An Apple a Day

Sacking of the Prodigal Priest

robert — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 05:41:07 +0000

The priest who went wild with his parish's checkbook.

India: Field Notes on Democracy

robert — Thu, 13 May 2010 04:18:52 +0000

Listen to Arundhati Roy, reciting the horrors and torments befallen on the poor population of India.

Support the Israeli Apartheid Week in your City

robert — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:01:34 +0000

The sixth Israeli Apartheid Week is upon us starting March 1st. Support this moral cause to end apartheid in Israel and the occupied territories.

Floor Collapses During Weight Watchers Group Meeting

robert — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:58:47 +0000

In a clinic in Vaxjo, Sweden. Neighboring Atkins clinic believed (by author) to be involved.

Prince Torturer Acquitted in UAE

robert — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:32:36 +0000

United Arab Emirates Prince Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al-Nahyan was found innocent of torture that was filmed on video.

BackupSynchronizer: a Simple Directory Backup and Synchronization Script in Python

robert — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:18:57 +0000

As a first exercise in Python, I decided to create a directory backup script. Here's the resulting solution.

Joel on Software

robert — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:06:54 +0000

In this book, Joel Spolsky is an iconoclast par excellence. He relentlessly refutes many of the absurdly sacred tenants that are touted by many software developers as absolute truths, in his down-to-earth tell-it-like-it-is way.

“Stand Up For The 70 Percent Of Americans Who Aren’t Crazy”

robert — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:37:50 +0000

Bill Maher, from his show Real Time sends a message out to President Obama: "The Democrats just never learn. Americans don't really care which side of an issue you're on as long as you don't act like pussies."

WP Hide Post: Wordpress Plugin

robert — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:27:48 +0000

The WP Hide Post plugin enables the author to write posts/pages that are hidden on the homepage, feeds and/or other places, but still visible to search engines. This is a great tool for SEO.

Hamas Manipulates Amnesty International

robert — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:32:47 +0000

Hamas has manipulated Amnesty International investigators to believe that Israel committed war crimes in Gaza.