Everyday, I check a variety of news sources on the net, TV and radio and have found similar patterns in all of them. 1. CNN Headlines: a.) Brittney Spears did something again!!!b.) Paris Hilton also did something!!c.) Why isn’t Nicole Richie doing anything?d.) Christine Amanpour is desperately looking for a war zone to run around…… Continue reading A Parody of the Media
A Brief History of My Experience with Computers and the Internet
I find it hard to believe that it has been 13 years already since the internet became mainstream. However, in those thirteen years I have only come across a few applications that I have found extremely useful. First a brief history. I first started using a computer around age 13 on an Apple 2C to…… Continue reading A Brief History of My Experience with Computers and the Internet
American Automakers, Capitalism, India and Christmas
Once again the urge to write has been slowly and steadily building over the course of these past few weeks as I read the headlines. After reading today’s newspaper this urge has finally bubbled over and if I do not write to release frustrations and disbeliefs I feel that my health might suffer. Each of…… Continue reading American Automakers, Capitalism, India and Christmas
Showtime for Turkey
In relation to my previous post I want to point out an important issue playing out in the shadow of that conflict.Turkey is trying to gain membership to the EU using among other arguments the claim that, as a member, Turkey would be in a better position to act as a mediator between the West…… Continue reading Showtime for Turkey
OIC takes fight against freedom of speech to the UN
The Durban Review Conference a.k.a. Durban II may not have created many headlines outside the blogosphere and NGO web-sites yet but represents in fact one of the most important battlegrounds in the ongoing facedown between Western style democracy and freedom on one side and Islam plus various other kinds of fascism on the other. This…… Continue reading OIC takes fight against freedom of speech to the UN