The Caffeinated Penguin

musings of a crackpot hacker

Watched Waco: The rules of engagement

matt | October 28, 2006

Link
I highly recommend that folks watch this movie.
The most telling part of this documentary was much much of it is merely footage from the depositions in front of a congressional committee. If this is what was said publicly, then who knows what was covered up (and there were a great many things for which the [...]

Subject for discussion

matt | October 22, 2006

(I posted this in a week or so ago, and it occurs to me that folks here might be interested. Original link is here, if folks want to read the comments.)
So, I'm finally watching a History Channel documentary on Waco which I TiVo-ed, and the following thought occurred to me:
“Despite whatever crimes may have [...]

Updates – Amex actually doesn't suck as much as I thought

matt | October 22, 2006

- Updated my website again; added a script that I use to sync my downloaded podcasts to my music player. Link is here
- Link to original Amex post.
So, I sent them a check, and it posted to my account, and then I get this month's bill – they assessed me a $1.41 finance charge, even [...]

Website update

matt | October 8, 2006

Updated and reorganized my website and added a new page on coffee.

Why American Express sucks

matt | October 2, 2006

I bought something on my Amex card.
I went to pay for it. Since I hadn't used it in a year, my bank account had the old information from my previous account. I didn't notice until after I paid it.
I called their customer service line. I explained what happened, and they said that they were sorry, [...]