General

I love Sony Laptops.  I have two.  Sony VAIO VX series. The Sony VAIO VX series has arrived in the USA. I still think my next machine will be a TiBook, but I’d much rather have a VX at work than a ThinkPad. [Hack the Planet]

May’s business wasn’t looking too good.  What web programming I was doing in my “Copious Free Time” was pretty minimal.  Advertising revenues on our opt-in mailing lists were down significantly due to the Klez worm problems, and generally things weren’t as good as April.

What a difference a day makes.  Just closed a major co-registration deal, a new co-registration provider outsourcing system is working well, and suddenly things look much better!

Here’s opening the online ad industry continues to improve!

Hey, writing this from the toilet.

Heh.  Air marshals’ skills doubted. New hires allowed to fly without passing advanced firearms test. [USA Today : Front Page]

Seriously cool.  There is a really fascinating documentary on HBO right now about Hollywood Forever Cemetery.  These guys are remaking the death industry.  Really wild.

Slam!  Warren Buffett. “The only time to buy these is on a day with no ‘y’ in it.” [Quotes of the Day]

She’s a fucking communist who wants to take away my guns.  Let’s vote her out on that issue alone.  William Grosso nails it. “I’ve become something very close to a single-issue voter. Diane Feinstein, my local senator, is on Disney’s side. She is a co-sponsor of S. 2048 and that means I probably won’t be voting for her in the next election.” Amen to that. Same here. These people work for us, they need a reminder.   [Scripting News]