Madison recently enacted a mandatory smoking ban in all public places, such as bars and restaurants. Naturally, the bar owners are screaming bloody murder about the whole proposition. Some have even gone to such lengths as to lay off bartenders and blame it solely on depressed attendance. (Of course, the month of July is typically some 'dead time' for Madison, with ~40,000 party- and bar-prone students absent over the summer.) Recent polls have had conflicting results about public support for the initiative. City leaders' resolve is waffling and they are proposing that the public decide the issue on a referendum in a few months.
Now, I'm all for admitting that there very well may be depressed attendance from chain smokers. But you know what? I think that it's a better deal for everyone else in that bar, especially employees that secondhand-smoke a few packs a day. It seems that doctors at the UW agree. Also, from driving through town on Friday and Saturday nights, I'm still seeing popular bars get flooded with people; so much so that lines spill out for more than half a block.
All I have to say is that it's well worth revisiting a great Bloom County strip on the issue. And maybe in a month, after the buildings have had three months to let their air clear out, I'll be able to go bowling again without having a terrible allergic reactions.
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Today's Job: Mind Blanks!
There's nothing like putting your whole future into (several) two-hour exams. Today, I suffered a defeat that every physicist dreads.
I was unable to figure out a problem with a bowling ball rotating down a bowling alley.
The best is still to come -- I knew the problem, because I read it a month ago during my preparation for the exam. Verbatim. I even had the picture of the problem printed in the book in my head while I was sweating in that room. I was able to turn to the page it was printed on immediately when I got home. And, of course, after I got home today and out of the test situation, I was able to solve it in about ten minutes.
Ack! With luck, the grading gods and the Patron Saint of Partial Credit be merciful, eking me through the Classical Physics portion of the Qualifier. Otherwise, I get to do all of this preparation again -- with the added bonus of getting kicked out of school if I fail.
But, on an upward note, the math portion left me with a good feeling. It's a rare occasion that I leave a math exam feeling good, but thinking that you won't have to ever do that again leaves me with a warm, fuzzy feeling.
Also interesting is that I now fully and completely understand my fellow coworkers' desire to get very, very drunk after completion of the full set of exams. I will not have that opportunity until Friday night. Until then, back to the books!
I was unable to figure out a problem with a bowling ball rotating down a bowling alley.
The best is still to come -- I knew the problem, because I read it a month ago during my preparation for the exam. Verbatim. I even had the picture of the problem printed in the book in my head while I was sweating in that room. I was able to turn to the page it was printed on immediately when I got home. And, of course, after I got home today and out of the test situation, I was able to solve it in about ten minutes.
Ack! With luck, the grading gods and the Patron Saint of Partial Credit be merciful, eking me through the Classical Physics portion of the Qualifier. Otherwise, I get to do all of this preparation again -- with the added bonus of getting kicked out of school if I fail.
But, on an upward note, the math portion left me with a good feeling. It's a rare occasion that I leave a math exam feeling good, but thinking that you won't have to ever do that again leaves me with a warm, fuzzy feeling.
Also interesting is that I now fully and completely understand my fellow coworkers' desire to get very, very drunk after completion of the full set of exams. I will not have that opportunity until Friday night. Until then, back to the books!
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Katrina
Most of us know by now how absolutely devastating the effects of hurricane Katrina have been. My heart goes out to all of the victims of the disaster. It's times like this that make you glad of the existence of our National Guard.
If you haven't already, please strongly consider donating to the Red Cross. Money does help.
On another note, tomorrow I endure Round I of my Ph.D Qualifying Examinations. Here's hoping that the last 1.5 months of pure studying pay off. Round II on Friday, with results coming in mid-September.
If you haven't already, please strongly consider donating to the Red Cross. Money does help.
On another note, tomorrow I endure Round I of my Ph.D Qualifying Examinations. Here's hoping that the last 1.5 months of pure studying pay off. Round II on Friday, with results coming in mid-September.
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Robertson: Yet Another Example of Hypocrisy
I thought that I was used to radical right-wing Christian conservatives going way off the deep end. Well, today I was unfortunately proved wrong again.
Pat Robertson, creator of the nationally televised "The 700 Club," has now publicly advocated that the United States assassinate Venezeulan President Hugo Chavez. The purported justification of the deliberate murder? He's "a dangerous enemy to our south, controlling a huge pool of oil, that could hurt us badly." The fact that he's chummy with our good friends the Cubans irks him too, I'm sure.
If Robertson was just another right-wing extremist, that'd be fine; I could just ignore his rants as hateful rage against one of the many groups of people he thinks will be going to Hell. The difference here is that we have a Christian minister advocating murder -- and then for the reason that he has *gasp* OIL!
Perhaps Robertson needs to be reminded of the Second Commandment: "Thou shalt not kill." Or perhaps the single most important Commandment imparted by Jesus: "Love your neighbor as you love yourself."
Hopefully remarks like these will cause Robertson's viewers who actually care about their faith and its implications to turn away from him. This type of behavior only serves to further drag the name of Christianity -- and all that it stands for -- through the mud.
Pat Robertson, creator of the nationally televised "The 700 Club," has now publicly advocated that the United States assassinate Venezeulan President Hugo Chavez. The purported justification of the deliberate murder? He's "a dangerous enemy to our south, controlling a huge pool of oil, that could hurt us badly." The fact that he's chummy with our good friends the Cubans irks him too, I'm sure.
If Robertson was just another right-wing extremist, that'd be fine; I could just ignore his rants as hateful rage against one of the many groups of people he thinks will be going to Hell. The difference here is that we have a Christian minister advocating murder -- and then for the reason that he has *gasp* OIL!
Perhaps Robertson needs to be reminded of the Second Commandment: "Thou shalt not kill." Or perhaps the single most important Commandment imparted by Jesus: "Love your neighbor as you love yourself."
Hopefully remarks like these will cause Robertson's viewers who actually care about their faith and its implications to turn away from him. This type of behavior only serves to further drag the name of Christianity -- and all that it stands for -- through the mud.
Monday, August 22, 2005
A Fitting Quote
"Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics. I can assure you that mine are still greater."
-- Albert Einstein
Funny that I should run into that one while preparing for my mathematics qualifier! Now, back to work...
-- Albert Einstein
Funny that I should run into that one while preparing for my mathematics qualifier! Now, back to work...
Sunday, August 21, 2005
New Dive Ratings
It's been a long weekend. -- not because I've been studying for my quals like I should have been, but rather because I spent it at a private quarry outside Watertown, WI obtaining my PADI Advanced Open Water SCUBA dive certification! The lake-like structure on the satellite map is where we were diving, near an abandoned cement factory.
It's been something that I wanted to do for a couple years now, having gotten my original Open Water certification in the spring of 2001. We did courses on underwater naturalism, navigation, a typical night dive, a deep dive, and a dive geared towards underwater search and recovery techniques.
Still, it was pretty intense. We were on the move from 8 AM to midnight on Saturday, and from 8 AM until 6:30 today. After your second dive of a day, hauling on that cold, sloppy wetsuit one more time becomes a mental as well as a physical challenge!
It's been something that I wanted to do for a couple years now, having gotten my original Open Water certification in the spring of 2001. We did courses on underwater naturalism, navigation, a typical night dive, a deep dive, and a dive geared towards underwater search and recovery techniques.
Still, it was pretty intense. We were on the move from 8 AM to midnight on Saturday, and from 8 AM until 6:30 today. After your second dive of a day, hauling on that cold, sloppy wetsuit one more time becomes a mental as well as a physical challenge!
Friday, August 19, 2005
Ah, Wisconsin...
Yesterday afternoon a slew of tornadoes tore through Stoughton, just a few miles southeast of Madison. One touched down in a golf course; another levelled homes. Only one person was killed despite the severity of damage in the area.
The great thing is listening to people's eyewitness accounts. While Kristen and I were in her basement listening to the radio, we played 'tornado bingo.' I called for a reference to a 'freight train,' while she was going for 'roar.' I ended up winning that round -- but the best one I heard is from a group of people taking shelter in the golf course:
"We were ... hiding behind the bar. We had beer, anyway."
And that is why I love this town!
The great thing is listening to people's eyewitness accounts. While Kristen and I were in her basement listening to the radio, we played 'tornado bingo.' I called for a reference to a 'freight train,' while she was going for 'roar.' I ended up winning that round -- but the best one I heard is from a group of people taking shelter in the golf course:
"We were ... hiding behind the bar. We had beer, anyway."
And that is why I love this town!
Thursday, August 18, 2005
More Evidence Trickles Out
As if the Downing Street Memo wasn't enough of an indication about the Administration's poor war planning practices (according to Britain's MI-6), it looks like officials at the State Department thought that post-war planning was also lacking.
Interestingly enough, State Department officials were not just pointing fingers at the military planners; rather, they offered their expert assistance in crafting a post-war strategy that could have helped address what turned out to be a US-created hotbed of terrorism. They were ignored -- and we all know what happened.
How many more documents like this will it take for the general public to actually look at the evidence and ask the Administration why such a poor job was allowed to take place?
Interestingly enough, State Department officials were not just pointing fingers at the military planners; rather, they offered their expert assistance in crafting a post-war strategy that could have helped address what turned out to be a US-created hotbed of terrorism. They were ignored -- and we all know what happened.
How many more documents like this will it take for the general public to actually look at the evidence and ask the Administration why such a poor job was allowed to take place?
Sunday, August 14, 2005
Arrogance? No -- Hypocrisy
A rally of conservative Christians, including House Majority Leader Tom DeLay as an honored speaker, blasted judges for being arrogant and activists. One idea lofted at the convention: a Constitutional amendment that would prevent the judiciary from overturning laws created by Congress without a unanimous vote.
There are some great quotes, too:
A rudimentary knowledge of civics reassures us that, in fact, the framers of our nation provided for a wonderful system of checks and balances, including the power for the judiciary to strike down laws that are unconstitutional. So, in that sense, they certainly do have absolute power -- when it comes to striking down illegal laws.
It's rallies like that -- along with the hate that is common with many of these radical right-wingers -- that besmirch the name of Christians everywhere, myself included. I think that the counter-demonstrations that were set up to coincide with the rally have a legitimate point: these people (and their organizations) want a theocracy, not a democracy.
The scary thing, of course, is that we can elect leaders who can write ourselves into one (Constitutional amendments, etc.) if we so choose. I certainly enjoy the current separation of Church and State, and sincerely hope that it remains so indefinitely here in the US.
There are some great quotes, too:
- "The [Supreme] court [sic] is trying to 'take the hearts and souls of our culture.'"
- "The framers of our great nation did not intend for the courts to have absolute and final power over us."
- "Activist justices -- we're trying to find out what we can do to stop that activity. Our laws are based on the Ten Commandments."
A rudimentary knowledge of civics reassures us that, in fact, the framers of our nation provided for a wonderful system of checks and balances, including the power for the judiciary to strike down laws that are unconstitutional. So, in that sense, they certainly do have absolute power -- when it comes to striking down illegal laws.
It's rallies like that -- along with the hate that is common with many of these radical right-wingers -- that besmirch the name of Christians everywhere, myself included. I think that the counter-demonstrations that were set up to coincide with the rally have a legitimate point: these people (and their organizations) want a theocracy, not a democracy.
The scary thing, of course, is that we can elect leaders who can write ourselves into one (Constitutional amendments, etc.) if we so choose. I certainly enjoy the current separation of Church and State, and sincerely hope that it remains so indefinitely here in the US.
Friday, August 12, 2005
Tinkering and NES Repair
My girlfriend's next-door neighbor was preparing to move out of his apartment and kindly offered Kristen a chance to scavenge stuff he was going to throw away before the rest of Madison did. I indirectly benefitted from this, as the fool was throwing away a NES!
Fortunately, Kristen just took the thing, along with games like Contra, and gave them to me!
Despite having the words "STILL WORKS!!" scrawled on it with a Sharpie, it does not in fact work -- the dreaded grey screen of death, or the blinking grey screens abound. I've experienced this phenomenon with my older NES system, and was able to have it corrected by some guys in the local used game store. This time, I'll do the repair myself, with help from The Nintendo Repair Shop. A $3.95 part, and I'm set to hack away! (Although still not as much as this guy did.)
Fortunately, Kristen just took the thing, along with games like Contra, and gave them to me!
Despite having the words "STILL WORKS!!" scrawled on it with a Sharpie, it does not in fact work -- the dreaded grey screen of death, or the blinking grey screens abound. I've experienced this phenomenon with my older NES system, and was able to have it corrected by some guys in the local used game store. This time, I'll do the repair myself, with help from The Nintendo Repair Shop. A $3.95 part, and I'm set to hack away! (Although still not as much as this guy did.)
Thursday, August 11, 2005
Kansas: No Evolution Here!
Some people may remember the scientific uprorar caused in 2001 after the Kansas state board of education cut teaching of evolutionary theory in the classroom. As a result, several conservative school board members were displaced by more science-literate individuals in the subsequent election and evolution was placed back on the curriculum.
Well, come 2004 conservatives were put back on the board -- and history is repeating itself. This time, the twist is to de-emphasize evolution, and allow for teaching of alternative propositions -- albeit non-scientific propositions -- such as Intelligent Design. The board ended up staging debates reminiscent of the Scopes monkey trial, so much so that there was debate amongst the scientific community as whether to even show up and lend credence to the opposition! Simply put, there is no debate about evolution's validity in the scientific community; it's a good model of the available data that has been fueling many of our biological advances (and even advances in computer algorithms) this century.
A common theme that I pick out from these types of debacles is the fear amongst the anti-evolutionists (who tend to be very religious) that children will be somehow corrupted and turn away from their faith as a result of study of biology -- that it is impossible to be scientifically literate and a religious person simultaneously. In a poignant address (PDF) delivered to the St. Olaf Honor's Day members by my undergraduate research adviser Jim Cederberg presents a different perspective -- namely, that scientists can be, and are, faithful and capable of the persuit of scientific knowledge.
It seems fitting, especially since he grew up in Kansas facing the concerns and stigma of evolutionary theory that are still being espoused by those in power today.
Well, come 2004 conservatives were put back on the board -- and history is repeating itself. This time, the twist is to de-emphasize evolution, and allow for teaching of alternative propositions -- albeit non-scientific propositions -- such as Intelligent Design. The board ended up staging debates reminiscent of the Scopes monkey trial, so much so that there was debate amongst the scientific community as whether to even show up and lend credence to the opposition! Simply put, there is no debate about evolution's validity in the scientific community; it's a good model of the available data that has been fueling many of our biological advances (and even advances in computer algorithms) this century.
A common theme that I pick out from these types of debacles is the fear amongst the anti-evolutionists (who tend to be very religious) that children will be somehow corrupted and turn away from their faith as a result of study of biology -- that it is impossible to be scientifically literate and a religious person simultaneously. In a poignant address (PDF) delivered to the St. Olaf Honor's Day members by my undergraduate research adviser Jim Cederberg presents a different perspective -- namely, that scientists can be, and are, faithful and capable of the persuit of scientific knowledge.
It seems fitting, especially since he grew up in Kansas facing the concerns and stigma of evolutionary theory that are still being espoused by those in power today.
Republicans Feeling the Heat?
It seems that a smattering of Republican US Senators don't want legislation authorizing oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge sneaked through early next session via a budget authorization bill.
Why, you ask, would something like drilling oil be in the budget authorization bill? Because under Senate rules, such legislation is immune to a filibuster and thus would be capable of passage with a 51-member vote instead of the requisite 60 needed to invoke cloture (i.e. end a filibuster). With a 55-member Republican base, ANWR oil drilling could make it to the President's desk via this technique. (The House has passed authorization provisions for several years at this point, but the measure has died in the Senate under filibusters.)
Personally, I think that kind of parlimentary maneuver is underhanded and sneaky. I wouldn't be surprised if the Dems have pulled stuff like that in the past as well. Still, it's good to read about some forms of dissent in the Republican ranks; perhaps they will start getting out of the massive group-think that they've been in for the past several years!
With luck, we'll be seeing some turnover in 2006 -- especially if the public keeps hearing about stuff like this.
Why, you ask, would something like drilling oil be in the budget authorization bill? Because under Senate rules, such legislation is immune to a filibuster and thus would be capable of passage with a 51-member vote instead of the requisite 60 needed to invoke cloture (i.e. end a filibuster). With a 55-member Republican base, ANWR oil drilling could make it to the President's desk via this technique. (The House has passed authorization provisions for several years at this point, but the measure has died in the Senate under filibusters.)
Personally, I think that kind of parlimentary maneuver is underhanded and sneaky. I wouldn't be surprised if the Dems have pulled stuff like that in the past as well. Still, it's good to read about some forms of dissent in the Republican ranks; perhaps they will start getting out of the massive group-think that they've been in for the past several years!
With luck, we'll be seeing some turnover in 2006 -- especially if the public keeps hearing about stuff like this.
Tuesday, August 9, 2005
Hacked!
I hate to say this since I'm a rather security conscious guy -- but the old incarnation of Kravlor.com was exploited via an insecurity in the Coppermine photo gallery software on top of the old PHP-Nuke CMS. No user account compromise or password cracking (thank God), but the attacker was able to install an IRC chatbot.
It looks like they compromised it on July 17; I'm just glad I caught it at this point rather than later. Grr!
This made me take extra time to accelerate the transition from the old version to the new; I've now scrapped all prior content and ported over all the old photos that were in the gallery. 301 Redirects abound; I've kept around the old Quotes page and backported other content like the Ultima guide and the Windows Tips to my new Drupal system.
It looks like they compromised it on July 17; I'm just glad I caught it at this point rather than later. Grr!
This made me take extra time to accelerate the transition from the old version to the new; I've now scrapped all prior content and ported over all the old photos that were in the gallery. 301 Redirects abound; I've kept around the old Quotes page and backported other content like the Ultima guide and the Windows Tips to my new Drupal system.
Saturday, August 6, 2005
Ultima VIII Guide Remade
Well, I finally got around to re-implementing the Ultima VIII: Pagan guide that I made several years ago.
It was almost painful to look at the gawd-awful HTML that FrontPage had generated. But then again, it got the job done when I didn't know (or care) much about HTML standards, CSS wasn't working correctly in (m)any browsers, and people were just looking for information about Ultima.
Recasting these old pages into stories here took more than a bit of hand-editing; a cursory glance at the output looks like things are OK in general. Perhaps in time I'll go back and really do it right; however, it should be in pretty good shape for now.
The only thing that I should probably take care of next is making HTTP 301 redirects to let Google, et. al. know about the changes!
It was almost painful to look at the gawd-awful HTML that FrontPage had generated. But then again, it got the job done when I didn't know (or care) much about HTML standards, CSS wasn't working correctly in (m)any browsers, and people were just looking for information about Ultima.
Recasting these old pages into stories here took more than a bit of hand-editing; a cursory glance at the output looks like things are OK in general. Perhaps in time I'll go back and really do it right; however, it should be in pretty good shape for now.
The only thing that I should probably take care of next is making HTTP 301 redirects to let Google, et. al. know about the changes!
Friday, August 5, 2005
More Updates
What's more fun: updating your spiffy-new site or studying Frobenius analysis and inverting Laplace transformations? I thought so too.
So... the non-LJ'd news posts I had put on the old version of Kravlor.com have now been backported here (again manually). Perhaps one of these days I'll muck about in the database to correct the posted times, etc.
After I get the old photo gallery ported over properly, I'll shut down the old site for good, and give the old server a well-earned break!
So... the non-LJ'd news posts I had put on the old version of Kravlor.com have now been backported here (again manually). Perhaps one of these days I'll muck about in the database to correct the posted times, etc.
After I get the old photo gallery ported over properly, I'll shut down the old site for good, and give the old server a well-earned break!
Thursday, August 4, 2005
Car Repairs
I decided to bite the bullet today and perform auto maintenence on my '94 Buick LeSabre. I ended up getting four new tires, an alignment, and a recharge on the AC system. (Things are now blessedly cool in the August heat!)
Still, I have this sneaking suspicion that I'm putting the mechanic's kids through college...
In other news, my garage door broke yesterday night. While I had never thought that the door itself would be the problem (rather, the opener machine) I was proved wrong. Apparently a torsion spring responsible for assisting the open/close operation hit its maximal lifetime and snapped.
Ah, the joys of auto and home ownership! :)
Still, I have this sneaking suspicion that I'm putting the mechanic's kids through college...
In other news, my garage door broke yesterday night. While I had never thought that the door itself would be the problem (rather, the opener machine) I was proved wrong. Apparently a torsion spring responsible for assisting the open/close operation hit its maximal lifetime and snapped.
Ah, the joys of auto and home ownership! :)
Wednesday, August 3, 2005
Bush and Intelligent Design
Well, it was bound to happen one of these days. Today, President Bush presented his views on Intelligent Design -- namely, that it should be taught to biology students.
For those who don't know, intelligent design proposes that some biological features are so complex that they could not have possibly arisen from chance (i.e. evolved); therefore, they must have been designed by some other entity. Note I avoid 'created' in the description, as Creationism has already been declared illegal to evangelize in the public schools by the Supreme Court.
I see intelligent design as thinly-veiled Creationism. The fact of the matter is that the scientific community overwhelmingly rejects intelligent design and embraces evolution. Shouldn't we have scientists write science books?
Frankly, any theory that purports to replace Darwinian evolution would need to explain the overwhelming evidence of its existence -- that is, a replacement would need to incorporate the current, scientifically accepted form.
With this kind of debate going on (amongst politicians; scientists have considered the case closed for many decades by this point), it's no wonder why America is (rapidly) losing its leadership in science and technology.
For those who don't know, intelligent design proposes that some biological features are so complex that they could not have possibly arisen from chance (i.e. evolved); therefore, they must have been designed by some other entity. Note I avoid 'created' in the description, as Creationism has already been declared illegal to evangelize in the public schools by the Supreme Court.
I see intelligent design as thinly-veiled Creationism. The fact of the matter is that the scientific community overwhelmingly rejects intelligent design and embraces evolution. Shouldn't we have scientists write science books?
Frankly, any theory that purports to replace Darwinian evolution would need to explain the overwhelming evidence of its existence -- that is, a replacement would need to incorporate the current, scientifically accepted form.
With this kind of debate going on (amongst politicians; scientists have considered the case closed for many decades by this point), it's no wonder why America is (rapidly) losing its leadership in science and technology.
Monday, August 1, 2005
Drupal Importing Fun
Ack.
Let's just say that the act of pulling a LiveJournal's entries into a static file and then importing them back into a fresh Drupal site isn't easy.
After a couple day's worth of Googling, I decided to bite the bullet and manually transfer over all my LJ/old Kravlor.com posts. Grr.
If I had some spare time, I'd be interested in figuring out how to get said LJ-rip-Drupal-dump functionality working. It shouldn't be altogether hard; I'd just need to learn some PHP and maybe a bit o' Perl. :) But no -- now it's time to be studying math. (The Linear Algebra book is finished as of this evening!)
Let's just say that the act of pulling a LiveJournal's entries into a static file and then importing them back into a fresh Drupal site isn't easy.
After a couple day's worth of Googling, I decided to bite the bullet and manually transfer over all my LJ/old Kravlor.com posts. Grr.
If I had some spare time, I'd be interested in figuring out how to get said LJ-rip-Drupal-dump functionality working. It shouldn't be altogether hard; I'd just need to learn some PHP and maybe a bit o' Perl. :) But no -- now it's time to be studying math. (The Linear Algebra book is finished as of this evening!)
Website Progress
I'm making progress in my trek to move Kravlor.com from my old PII, 300MHz box on a slow DSL connection to a faster (1.2 GHz Athlon) box that has a faster pipe. This will mean that things like the photo gallery will actually work on a usable level!
Another nifty little thing: I figured out how Apache VirtualHost directives work. Now, by re-structuring my web content area a bit, I was able to get www.kravlor.com, gallery.kravlor.com, and the prior kravlor.dyndns.org all living happily together on the same machine, acting as independent sites.
I like it -- I like it a lot! :)
Another nifty little thing: I figured out how Apache VirtualHost directives work. Now, by re-structuring my web content area a bit, I was able to get www.kravlor.com, gallery.kravlor.com, and the prior kravlor.dyndns.org all living happily together on the same machine, acting as independent sites.
I like it -- I like it a lot! :)
Miscellaneous Nifty Stuff
1) Following zandera82ole's lead...
[Blog Quiz:
I am nerdier than 95% of all people. Are you nerdier?]
... oh yeah! That's what physics and engineering graduate school will do to you!
2) As a follow-up to (1), I was browsing through my webserver logs the other day (if only there was a way to sort of nonchalantly say that) and happened to see that Google was giving high referral rates. I think I now know why.
3) I don't watch much television, except for 24 these days. (Freaking addictive TV shows...) Does anyone else think that it's ironic that Kentucky Fried Chicken is using the theme from 'Sweet Home Alabama' in their television advertising? I'm sure I'm not the first one to notice this, but it's been bugging me more each time I see the commercials!
[Blog Quiz:
I am nerdier than 95% of all people. Are you nerdier?]
... oh yeah! That's what physics and engineering graduate school will do to you!
2) As a follow-up to (1), I was browsing through my webserver logs the other day (if only there was a way to sort of nonchalantly say that) and happened to see that Google was giving high referral rates. I think I now know why.
3) I don't watch much television, except for 24 these days. (Freaking addictive TV shows...) Does anyone else think that it's ironic that Kentucky Fried Chicken is using the theme from 'Sweet Home Alabama' in their television advertising? I'm sure I'm not the first one to notice this, but it's been bugging me more each time I see the commercials!
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