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Many of us consider cats to be nothing more than a cuddly companion or something to watch on the internet. New information surfacing from the stolen documents of the infamous Watergate scandal indicate that there may be more to your fluffy feline than you may previously have believed. Consider for a moment, if you will, […]
Each week (give or take), Blogmaster2k brings you 1 Infinite Loop, in which Curtis shines a light upon the greasy recesses of geekdom and technomancy. Email Curtis with your questions, hate mail, or guild applications. I felt that it was appropriate to start off the first of the 1 Infinite Loop article series some information about […]
On a recent reading of J.R.R Tolkien’s classic “The Hobbit,” I couldn’t help but draw some comparisons between the world of Middle Earth and our own current political system. I won’t claim to be the first person to cite the obvious similarities between Gollum and Nancy Pelosi (She’s so good at riddles).
I will take credit however, for noting that the Great Goblin who lives under the Lonely Mountain and Dick Cheney both sit on thrones made from the bones of their enemies. Bonus fun fact: Once we get to the Lord of the Rings, we have nine Supreme Court Justices and nine nazgul, all wearing black robes. Also, they were all once mortal men! Coincidence? Hardly…
My thirst for knowledge often takes me to strange places on the internet. Fortunately, I stay on established and well-known (to me, at least) blogs and sites. (There was once an unfortunate incident with duct tape and Cat-5 network cabling–they really shouldn’t be allowed by law to sell those on the same website…) The other day, my musings dumped me, quite end-of-the-waterslide-like, at a magnificent posting about Language Advocacy on the Perl site.
So after considerable thought I’ve decided that I’m Tribe: Java.