http://www.manchicken.com Rantings of a Questionably Sane Chicken Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:47:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en With all this talk about Kindle and eBooks being a cheaper alternative... have we forgotten about these lovely things called public libraries? They have New York Times best sellers and many newspapers for *free* all year round... and when you're done reading them, you don't have to store them, ... http://www.manchicken.com/2009/general/public-libraries.html It looks like the National Organization for Marriage has filed a copyright claim for the audition tapes that were posted on YouTube. Per unjust and unconstitutional DMCA'98, YouTube disabled the video. This is yet another case of people being able to abuse the DMCA'98 to violate free speech rights. http://www.manchicken.com/2009/general/nom-censors-critics-on-youtubes.html Hey guys. I don't know if you've taken a gander at the new FoxNation.com site... it's full of hate-mongering idiots who hate gays, Mexicans, blacks, Muslims, gays, and are all actually quite seriously calling for violence against a legitimately elected government... surprised? Me neither. Let's all take some time ... http://www.manchicken.com/2009/general/foxnationcom-is-full-of-idiods.html I've been seeing a lot of hub-bub about O'Reilly going after some of these bloggers and such. I just now saw a clip where he said that the far left was afraid of him and his producer. O'Reilly can send his producer out my way, and I'll offer two statements. ... http://www.manchicken.com/2009/general/three-words-for-oreilly.html Hey my fellow Mahomet, IL residents... We will be meeting at Espresso Royale at 7pm Central on Tuesday the 31st to discuss promoting a refuse burning ban in the Village. Please email me if you have any questions. If you would like to join in, and you'll be there, ... http://www.manchicken.com/2009/general/mahomet-unite-for-public-health.html Hey folks, if you see manchicken.com or anyconsole.com go offline, don't be alarmed.  I am currently working with our favorite hosting company, RailsPlayground.com, to set up a VPS for my sites.  This is a step I am taking to further my own public service, soon I will be managing sites ... http://www.manchicken.com/2009/general/configuration-changes.html So I've been a mobile electronics geek like the rest of the world for some time now.  I got a little something in my inbox which has me looking at my iPhone wondering if something might have just shown up that could actually compete with my beloved device. Now many of ... http://www.manchicken.com/2009/electronics/mobile-phone-wars-palm-pre.html [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Grandpa Mike Stemle's Glam-Shot."][/caption] VOLUNTEER PROFILE: Michael Stemle Volunteer position at Habitat site: General, whatever is needed. Name it and I have most likely done it at least once, except for roofs. I have hammered everything that can be hammered, have painted things the needed (and some that ... http://www.manchicken.com/2009/family/my-dad-and-habitat-for-humanity.html It's been a while since I've put up a recipe, and that's not because I don't love you all... it's because I've been mastering something that has taunted me for a long time: thick-crust pizza. Now, you're probably saying "but manchicken, pizza usually has cheese on it, and vegan cheese substitutes ... http://www.manchicken.com/2008/general/thick-crust-pizza-crust-vegan-friendly.html So I have to call out a racist commenter on the blog today.  In recent days someone posing as one "Ira Goldstein" has been posting in the comments section of my blog with an awful lot of ignorant hate-speech about President-elect Barack Obama. If this ignorant person is reading this blog, ... http://www.manchicken.com/2008/general/could-the-racist-from-denver-please-leave.html