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In Final Fantasy X, the Al Bhed recording playing over and over again in Home is saying “ajanouha ihtan,” pronounced “ah-ja-NOuh-ee-TAN!” The translation is “everyone under,” an order from Cid for the Al Bhed to race to the airship before Home is destroyed. This is why Rikku says “we have to get underground” to her [...]
The bottom line that the average consumer needs to understand when it comes to the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) is that it has too many potential abuses. Individuals, corporations, and political organizations will be able to use strict interpretations of some of its language to target just about [...]
I was recently forwarded the heavily-modified email circulating the internet that is based upon Ben Stein’s “Confessions for the Holidays” essay.
There is a critical, fundamental difference between flatulence jokes in an email and the tacit establishment of religion in a public school. I take exception to the suggestion that they’re even remotely related. The [...]
Virginia Senator-elect Adam Ebbin (D) is wasting no time, preparing to tackle a very sensitive topic for those of us in Virginia’s schools: The 1980′s-era Code of Virginia § 22.1-79.1., which forbids schools from starting classes before Labor Day. While some jurisdictions have successfully applied for waivers, it’s very rare. In fact, Alexandria (just [...]
Last night, Bob Costas delivered a pointed and articulate halftime essay on “knuckleheads” in the NFL. Watch it here:
I have long maintained that professional athletes should be held to higher standards as public figures, as role models. Professional football players are the gladiators of our time. (One might make the argument that there [...]
Steve Jobs was right. Again.
Mike Isaac’s November 9 article for Wired Magazine details how Adobe, the manufacturer of the ubiquitous Flash platform, has changed course and is abandoning mobile development. As Apple users know, IOS hasn’t supported Flash since its inception, and Steve Jobs was one of the primary intransigents. The technical [...]
Flashback, 1993:
The Atari Jaguar was the hot new gaming console and a full year stood between us and the very first Playstation. Windows 3.11 finally edged out DOS as the operating system of choice, and Apple finally lost its lawsuit against Microsoft, forever driving the wedge between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. Me, I [...]
My team was asked today by one of its members, “Do you think we need to teach touch-typing these days?” She was asking the question after using Siri to dictate a few things with tremendous success.
Great question, and I’ll gladly jump in: No. No I don’t.
I regard the skill of “typing” or “keyboarding” [...]
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Commentary: Solidarity with PWCS Teachers
I support my colleagues in Prince William County who began a grassroots movement to bring attention to the erosion of professional rights and compensation, and protest a budget that does not adequately fund public education for the children of that community.
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