a subset of derek

Say kids,

Have you ever felt that your Windows UI was extremely dull? Have you saw the UIs on Linux and said “Cool…but I don’t want to leave/can’t leave Windows right now”?

Well, don’t fret because those kind folks at KDE have come out with KDE for Windows. Yes, KDE for Windows. I have been excited about the prospect since I heard about it at Ohio Linux Fest back in 2005.

Let’s see…the Cardinals make the Super Bowl. We have a black president…we have KDE on Windows…oh, and it’s going to be 60 degrees in Cleveland tomorrow. A little corner in hell is getting a little nippy…

November 4th was an incredible day.  To call it a history-making day doesn’t seem to give it the props it deserves.

I saw a country, no, a world, rejoice because so many people united around a man with deep-reaching ideas that could change lives of everyone alive today.

President-elect Barack Hussein Obama.  Today was indeed a new day.  I feel whole yet humbled.

There are so many to thank.

I thank, first and foremost, God, for creating all of this.

I would also like to thank my ancestors who spoke against intolerance and hatred and those who aided them in their plight to guarantee decent rights for all people. There are too many to name and the struggle continues.

I would like to thank my family that are with us — like my great-grandma who, at 92 years young, cast a vote for president and those that aren’t, like my dad and great-granddad who would have loved this.

I would like to thank everyone who voted.  Whether it took you 2 minutes or 2 hours, thank you for exercising your right.  It doesn’t matter who you voted for, what matters is that you did…we did, more than in any other time in American history.  Let’s see if we can keep this going!

I would like to thank my Meet the Bloggers peeps: Joel, Will, Tim, Gloria, Roger, Carole, Ann, Melinda, Rob and George. I would like to thank Howard Fencl from WKYC and WKYC as a whole for being so hospitable.

More to thank soon..

As my readers may have noticed, I have been silent on a lot of issues, including the big two issues facing America today: our upcoming presidential election and the economy.  As a economy neophyte, I am still trying to wrap my head around the enormity, scope and meaning of the economic morass that is gripping the world in general and the US in particular.  As I figure things out, I will speak on them.

Now, the election is another story.  I think my people know that I am supporting Senator Obama in this race.  I believe he is more likely to foster the changes needed to right our ship. There has been too little thought and compassion and too much graft and greed in our legislative progress.  We have resorted to knee jerk fixes that have questionable efficacy (Patriot Act or the bailout anyone?).  If Senator Obama is president, maybe we can correct this. Maybe people of like mind and spirit will get to be in places where they can do some good.

…and why doesn’t this surprise me?

Jerome Corsi seems to fancy himself to be in the vein of Woodward and Bernstein when he’s really Karl Rove: a divisive force who panders to the lowest common denominator to achieve their goals singularly and without regard for, well, much of anything. 

Corsi is the same guy who wrote Unfit for Command which is responsible for injecting “swiftboating” into our political lexicon and costing John Kerry the presidency.

Let’s hope that people are more aware this time.

Big ups to my man, HumanityCritic for posting this.  I just had to share this.  Funny and informative.