Author Archives: yorickdowne

I’m getting closer to paying off those debts I incurred through youthful idiocy. I wanted to be done this March, and not surprisingly, I wasn’t. What with getting implants for my teeth and needing my knee – possibly also hip – looked at, it’s gonna be a while yet. Not this year, and not early […]

It’s free! Woo! MicroSoft has woken up to the benefits of a strong “hobbyist” community, and they’re giving away Visual Studio .NET in an “Express” Edition. It will do pretty much everything us home-brew guys want. There’s a bunch of editions – web, Visual Basic, C++, C#, J#, SQL Server. I grabbed the C++ and […]

Makkun sends me a special report on torture, published in the British paper “The economist” on January 11th. The article ascertains that the US of A has stepped up its use of torture since 9/11. I can believe that. It is not too surprising, though it does sadden me. Nietzsche sums up my thoughts nicely […]