC — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:23:45 +0000

Well, maybe that’s a bit of an overstatement. “Astroturfing” refers to “formal political, advertising, or public relations campaigns seeking to create the impression of being spontaneous “grassroots” behavior, hence the reference to the artificial grass, AstroTurf” according to Wikipedia. Since my last post on Tag44.com last year, I’ve gotten a few comments. One of them was [...]

California Proposition 8 Ruling

MickC — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:31:57 +0000

Still haven’t read it, but here it is because the CA Supreme Court’s website is overloaded. Prop 8 ruling

There is a Santa Claus

MickC — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:39:17 +0000

South Texas man arrested after girl mentions molestation in letter to Santa Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, and he can make The Bad Man stop.

What happened to my XM?

MickC — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:41:18 +0000

So, yesterday XMSirius rolled out its new lineup. And after one day in, the verdict is in: OUCH! I want to know what they did to come up with the new lineup. It almost seems like a deliberate attempt to kill off the industry. The lineup is just plain painful. There is no way that [...]

New Discovery

MickC — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:55:22 +0000

If you follow the instructions to integrate XM Radio Online with MythTV, you need to select “low” for the bandwidth setting. Some channels (like Flight 26) will throw a 401 error if you try to stream them on high. Selecting “low” doesn’t make much of a difference with TV speakers.

Good for Cindy Sheehan

MickC — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:12:55 +0000

Long time readers will know that I don’t brook much from Cindy Sheehan. She not only let her grief allow her to be manipulated by others for political gain, but she participated in that willingly. But, a new AP story would seem to indicate that she’s started to move on from that. And I approve of [...]

It’s Spamtacular

MickC — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:46:58 +0000

After much cajoling from certain of my friends, I have decided to move most of my industry-related musings to their own domain. So, I’ll see you at Spamtacular

Chuck’s Music

MickC — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:16:20 +0000

So, the new season of Chuck has started. The one thing I’ve noticed in the music this season. Lots of Huey Lewis and the News. I approve.