Zen and the Art of /.*/

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Bill-Grants-President-Unprecedented-Cyber-Security-Powers-504520/

Every person in this country with half a brain should be charging the capital and throwing batteries at these scum.

“…the president would have broad authority to designate various private networks as a “critical infrastructure system or network” and, with no other review, “may declare a cyber-security emergency and order the limitation or shutdown of Internet traffic to and from” the designated the private-sector system or network.”

The following is in response to a discussion we’ve been having at work lately which was sparked by these two posts:

Why CSS should not be used for layout

CSS and the meaning of life

Which was then followed up by a link to this post:

Recreating the button

A few thoughts:

Well, I certainly did not expect to be completely incapacitated for four days, but such is the price one pays for having thin corneas, apparently.

On Wednesday afternoon, I underwent photorefractive keratectomy. It was a fascinating experience on many levels. First, and most obviously, having your eyes partially numbed, drawn upon, propped open, scraped, and then burned is a slightly terrifying experience. It was in some ways better and in some ways worse than I expected.