Archive for February 6th, 2008

Vote Obama

As I wrote elsewhere, my first option (if I could vote in the USA) would be Alaska’s Mike Gravel. He is all for real changes in the political system rather than just fixing what Bush messed up. But Gravel would never get elected. He’s too revolutionary, and without money.

Between Clinton and Obama, there is not a whole lot of difference in terms of policy for the important issues. However, Obama inspires me, while when I see Clinton I see a mule-minded bitch — much like of what I see in the mirror. A president should be open to more opinions than just his, so I think Obama is a better candidate in this regard.

Download and playback the video that Stanford’s professor and Creative Commons’s director Larry Lessig put together. Pretty interesting points on Clinton’s integrity and vision compared to Obama’s.

Disgusted by LG

I’ve always been disgusted by the way LG does business. It’s the mobile company that I can not stand the most. They do quick jobs with shady usability, and most importantly, they never release firmware upgrades. “Arpa-kolla”, as we say in Greece.

MobileBurn posted their recent press release where the Viewty LG phone can now capture 120fps at VGA resolution (previously it would only do so for QVGA). Instead of releasing a firmware upgrade for everyone to have access to that small feature and possibly other bug fixes, they just re-release the same god damn model in to the market, leaving everyone with an already purchased Viewty in the cold.

I hate LG. And I go on record with that.

Random stuff, part 6

* I am not easily impressed by American Idol contestants, but Josiah was the shit. He was not just a singer, he was a musician. Someone who knows how to write music, and good music that is. Other than him, that Janis Joplin-wannabe was not too bad either. But Josiah was the real deal.

* Some speculations about future Lost episodes: some of the Oceanic Six members who will make it back to the island, will probably make it with Penny Widmore’s help. Too bad that there won’t be over 8 episodes this season. Hopefully the rest 8 will be shown in Autumn.

* I’ve got 5 PCs to sell at CraigsList. About $80 each. I need to format them and install Ubuntu on them… Lots of work ahead.

* I hope Obama wins today. Hillary ain’t bad, but I think Obama is better. Although my first choice is actually Mike Gravel. That’s a man with a vision for real constitutional changes.

* My main landline phone’s ringer seems to be dead. I need to buy a new one…

* I hope JBQ has enough food, water, clothes and blankets with him. He’s currently camping on a mountain full of bears and pumas along with other Google employees.

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