Published by monkeypup 1 day, 9 hours ago
in internet.
For the longest time, my mantra has been “Open Source over Commercial.” I’m not sure whether it was the geek in me trying to fit in with all the open source geeks, an attempt to fight the man or just my compulsive habit of trying anything different. Whatever it was, it’s gone now.
I played with Linux distributions to replace Windows, only to come back to XP for the convenience and compatibility with my favorite programs. I tried music program after music program, only to return to itunes for the its many features and its well-integrated store. Likewise for Photoshop, Illustrator, MS Office and more.
It’s just a fact that commercial products are better-supported, more regularly updated and usually just of higher quality. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll still use Open Source products when they are the best alternative (VLC, Firefox, Notepad++, Launchy to name a few), but I’ve stopped going out of my way to use Open Source products just because they’re Open Source.
So, maybe I’m supporting an evil empire here and there. But what can you do? I guess, sometimes, you have to revert to the old hackneyed expression “If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.”
Published by monkeypup 3 days, 23 hours ago
in politics.
Ann Coulter: “I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate, John Edwards, but it turns out you have to go into rehab if you use the word ‘faggot’, so……”
Michael Savage: “I don’t like a woman married to a woman, it makes me want to puke.” “As for children raised by two women, I think it’s child abuse.”
Hooray for America.
Published by monkeypup 1 week, 4 days ago
in life.
This weekend, I decided to retire my Star Wars pillowcase. I didn’t want to do it, but 25 years of wear and tear have made their mark.
Goodbye Pillowcase, I’ll miss you.
Published by monkeypup 2 weeks, 1 day ago
in news.
This article, in which Rolling Stone writer Matt Talibi rips Starfucking Americans a collective asshole, highlights the reasons that we deserve to be cheated by the Bush administration. I completely agree with him. I’d happily give up every single piece of celebrity news if it meant that I’d be more informed on the things that actually matter. Unfortunately, the news in this country is dictated by viewers who would rather hear about the latest escapades of TomKat then see a real piece of news.
I awoke this morning in New York City to find Britney Spears plastered all over the cover of two gigantic daily newspapers, simply because she cut her hair off over the weekend. To me, this crosses a line. My definition of a news story involves something happening. If nothing happens, then you can’t have “news,” because nothing has changed since the day before. Britney Spears was an idiot last Thursday, an idiot on Friday, and an idiot on both Saturday and Sunday. She was, shockingly, also an idiot on Monday. It will be news when she stops being an idiot, and we’ll know when that happens, because she’ll have shot herself for the good of the planet. Britney Spears cutting her hair off is the least-worthy front page news story in the history of humanity.
Published by monkeypup 2 weeks, 1 day ago
in news, crime and law.
Pot brownies I can get behind, but cocaine cookies? I think that’s a little much.
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