http://www.megaawesome.com politcs, technology, culture, and nonsense from Bellingham, WA Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:12:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm late to the party, and Elizabeth Britt said just about everything that I would want to in a far nicer way than I would have anyway:There is no bright line rule about what constitutes a personal attack as opposed to constructive discussion, but some types of comments are never ... http://www.megaawesome.com/index.php/2008/01/welcome-back-my-friends-to-the-show-that-never-ends/ Over at MHCBUYP Bruce Carlson's latest podcast is a history of the Iowa caucuses. He explains why the caucus is so important and lays out some very good arguments against a National Primary system. I'm not big on podcasts, but his are always excellent so check him out if ... http://www.megaawesome.com/index.php/2007/12/the-caucuses-are-right-around-the-corner/ I'm still catching up after a radical schedule shift at work last week kept me from my usual morning ritual of poking around online for an hour and drinking six cups of coffee. Finally things are settling down enough that I've got some 'me' time (drinking beer and watching ... http://www.megaawesome.com/index.php/2007/12/personal-garbage-site-news-that-stuff/ Freedom 101 by rx (starring JFK, RFK, Martin Luther King, Barry Goldwater, Ronald Reagan, and Malcolm X): Back in 2004 when I was seriously burnt out on the campaign I clicked a little ad link from a political blog that said something along the lines of "Join the Party Party!" and ... http://www.megaawesome.com/index.php/2007/12/freedom-101/ Kotaku posted the new Johnny Lee video explaining how he made a head tracking system for a 3D display using a Nintendo Wii controller, and it is astounding. For the non-incredibly nerdy it might seem a little dry but you really have to get all the way through ... http://www.megaawesome.com/index.php/2007/12/zomg-wii-powered-vr/ ..for the local reporter that has everything: For a new art project, the designer Martin Postler has investigated the history, the aesthetics and the lethal seductiveness of the Kalashnikov. He has freed the AK-47 from its terrible capacity to injure and kill by deconstructing it into a paper model construction set. ... http://www.megaawesome.com/index.php/2007/12/the-perfect-gift/ Calls to action come in many different forms. For some, it is a mystical/spiritual 'call' that gets them off their feet, I challenge people's badness (which only seems to work on Republicans), and Ty over at KVOS tells it like it is. His latest posts is in ... http://www.megaawesome.com/index.php/2007/12/ty-i-got-your-local-tv-right-here/ Blogger, webcomic author, and personality-test maker SaintGasoline put up his endorsement of Mike Gravel a few days ago: For anyone participating in the Democratic primaries, I strongly urge you to vote for Mike Gravel (or possibly Dennis Kucinich as an alternative). Gravel is a man who genuinely cares about this ... http://www.megaawesome.com/index.php/2007/12/saint-gasoline-endorses-gravel/ In the comments to the last post I said that Charter Amendment 1 had passed with 61% of the vote, but I was wrong. It actually passed with 67%, and I apologise. This is a screenshot of the PDF the Audiors office put out for that year (click ... http://www.megaawesome.com/index.php/2007/12/my-bad/ I went in to last night's county council without having made up my mind on the idea, and came out of it less convinced than before. Passions are running high, but I'm really not all that certain that it's warranted at this stage of the game. As you've no ... http://www.megaawesome.com/index.php/2007/12/district-only-voting-or-not/