An interesting discussion has been going on about the historical treatment of religious minorities by Muslims and Christians in the blogworld. As usual, the discussion covers dhimmis (is dhimmitude a word?) and the Inquisition. It revolves around the Middle East and Europe (as is common for discussions about Islam; somehow Africa or Asia are rarely… Continue reading Treatment of Minorities
Protestors are Terrorists
Via Unqualified Offerings, here’s the strange case of the California Anti-Terrorism Information Center (CATIC). CATIC spokesman Mike Van Winkle said such evidence wasn’t needed to issue warnings on war protesters. “You can make an easy kind of a link that, if you have a protest group protesting a war where the cause that’s being fought… Continue reading Protestors are Terrorists
Whitewater
Summer is here and it’s time for whitewater rafting again. This is from the Ocoee river in Tennessee last year.
Importing Comments
Checking Haloscan forums, I have found out that exporting comments from there is not possible (other than manually saving each comment, something only Jonathan has the patience for). However, according to them, This is currently impossible. It willl likely be coded in about a month from now but for now, exporting can’t be done. So,… Continue reading Importing Comments
New Home
There will be no more postings on my Blogger-based weblog (http://zackandamber.blogspot.com). Please change your links and bookmarks to my Movable Type weblog at http://www.zackvision.com/weblog/.
The Matrix: Reloaded
Wow! The Matrix: Reloaded made $91 million this weekend. Add to that the $42m on thursday and it has already made $134m. I haven’t seen it yet. My roommate and I were planning on going saturday, but when we checked online the midnight show was already sold out. So we played Hearts of Iron instead.… Continue reading The Matrix: Reloaded
Pitch for Money
Since I have moved into new digs which cost money, I think I should make a pitch for donations. If you like my weblog, please consider donating. Any amount is well-appreciated. The links for Paypal and Amazon Honor system are on the sidebar. If you would like another option, please drop me an email. A… Continue reading Pitch for Money
Weblog Move
The move seems to have mostly smoothly. Importing Blogger entries was not difficult. It helped that I used the bold tags for the post titles, otherwise editing the titles would have been a pain. I am working on categorizing the entries from Blogger, but right now most of them are classified under the category “Blogger”.… Continue reading Weblog Move
Movable Type
I am moving my weblog to Movable Type. Things are in transition right now, so I’ll be updating both my Blogger site and my new Movable Type site.
Hiatus
I am extending my hiatus to another week. I should be back by Memorial Day.