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I'm starting to believe that everyone in power over the last few decades were all completely incompetent: FDIC collected little in premiums. Do these people have any idea how fucking insurance is suppose to work? You collect premiums to pay out later when you need it, and like most insurance compani...

I’m glad I’ll never be susceptible to that charge. "You have nothing to lose!" I’m often told by people in positions of authority. They envy my freedom. I can speak my mind. I can engage with dangerous people. I don’t have to worry about my reputation. Can you imagi...

I am on AIM/MSN/ICQ/YIM a lot. Before, I used multi protocol IM clients that allowed me to connect all that once but one of my quirks was that I wanted chat logs saved. Problem is, my hard drives tend to crash and I always forget to backup that folder. Enter Meebo. Meebo is a web based multi protoco...

Sorry not to have posted today. Aside from doing the work I usually do to get the opinion pages out, I'm dealing with a lot of e-mails and phone calls related to my personal and professional news -- mostly very kind and thoughtful (although not quite all -- hey, you know my public). When I came ...

Muslim hate preacher ridicules troops abused in anti-war protests - and mocks their dead comrade By Michael Seamark, Andrew Levy and Matt Sandy Last updated at 12:07 PM on 11th March 2009 A Muslim preacher of hate today ridiculed British soldiers who were abused during a homecoming parade - branding...

I attended Drupalcon last week, which is a bi-annual Drupal conference for developers, themers and business development types like myself.  I had a great time, so here are some quick thoughts on the conference. (1) Drupal people are really nice.   Conversations came easily and people ...

In about 5 hours i start the long drive from Melbourne to Sydney. The schedule so far has an AIMIA National board meeting during the day on Friday, the 15th AIMIA Awards on Friday night, catching up with some friends in Sydney on Saturday, driving to Canberra to catch up with friends on Sunday, meet...

In about 5 hours i start the long drive from Melbourne to Sydney. The schedule so far has an AIMIA National board meeting during the day on Friday, the 15th AIMIA Awards on Friday night, catching up with some friends in Sydney on Saturday, driving to Canberra to catch up with friends on Sunday, meet...

Written by Dawn Foster. In a follow up to my recent post about Community Organized Events, Unconferences and BarCamps, I interviewed Audrey Eschright, a web worker with years of experience organizing a wide variety of community events. Audrey Eschright is a programmer and self-described geek, who w...