Thought Crime

So now wearing a t-shirt is a crime

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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

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If you can't do that in the Capitol Building then where should you do it?.
To quote Jane's Addiction

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Hitler's syphilis-ridden dreams almost came true.
How could it HAPPEN? By taking control of the media.
An entire country was led by a lunatic...
We must protect out First Amendment,
before sick dreams become law.
Nobody made fun of Hitler??!

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Eject from the Command Line Mac OS X

I started using "Teleport" today because Synergy was giving me problems but when I'm working on the other computer the CD eject doesn't work. But I did find the following will work from the terminal.
envy:~ dan$ drutil eject -drive4
envy:~ dan$ drutil tray close -drive4

Despotism

This video is pretty scary as the explanation pretty much says we approaching a despotic state.

Maybe Not Cause and Effect, but Certainly a Link

There are two news items today that seemingly wouldn't be linked but I think otherwise. The first is the sad news of the passing of Coretta Scott King. The second is the sad news of the nomination of Sam Alito to the Supreme Court. I wonder if seeing someone who will mostly likely roll back her hard work put her over the edge and ended her will to live.

Coat Hangers

Since it the filibuster failed and it looks likely that Alito will make it to the Supreme Court. I guess I should look at ways to take advantage of the situation and make some money investing in coat hanger companies as the demand will surely increase.

iWeb New Site Layout

I was playing around with iWeb today and while it is a bit simple for heavy website design, it really does make creating a site as simple as using any desktop publishing app. You can see the results of my playing around at DC Dan make sure to check out the blog page where you can find my first videocast.

Update: apparently the video thing isn't working right so I removed that part of the iWeb site and you can grab the videocast Bologna Sandwich directly.

Penn (From Penn and Teller) Speaks

Penn speaks on his beliefs and I think summarizes things nicely about the objective view of the world of atheists. The sound clip is the same as the text on the page.

Striped Shirt

Striped Shirt
Originally uploaded by dcdan.

This guy was next to me during the Less Than Jake concert, he spent most of the show on his phone or holding it towards the stage for his friend to listen in. His stripped shirt was enough to warrant mocking, but the phone thing made if fair game for a blog mocking.

Fucking WEAK

The Wu-Tang clan is playing at the 9:30 club, and as a longtime Wu fan, I bought my ticket early. My reward for doing so, is that they are now doing another show that will start at 10 which means the 7 pm show that I'm going to will probably be cut short, weak.

The Emrald Isle

Jameson and Guinness
Originally uploaded by dcdan.

I have returned from a trip to Ireland and since I am a sharing person here is a list of things to note when going to Ireland

• Using T-Mobile while roaming isn't as simple as just turning the service on


• It is usually raining


• They really do eat a LOT of potatoes


• The Fiat Panda is a capable vehicle


• Guinness is really everywhere


• When getting a "Full Irish Breakfast" pudding isn't what you expect or want it to be


• They say they speak English, but you won't understand a lot


• You'll thank Eisenhower for the Interstate system

From the Anals* of the American Family Ass.

From today's American Family Ass. email to me:

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"I watched the Book of Daniel show on NBC tonight just so I could see if it was as bad as you said. Mr. Wildmon you have it wrong - it was worse than you described. The so called pastor takes drugs, smokes, drinks, takes the Lord's name in vain. He supports homosexuality and drug use. He broke the law by giving out prescription drugs to a Bishop. Two Bishops were committing adultery. They mis-quoted the Bible. The program portrayed our Savior in a joking way. There was a corrupt Catholic priest. The maid smokes pot. The Bishop drinks, the pastor's wife is a drunk and her sister is a lesbian and the son is a homosexual. One son sleeps around. I found this program very offensive to my Christian beliefs. They were poking fun at our Savior."

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A few points:

• Misquoting is something that the Christian right knows how to do well.


• Bishops may have a different view on drugs than you think


• There was a corrupt Catholic priest. Really, this was pretty easy to find


• Also last I checked poking fun at your savior was still allowed


• The Christian right often mocks atheists and pretty much anyone not like them.

*Yes I know it's annals but when dealing with this Ass. anal comes to mind.

Re: Blood Mary

I just got this from Comedy Central

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Dear Viewer:

Thank you for your letter regarding the "South Park" episode entitled
"Bloody Mary." We appreciate your concerns about the potential
influences of outside special interest groups on the media and
enterainment industries and particularly Comedy Central. Though Comedy
Central did not include the "Bloody Mary" episode in a special year-end
marathon of "South Park" episodes in deference to the Holidays, "Bloody
Mary" did in fact air in every one of "South Park's" normally scheduled
repeat timeslots. As satirists, we believe that it is our First
Amendment right to poke fun at any and all people, groups, organizations
and religions and we will continue to defend that right. Our goal is to
make people laugh, and perhaps if we're lucky, even make them think in
the process. Despite misleading claims from those who would like to
claim victory, we have not permantly shelved the "Bloody Mary" episode
from future airings due to outside pressure nor will we exclude it from
future DVD releases.

Sincerely,
Comedy Central Viewer Services

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Auto Coverfinder and Good Dupilcate Cleaner

update: the music brains link below works pretty well, it doesn't do cover art, but that feature was added today!

My iTunes collection is a mess, being as the music originally came from rips of my CDs made a few years ago from a Linux box, most of those still exist, but for the most part they don't have any cover art. Additionally because of back concern and sordid attempts to organize it all properly, the music remains a mess and there are several duplicate tracks.
Does anyone have links to tools that will help with this? I know that iTunes has a dupe feature, but it is a bit lacking as it only matches on song name and so if the same song is there twice but from two different albums it doesn't help much. (Ideally if you have only one copy of the song and a pointer that would be great but I think beyond what iTunes can do)
Also is there a way to create a smart playlist that will only show songs without cover art? I don't see how to get access to that from the playlist creator.

Pat Robertson

If there were a god he would smote you.

Another Thing That Should Be Punished

People who take elevators one fucking floor, especially when the stairwell is right next to the elevator should be doled out the following punishment, they should only be allowed to ride in elevators that stop on every floor for a period of one week.

Decadence

Chocolate Waffle
Originally uploaded by dcdan.

Decadence is eating a chocolate waffle or talking to a friend not realizing that it is now four am and that you have to work the next day, but in the end decadence is always worth it.

New Year New Post

This year I'm going to try to stay away from the bitterness in my posts and aim more for the humor/tech stuff.
I watched the South Park episode that apparently upset Catholics. I don't really find that episode the most offensive one they done relating to the Catholic Church or any church in general. Seriously they've implied that the Vatican encourages molestation and when referencing Morons Mormons the back ground music is "Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb." If people are going to get their panties in a bunch really it should be more over those than others. The main butt of ridicule in the "Bloody Mary" episode was Alcoholics Anonymous.