Hacking the US Vote: Scary.
Sep 07Via /. Voting machines used in this week’s primary elections are hackable–in about FIVE MINUTES. And voting officials are allowed to TAKE THEM HOME WITH THEM.
Basically, these Diebold voting machines are a national nightmare waiting to happen. I first got the heads-up on this via an April 2004 article in Vanity Fair; the movement against these nasty devices has its own homepage as well.
Tigh is an animal for you.
Sep 07Finally caught the first two Battlestar Galactica webisodes…and they are pretty damn good. If very short.
Tigh is all over them–raspy, grumpy, hard-as-nails Tigh. Man, that guy is AWESOME. Each episode is only like two minutes, and he still gets at least one kick-ass Tigh line, which he grumbles practically under his breath, in his own inimitable Tigh-like way.
I love Tigh. Sigh.
(To get to episode one, if you haven’t watched any yet, you need to go to the SciFi.Com main page and use their special video player in the upper right hand corner of the page. It’s easier than it sounds, but there’s absolutely no prompt anywhere on the site to inform you of how to watch past episodes, which is frakkin’ stupid.)
LeaAid? LeAid? Whatever. Pony up, Fankid.
Sep 06So, the short version is that Lea Hernandez had her house burn down, leaving her family in a bit of a bind. It sounds like insurance will help them rebuild, but in the meantime they need to take care of the basics – food, shelter, shoes (for the love of god, shoes!), and Lea needs art supplies so she can work. At all levels, Lea needs to work.
So, house gone, some number of beloved pets lost, and two kids that are “special needs” (I don’t know what this means, but it’s special and there is need.) Lea has PayPal, which means if you’re a big fan (as our very own Sarah is) or just a big hearted person, contribute what you can. Even small amounts add up – look at it like this; five bucks is a really fancy schmancy art pencil.
[update] Because Matt, like Charlie, don’t surf. Lea’s PayPal email is divalea (at) gmail.com
Lo, There Shall Come a Purchasing…! (9/7/06)
Sep 05Wherein I reveal the comic book periodicals I will purchase, either this week or when next I arrive at my olde comic book shoppe, and RIFF on them. I will riff my fucking ASS off. This will make me seem both snarky and derivative.
I’ll do this weekly, or sometimes, or whenever I feel like it, and exactly no one will care.
