http://www.manchicken.com Rantings of a Questionably Sane Chicken Fri, 02 May 2008 20:44:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So this is a quick treat that my wife and I really have grown to love.  It is born out of my love for all things stir-fried, and all things pasta.  This goes great with some suntea and a good book.  Don't forget to use organic ingredients when possible. Yield: 2 ... http://www.manchicken.com/2008/recipes/202.html So, I've been looking for a story I saw on WCIA 3 news (my local CBS affiliate) about a group of veterans who are bullying a school in which students recited the pledge of allegiance in Spanish.  In my searching--I couldn't find the story itself, sorry--I found many links to ... http://www.manchicken.com/2008/politics/racist-idiots-of-the-day-immigrationwatchdogcom.html So, I've recently noticed that kungfooguru has been posting recipes on his blog, and I thought I'd start posting some of my other grilling recipes.  This one is one that I am a big fan of because it's vegetarian, it's delicious, it's simple, and it's cheap as cheap can be. Here ... http://www.manchicken.com/2008/recipes/grilled-veggie-sandwiches.html So I just now had a comment on an ancient post from someone who has stated that the constitution makes the United States of America the greatest country in the world.  I'd just like to take issue with that for a moment, and point out some of the flaws that ... http://www.manchicken.com/2008/politics/when-patriotism-goes-wrong.html So thanks to this pissing contest between Microsoft and Google, several good friends of mine back at Performics/DoubleClick have been laid off.  It's nice to know that the world's richest companies thrive on getting richer by laying off 30% of their workforce when there's no solid business reason for doing ... http://www.manchicken.com/2008/ranting/guck-foogle.html Somebody wrote a song that has a surprisingly familiar title.  Here it is (sorry, they disabled embedding): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-EFXWmkeAk http://www.manchicken.com/2008/free-software/the-manchicken-song.html Yesterday I complained about OOXML, and the corruption with which it has been approved of in the United States.  In response I had some folks discussing how to help those who are fighting this problem to win their fight... so here's the how to help article. I'm a CDROM-card-carrying member of ... http://www.manchicken.com/2008/free-software/ooxml-and-drm-and-wiretaps-oh-my-help-win-the-fight.html Application Trends is reporting that the U.S. is voting 11-to-4 to approve OOXML as a standard.  William Jeffery, the director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, is quoting as saying that the NIST favors competing standards.  What a crock. "Dr." Jeffery is naive to believe that any standard that ... http://www.manchicken.com/2008/free-software/ooxml-corruption.html So, I haven't done a political article in a little while. This is a short one. I'd like to congratulate John McCain--like he cares--in his presumptive Republican party nomination that he mathematically clenched last night. As someone who was concerned about the possibility of whack-jobs like Ron Paul or ... http://www.manchicken.com/2008/politics/better-john-mccain-than-ron-paul.html Okay, so this post isn't entirely Free Software related, but it certainly has quite a bit of Free Software involved. First, manchicken.com now has a photo gallery where I'm going to put my photos. Yay. I'm using coppermine for the gallery because it's simple to install, simple ... http://www.manchicken.com/2008/free-software/free-software-in-action-the-kubuntu-kid.html