I have to say that summer is like a gazillion times better than winter...

We're back from our trip out east...

Some photos for your viewing pleasure...

Mozilla 1.0 Release Candidate 2.

...The Boondocks

I was listening to a radio show this morning about the effect of TV on American culture, and the speaker made many references to the Greatest Generation. He also discussed in great length the short comings of the boomer, GenX, Gen Next and the most current unnamed generation, and how, in essence, they lack the moral character of the Greatest Generation, and how American culture as a whole has degraded. He made reference, like most news shows are apt to do currently, to the Osbourn's, and implied that they are a representation of the current moral climate in America.

I realize that there are many great aspects of the Greatest Generation (or traditionalist as they are more formally know), but to imply that this was a generation greater than any other that has come before or afterwards is arrogant at best. They lived in a world of racism and seperationists. A world of McCarthyism and black lists. A world where the cold war was fueled by a common fear of Communism. A world where fear and hate and distrust of things outside the mainstream was prevalent.

I would much rather watch Ozzy mutter around and curse (well, be bleeped out) on TV, than to see the McCarthy hearings re-manifest themselves. The false reality of Ozzie and Harriet is more troubling to me than the current Osbourn's. Sure, the Greatest Generation looked pretty good portrayed by Leave it to Beaver on TV, but I imagine that didn't mean much to Rosa Parks, or Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.

The very idea that we need to turn back to the good old days of America values is absurd to me. The era of the Greatest Generation might of been great for middle class capitalist Christian white men, but I imagine the rest of America might feel a little differently.

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The Greatest Generation? - by Howard Zinn

I saw Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones today. I think if Lucas could digitize his actors he would. The actions scenes were entertaining. Kinda like watching a video game...wait, Maybe Lucas will take some scenes from this movie and make them into video games. You think?

I updated the web server last night. New hardware, and new (well kinda) OS.

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At around 1:00 am I made a fatal keystroke and deleted the web server logs for May. I realized, at the worst possible moment, that the webserver log directory was not in the backup config, and therefore was not being backed up. Its nice when your stupidity can bite you in the ass, not once, but twice in a row. Kind of a one two punch.

He does whatever a spider can...

Phone Interview update:

Uther (the dog) went on a barking spree for about five minuets at the UPS guy while I was on the phone...couldn't here a damn word anyone was saying.

Also, do you think its bad to burp loudly when on a conference call...I think its a cultural thing.

I have a phone interview today...when I got the invite via email for the interview I noticed that seven other people were schedule for the call. Seven people! I had a nightmare about it the other night where each person berated me for ten minutes, and then they told me I'd never get the job. I think my strategy for the phone call will be to answer any question asked with, "Que?", and when I have a chance to talk freely, I will ramble on about the Zionist Occupational Government, and maybe throw in a line or two about my alien abduction. I'll let you know how it plays out.