The Caffeinated Penguin

musings of a crackpot hacker

Predictions

| November 11, 2008

This was actually a thread from , where I made some predictions about what is to come regarding guns. I repost them here for the interested: – I think that the Assault Weapons Ban II will be introduced like it has every year since it sunset. I do not think it will pass. Why? Well, [...]

Had to repost

| November 11, 2008

Thought it was super cute. Also thanks to all who have served and continue to do so.

Ministry of peace?

| November 10, 2008

Calls for a “Department of Peace” One, the name reminds me of Orwell. Two, hahahahhahahahahahahaaa. Just what we need, more Chamberlains.

On games

| November 9, 2008

I've decided to start playing some video games again. This is not unusual, since winter is coming and there's lots of evening darkness – aside from working on indoor projects (including the garage) it's not like there's much else I can do. I started with some computer games, and played a little bit of Vegastrike [...]

An open letter…

| November 5, 2008

Dear potential assassins, Please don't assassinate President Elect Obama (or, President Obama when he is so inaugurated). While I would be very happy for him to say “Haha! I punk'd you all!”, step down and fade into obscurity, I don't want to see him get killed. You see, he's already being likened to JFK – [...]

Carnage

| November 3, 2008

Unfortunately, it looks like I'm not going to be able to attend Carnage. On the other hand, I was going to miss 's visit, and it looks like now I'll be able to see her.

Can someone tell me….

| November 2, 2008

Can someone tell my why everyone seems to think Sarah Palin is stupid? I'm not being rhetorical here, I'm serious. I mean, the way she says nuclear annoys be, but that alone doesn't make her stupid. However, there seems to me tremendous vitriol that she's a stupid country bumpkin, and I'm curious where it comes [...]

Upgrade to Ubuntu 8.10

| November 1, 2008

- Went smoothly – Tried KDE4. Pretty, but wasn't impressed. Went back to Xfce4.* – 3D works out of the box, so the radeon drivers for the R500/R600 seem to be working nicely. – Not much else to say. = KDE made my computer feel slow, likely because of all the bling. With the advanced [...]