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Happy New Year

James — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:06:50 +0000

Today, the cumulative annual status is 2009. This is the day that we set forth resolutions that change our lives, and some may even change the world. If you haven’t decided on your resolutions, here’s a great list to get you started.

Happy New Year!

Favored Freeware Updates: December 2008

James — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:38:59 +0000

The following Favored Freeware applications have been updated since the beginning of December 2008:

Camino v1.6.6 (review)
Delivery Status v4.5.1 (review)
Mactracker v5.0.6 (review)
Perian v1.1.3 (review)
Quinn v3.5.4 (review)
VLC Media Player v0.9.8a (review)
WordPress v2.7 (review)

Black Symphony

James — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 03:02:58 +0000

This is how you do a rock concert:

If you have more than 5,000 fans in your audience, but you don’t have a full orchestra and choir, it’s a strong possibility that I won’t be there.

The preceding trailer was from the DVD release of Within Temptation’s awesome live concert, Black Symphony.

The President’s Schedule

James — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:33:04 +0000

It sounds like the President is going to have a very interesting day.

At least he plans these things in advance.

Favored Freeware Updates: November 2008

James — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:05:03 +0000

The following Favored Freeware applications have been updated since the beginning of November 2008:

Donate to Support Wikimedia for 2009

James — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 22:56:15 +0000

The Wikimedia Foundation needs your help to cover their expected costs for 2009. Please keep in mind that the Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization which operates several multilingual and free-content projects. Please donate to the Wikimedia Foundation to keep Wikipedia and the rest of their free services alive and online for us, our children, and our children’s children.

President-Elect Obama

James — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:44:11 +0000

The election ended almost a week ago, and by a commanding lead of 365 to 162 electoral votes (Missouri is still too close to call, but not essential), Barack Obama is now the President-elect of the United States. He will be sworn in as the 44th President of the United States on January 20, 2009.

Well on his way to the White House, President-elect Obama has launched the most transparent transition in our country’s history. I hope he continues the trend and leads the world’s first transparent presidency.

I must admit that it is really nice to see some positive remarks about our choice in President from our friends in other countries. With that said, I’d like to remind everyone here in the United States that Barack Obama will be the 44th President of the United States for at least the next four years. No matter who you voted for, change will come to America. Let’s see what happens next.

If you have not yet seen Barack Obama’s presidential acceptance speech, I strongly recommend that you set aside a few minutes to do so.

Favored Freeware Updates: October 2008

James — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 08:32:28 +0000

The following Favored Freeware applications have been updated since the beginning of October 2008:

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One State Two State, Red State Blue State

James — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 03:11:28 +0000

It’s that time again, time to flex your democratic muscles and vote for the future of our country. I’ve been hearing a lot of narrow-minded view points lately about who should be elected and what we should vote yes or no on. In response, I just want to remind everyone reading this that elections aren’t about your personal beliefs, they’re about who is the right person to run the country and which propositions can be executed in a beneficial manner.

Before voting, please research your choices from more than one source. Everyone is biased to an extent, so you’ll never get the big picture by researching from only one source. One person may make a great argument for how the benefit of a proposition outweighs its cost, while another will make an equally compelling argument for how its cost outweighs the benefit. If you have one of those private party voting guides, throw it out. Their form of bias is more like a poison. You’re a smart person, research and make your own decision.

Polls can be biased too, so if you like to follow the polls, keep your eye on Pollster. They collect poll data from a variety of sources and present it in an easy to follow map.

There are plenty of candidates running for President, and if you’re a supporter of Barack Obama, Joen has an awesome poster for you. I’m sure that John McCain has some nice posters out there too, but none of my friends made any.

If you’re interested in how your taxes will be affected by your presidential choice, Barack Obama’s campaign website has a nice tax calculator which will either show you how much you will save under Obama, or if your taxes would be better off under McCain. I couldn’t find anything similar on McCain’s campaign website, but Obama’s tax calculator seems to be quite fair.

Election day is Tuesday, November 4th, so now is great time to start researching. When researching, use more than one source and make your own decisions. If you’re voting via absentee status, remember that your ballot needs to be received by November 4th in order for your vote to count, so plan to finish and mail it by Saturday, November 1st.

Who am I voting for? That’s not what matters. What matters is who you are voting for.

Wedding Photos

James — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:07:19 +0000

It took almost two months, but some of our favorite wedding photos are finally online! It was honestly quite difficult to pick just a few out of the 3,850 that we received, and I am delighted that this is finally out of the way.

All of the photos in this set were taken by Enchanted Portraiture. They did a wonderful job, and we now have the memory of our wedding captured in literally thousands of photographs.