I'm supposed to be this really good database person, and I have years of experience with PHP, ASP, .NET, SQL Server and MySQL, so why the hell haven't I written my own blog system yet? For goodness sake, I wrote ncane.com, didn't I?

I've been using Gnome desktop for my SUSE 10.1 installation for the past week. I wanted to give it a good chance. Today I switched back to KDE and have decided I like it more. Sorry, Gnome. Incidentally, Mark Shuttleworth just handed over a bucket of money to KDE to help them out, so IContinue reading KDE wins

Sacha Baron Cohen, the creator of Ali G (hence the subject line), is also the creator of Borat. Recently, Kazakhstan slammed Cohen for his depiction of Kazakh life with the Borat character in general, and specifically in the film "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan".

"I only know two pieces; one is 'Clair de Lune' and the other one isn't."

Man: Little boy, if I give you a sweet, will you come in my car?

Heather Mills doesn't have a leg to stand on in her divorce against Sir Paul McCartney.

I have spoken of this before, but never committed it to writing. I have named the so-called deus ex machina, or plot device, that finds its way into movies and television shows. I call it Pd, in the tradition of boring mathematics. Besides, most of the Greek alphabet is already taken, and I don't want to use the Cyrillic alphabet yet.

North Korea, according to satellite data, may be preparing to test another nuclear bomb.