The Space Toast Pages 01 2008

Inkscape: Remembering Open Palettes Between Sessions

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:00:00 GMT

Filed as a bug report on Inkscape's Launchpad page:

Inkscape remembers the size and location of palette windows (Fill and
Stroke, Layers, etc.) between sessions, but not whether they were open.

This is a feature request.

Sketch: Girl Looking Up

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:00:00 GMT

A quick Inkscape sketch from the other night:

Infographic: Mens' Hats

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:00:00 GMT

What We Think They Say v.s. What They Actually Say

Click for larger image:

Inkscape vector art (Compressed svg)

Something for the ladies? Perhaps you'll enjoy this old favorite: A Chart of the Pressures Facing an Essentially Straight Modern Woman.

Regarding Telecom Immunity

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:00:00 GMT

I believe in accountability. I believe that no crisis removes an American's responsibility to uphold the Constitution. As a result, I feel duty-bound to oppose Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's bill granting American telecommunications companies retroactive immunity for any illegal wiretaps they may or may not have performed at the behest of the National Security Agency and the White House in the years following September 11, 2001.

Were the issue one of protecting companies acting in good faith, a cap on settlements would be proper. Granting immunity instead dismisses all present and future court cases, removing the public's only avenue of discovery regarding the reality or extent of any illegal actions taken. Crisis does not justify barbarism.

Very little can be done by the public at this point. I've summarized my moral argument and sent it to lobbying group The Electronic Frontier Foundation's Stop the Spying campaign in the form of the photo below:

As a postscript, I regard Reid's bill as another example of the spinelessness that caused me to leave the Democratic Party.

2008 Resolutions

Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:00:00 GMT

Catch up with at least one person/couple per month with whom I have not recently spoken.
Escape from this cyclical Blue Collar hell.
Learn to type right. Again. And make it stick.
Enough with the drama queen bullshit.
Find true love? Nah, better hold off on that one...

The First Space Toast Page of 2008

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:00:00 GMT

Bloody Comcastic

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:00:00 GMT

Because it isn't enough to provide the shortest billing to payment due period of any company you do business with, Comcast gives you something more: the light euphoria of never knowing what precisely to ascribe to incompetence, policy or indifference.