Today I launched a minor revision of Off on a Tangent, bringing the version to 17.2. The actual layout of the site is essentially unchanged, but I’ve made some noticeable modifications to the colors. Let me know what you think!
Elephant Dung and Mohammed Cartoons
In 1999, the Brooklyn Museum in New York opened an exhibit called ‘Sensation.’ One piece included in the exhibit was a painting called The Holy Virgin Mary by Chris Ofili of Manchester, England.
Mac Users Under Trojan Threat
A ‘Trojan Horse’ application called Oompa-Loompa (OSX/Oomp-A or OSX/Leap-A) is making the rounds in the Macintosh universe. While this application is not a virus, it does have some virus- or worm-like properties and is probably the closest thing to affect the Mac platform since the launch of the Unix-based Mac OS X.
Foot of Snow; Buried Honda; Car Survey
So we got a big snow last night—between 11 and 12 inches, according to random measurements around the apartment. It’s about 13 or 14 on cars (where it started accumulating first). I’m loving it!
Long Week, Lots o’ Stuff
It’s been one of those crazy weeks. Last weekend, we were in Bedford to celebrate Chinese New Year. Monday, the Honda was having its accessories installed and I was having some dental stuff done. Then the week went by in a busy, nutty kind of way (lots of work stuff, doing taxes [good-size refund!], etc.).
Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.