Month February 2008

The Castropedia: Fidel’s Cuba in facts and figures

From The Independent comes a fascinating assortment of information about Cuba. Quote attributed to Castro: “If surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal.” Size of the original rebel army led by Castro and including…

Heh

Bush and Cheney put most of their eggs in the basket of a military dictator, Pervez Musharraf, who has been on a self-destructive downward spiral during the past year that makes Amy Winehouse look level-headed. So, will he resign gracefully…

eBay needs a new interface and a clue

Hadn’t sold on eBay in a while and just listed a sale with has seven photos(shameless plug:Japanese porcelain lithopane Dragon tea set.) This took several tries because the archaic, kludgy eBay method for posting an ad kept mangling the content.…

US Army and open source warfare

They still don’t get it. Even when they know the other side(s) are gaining advantage by using OSW, the US Army, resolutely and with firm determination, makes sure they will not do the same. It’s like the Army is clanking…