Website 22.1 Revision

Posted January 1, 2011, 9:33 p.m.

I’ve just launched a minor revision to the site, which brings the version to 22.1. This update brings a number of minor tweaks and improvements to Website 22, which first launched just over a month ago.

A few things you might notice:

There is now a ‘settings’ link in the menu (or at the bottom of the page in the mobile site). If you click it, a little settings window comes up that allows you to adjust the article font size and decide whether you want the pinned main menu or not. It saves a ‘cookie’ in your browser with your settings so it’ll remember them between visits. You can also reset to the defaults from the settings menu.
There’s now a list of all Off on a Tangent recognized holidays on the Policies & Rules page. For now it doesn’t actually list the dates . . . maybe in 22.2 ;-).
There’s a much nicer, Off on a Tangent themed down-time page (which you might have seen while I was preparing this release). This will also serve as a sort of ’emergency backup’ site if I ever need it.
There have been a number of small bug-fixes and improvements. These updates include: better contrast (a slightly darker border) for light gray areas, improved scripts to reduce potential future code conflicts, no more spurious 404 errors on empty search results, better animations when expanding the comment fields, support for on-page photo captions, and more!

Scott Bradford has been putting his opinions on his website since 1995—before most people knew what a website was. He has been a professional web developer in the public- and private-sector for over twenty years. He is an independent constitutional conservative who believes in human rights and limited government, and a Catholic Christian whose beliefs are summarized in the Nicene Creed. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from George Mason University. He loves Pink Floyd and can play the bass guitar . . . sort-of. He’s a husband, pet lover, amateur radio operator, and classic AMC/Jeep enthusiast.

Quotes

Knowing ignorance is strength. Ignoring knowledge is sickness.

Since religion has lost its empire over the souls of men, the most prominent boundary which divided good from evil is overthrown. . . .

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

In short, the scientific discourse, like any dominant discourse, has become the privileged instrument of opportunism, lies, deception, manipulation, and power.

It is certain, because it is impossible.

It is not ‘progressive’ to try to resolve problems by eliminating a human life.

We do what we must, and call it by the best names we can.

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age.

Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?

Because God can be relegated to remote times and places and to ultimate causes, we would have to know a great deal more about the universe than we do now to be sure that no such God exists.

Not every one who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

I think I am actually humble. I think I’m much more humble than you would understand.

The basis of a democratic state is liberty.

Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so men persecuted the prophets who were before you.

As a general rule, it’s always smarter to criticize people who aren’t around.

To do evil a human being must first of all believe that what he’s doing is good, or else that it’s a well-considered act in conformity with natural law.

If all values are only subjective, so is the value of tolerance.

Diplomacy is utterly useless when there is no force behind it; the diplomat is the servant, not the master of the soldier.

One can literally drive a person to death with a trade-union meeting!

The power of the will does not extend to making opposites exist at the same time.