K5 has a great explanation of the current power problems in California, and what’s being done to address those problems.

If you’re an Emacs user, byte compilation can make your life much nicer. Now if I could only figure out why I can’t get byte compilation to work in batch mode, I’d be much happier.

I want an Apple Titanium Powerbook G4.

Arianna Huffington has an awfully good suggestion for a potential drug czar — someone who prefers treatment programs to locking up every drug user who isn’t rich or privileged.

OK, I’ve created a new poll question, about X windows. The question is whether or not you use virtual-size desktops. The reason I ask is that when you install Linux, it always enables these modes, and I find them incredibly annoying. I’m finding the concept hard to explain, but Linux users will know exactly what I’m talking about.

Pigdog: Things to Say When You’re Losing a Technical Argument. I’m not sure what’s more embarrassing, the number of these I’ve used or the number of these I’ve had used against me.

You knew it was coming: Microsoft’s content management system.

The inability of companies worth billions of dollars to come up with decent sounding names for themselves is the source of endless amusement for me. Accenture? Give me a break. (Over at the Accenture site, they have an ePresskit for the name change. I just linked to that because I think that the word “epresskit” is very funny, especially if you make the ‘p’ lower case.)

Am I only the person who thinks that Judge Jackson should keep his mouth shut? I don’t think he’s doing a service to the bench by giving quotes about Microsoft and its executives.

As the Clinton administration winds down, both the President and the media are spending a lot of time talking about what was accomplished over the last 8 years. Dean Baker is a bit incredulous about some of the claims being made about the United States’ economic achievements over that time.