On Friday of last week, recovering from all the Thanksgiving eating, Melissa and I placed an order for a new Apple MacBook Pro (15″). This is part of our master computer refresh plan, by which I get a new cutting-edge Intel-based Mac for my regular use (and cross-platform testing), while Melissa gets my current PowerBook G4 1.67ghz (15″) with which to run all her PPC-only art software.
End of Tackiness Alert
Today, November 24, is the day after Thanksgiving. Thus, it is no longer tacky to put up your Christmas decorations. Have at it! If you made the mistake of putting up your decorations early, you may compensate by taking them down an equal number of days before New Year’s Day (the official beginning of tackiness).
Website 18.2 Revision
Today I launched a minor revision to Off on a Tangent which brings the version to 18.2. These minor revisions are part of the site’s incremental improvement, and they often begin to incorporate styling cues that (if well-received) become a central part of the next major upgrade. So let me know what you think! The changes for version 18.2 include the following:
Election 2006: Results (Final)
Off on a Tangent now projects that Jim Webb (D) has won election as Senator from Virginia, handing the Democratic Party a narrow 51-seat majority in the Senate. This final call concludes Off on a Tangent’s ongoing coverage of the election. Barring any major irregularities during the expected recounts, the results included in this entry should be considered ‘final’.
Defense Secretary Rumsfeld to Resign
Donald Rumsfeld is resigning from his position as U.S. Secretary of Defense, which he has held since George W. Bush was elected President in 2000. Rumsfeld’s resignation comes one day after the Republican Party suffered major defeats in congressional elections, largely due to voter frustration with the Iraq war. Bush will nominate former CIA Director Robert Gates to become the next Secretary of Defense, pending Senate confirmation.
Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.