Archive for October, 2004

Politics, what else?

Sunday, October 31st, 2004

Political discourse isn’t the strong suit here at wheatblog, but I’m fairly open about my biases. I haven’t had a chance to surf all the video clips at internetvetsfortruth.org yet, but I’m looking forward to it. A lot of the clips seem to have a pro-Kerry slant, but that’s where I’m at these days. So [...]

New laptop, very soon…

Thursday, October 28th, 2004

According to Dell.com, my new laptop (to replace my beloved but dead Latitude LS) will be here tomorow! Woohoo! I’m planning on making it a dual boot system (WinXP/Fedora). Redhat has some docs on how to manage that, and I’ve been reading up on it a bit. I haven’t had a linux box around in [...]

Getting started with Open Source Software

Wednesday, October 20th, 2004

If you are trying to ween yourself off of closed source software. Or, if you have made the switch to Linux and find yourself wondering what apps you’ll use to do the things you used to do with closed-source apps, this list might be helpful.
I’m buying a new laptop soon, and I’m probably going to [...]

Frontline Archives

Tuesday, October 19th, 2004

Check out transcripts and, in many cases, video archives of Frontline, including The Choice 2004.

John Stewart, my new hero…

Monday, October 18th, 2004

A cool video clip of our boy John Stewart putting the dorks from Crossfire in their places. A tour de force performance! There are transcripts floating around, but you have to see it in motion.

Google Desktop

Monday, October 18th, 2004

Coolest. Thing. Ever

What Derrida Really Meant (NYT/Op-Ed)

Thursday, October 14th, 2004

An appreciation of Derrida from the New York Times.

WheatblogApp gets some press…

Wednesday, October 13th, 2004

WheatblogApp got a mention in this LinuxInsider.com piece called “Open Source Weblog, Content Management Systems.” They praised its small footprint and simplicity (and discussed it alongside b2evolution and WordPress). Thanks to Cellar Door for blogging it, which is where I found out about it.

I am. I am superman. And I can do anything

Monday, October 11th, 2004

Christopher Reeve, inspiration to many, is dead at age 52.
Philosopher Jacques Derrida died this past weekend. He was 74. You can learn about him and his theories at Wikipedia.

Happy birthday, Le Corbusier (1887-1965)

Wednesday, October 6th, 2004

“Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep.”
You can learn about the architect at Wikipedia and check out some of his work at greatbuildings.com

personal weblog of James “Wheatbread” Martin