Tue
Feb
26
Wax Cathartic
Welcome to Wax Cathartic, the /dev/null for the random thoughts of web developer and entrepreneur Nickolas Means. Don't expect anything serious here - for that, visit my company's site.
My Goings On
Mon
Feb
25
NPR: Pics of Obama in Muslim Garb Circulated on Web
If Hillary does manage to pull off the nomination somehow, she’s coming very close to losing my vote because of crap like this. Bush-style fear-mongering at it’s best…
Sun
Feb
24
Shame On You, Barack Obama mashup (via obamaiswinning.com). Looks like Hillary’s starting to run scared.
Sat
Feb
23
Move Over, Oil, There’s Money in Texas Wind - New York Times
Odd to see a by-line in the NYT for a city less than 30 minutes from where I grew up. That whole area is awash in wind generation, and it shows no sign of stopping soon.
Fri
Feb
22
Sí se puede - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not sure how I hadn’t caught this before, but Obama’s slogan of “Yes, we can!” is an homage to César Chávez’s “Sí, se puede!” The Clinton camp would probably call this plagarism…
When Change Is Not Enough: Seven Steps to Revolution
An eerily salient article on how close the US might be to full-on revolution. If the next president isn’t a champion for change, we may be in trouble as a society…
The Raw Story | Crowd boos after Clinton accuses Obama of 'Xeroxing' language
Keep digging, Hillary. Keep digging.
Thu
Feb
21
How to Abuse Rollercoaster Tycoon 3: Massacre - Video
It probably says something very disturbing about my personality that I find this as funny as I do, especially the solitary “Yay!” at the end.
Sat
Feb
16
Michelle Obama in Columbus, Ohio on Barack’s values and the hope he brings. Worth watching if you watch no other video from the campaign, and the story at the end made me tear up.