http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes Life is an adventure. A good life is worth selling the movie rights. These are my story notes. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:46:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 en http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/2008/11/21/iphone-22-just-skip-it/ http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/2008/11/21/iphone-22-just-skip-it/#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:46:00 +0000 ChrisKnight http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/?p=765 If you use the Maps function of your iPhone to any large extent, and you save a lot of location bookmarks, skip 2.2. I just updated to 2.2, and all of my saved map bookmarks have had the street address dropped. Every single one of them now only contains city, state and zip [...]]]> http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/2008/11/21/iphone-22-just-skip-it/feed/ http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/2008/11/14/plugging-my-favorite-thanksgiving-dinner-vendor/ http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/2008/11/14/plugging-my-favorite-thanksgiving-dinner-vendor/#comments Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:33:55 +0000 ChrisKnight http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/?p=751 Once again we are doing Thanksgiving over at Geek Orchard. It’s a pot luck affair, and as usual I’m bringing a taste of The Keys: stone crab claws and spiny lobster tails. My one and only source for having claws and tails shipped to California is Florida Keys Stone Crab and Lobster [...]]]> http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/2008/11/14/plugging-my-favorite-thanksgiving-dinner-vendor/feed/ http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/2008/11/13/this-is-why-you-dont-give-anyone-unconditional-power/ http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/2008/11/13/this-is-why-you-dont-give-anyone-unconditional-power/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:50:29 +0000 ChrisKnight http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/?p=745 A while back I ranted about the terms of the bailout, specifically that “Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.” I compared giving one person this much power to [...]]]> http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/2008/11/13/this-is-why-you-dont-give-anyone-unconditional-power/feed/ http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/2008/11/09/my-pet-project-needs-geeky-help/ http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/2008/11/09/my-pet-project-needs-geeky-help/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:43:32 +0000 ChrisKnight http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/?p=733 So, I’ve developed a bit of a pet peeve over the years against glo-sticks, and their myriad variations of use once and throw away bright and shinies. I’ve set up a website that I want to be a great place to find and discuss glo-stick alternatives. I’ve done some digging, and put up [...]]]> http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/2008/11/09/my-pet-project-needs-geeky-help/feed/ http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/2008/11/05/palin-didnt-know-africa-is-a-continent-says-fox-news-reporter-video/ http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/2008/11/05/palin-didnt-know-africa-is-a-continent-says-fox-news-reporter-video/#comments Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:15:08 +0000 ChrisKnight http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/?p=715 Follow the link below for the scariest video you have seen since Michael Jackson released Thriller: Palin Didn’t Know Africa Is A Continent, Says Fox News Reporter (VIDEO)"didn't understand that Africa was a continent, rather than a series, a country just in itself." What the fuck?????? I have no other words than “What the fuck??????” Let [...]]]> http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/2008/11/05/palin-didnt-know-africa-is-a-continent-says-fox-news-reporter-video/feed/ http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/2008/11/05/proposition-8-supporters-what-will-you-tell-your-children-when-they-ask/ http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/2008/11/05/proposition-8-supporters-what-will-you-tell-your-children-when-they-ask/#comments Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:19:55 +0000 ChrisKnight http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/?p=709 I worry about my child and the Internet all the time, even though she’s too young to have logged on yet. Here’s what I worry about. I worry that 10 or 15 years from now, she will come to me and say “Daddy, where were you when they took freedom of the press away from the Internet?” - [...]]]> http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/2008/11/05/proposition-8-supporters-what-will-you-tell-your-children-when-they-ask/feed/ http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/2008/11/05/nader-the-question-is-the-answer/ http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/2008/11/05/nader-the-question-is-the-answer/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:51:45 +0000 ChrisKnight http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/?p=706 Had I not been three thousand miles form home, on a rather suddenly arranged trip, I would have voted for Ralph Nader in the 2000 election. My vote would not have impacted that election, as I was registered to vote in California and Nader’s slim percentage of the vote didn’t affect California one bit. [...]]]> http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/2008/11/05/nader-the-question-is-the-answer/feed/ http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/2008/11/05/lost-is-sometimes-a-nice-word-for-stolen/ http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/2008/11/05/lost-is-sometimes-a-nice-word-for-stolen/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:37:43 +0000 ChrisKnight http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/?p=696 Palin Once Greeted McCain Staff Wearing Only A TowelNEWSWEEK has also learned that Palin's shopping spree at high-end department stores was more extensive than previously reported. While publicly supporting Palin, McCain's top advisers privately fumed at what they regarded as her outrageous profligacy. One senior aide said that Nicolle Wallace had told Palin to buy [...]]]> http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/2008/11/05/lost-is-sometimes-a-nice-word-for-stolen/feed/ http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/2008/11/04/proposition-8-it-doesnt-matter/ http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/2008/11/04/proposition-8-it-doesnt-matter/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:54:38 +0000 ChrisKnight http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/?p=688 Here is my prediction regarding Proposition 8 on the California ballot: It doesn’t matter, in the long run, whether it wins or loses. Please, don’t get mad at me just yet; hear me out. For those that are not familiar with Proposition 8, it is a California ballot initiative that would ammend the California [...]]]> http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/2008/11/04/proposition-8-it-doesnt-matter/feed/ http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/2008/10/31/sarah-palin-loses-on-are-you-smarter-than-a-fifth-grader-gop-faithful-cheer/ http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/2008/10/31/sarah-palin-loses-on-are-you-smarter-than-a-fifth-grader-gop-faithful-cheer/#comments Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:31:04 +0000 ChrisKnight http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/?p=676 Once again, Sarah Palin demonstrates a third grade understanding of the Constitution. If she were to be elected to office, how could we trust her to adequately protect something that is quite frankly beyond her comprehension? I suppose I could give her the benefit of the doubt. I could assume that she has a [...]]]> http://www.ghostwheel.com/merlin/Personal/notes/2008/10/31/sarah-palin-loses-on-are-you-smarter-than-a-fifth-grader-gop-faithful-cheer/feed/