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I've had a few days with my Magic Mouse and its capacitive touch surface. While the mouse is indeed pretty cool, I've noticed some very annoying anomalies associated with the capacitive touch surface. This being my first lengthy experience with capacitive touch, I can now compare and contrast it with resistive touch surfaces. I can say in all honesty, not just hypothetically but empirically, that capacitive touch's success is purely based upon hype. It's cr@p compared to resistive touch. » read more »

We've blogged several times about the growing apostasy within the church (though that last term seems not to apply much anymore). It's getting exponentially worse (hat tip Katrina).

An expert on the advance of radical Islam in the United States says the Muslim Brotherhood is effectively employing a strategy of presenting "Islam lite" to organizations, including Christian churches. » read more »

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Score one for life. A recent study has shown that some patients with severe brain damage, while thought to be vegetative, actually show not only brain activity, but evidence of awareness. Using a diagnostic tool called a functional MRI, scientists were able to illicit responses in patients by asking them to use their brains in specific ways, which are then detectable on the MRI. » read more »

We've discussed the pitfalls of RFID on TuscanyCircle in the past. It's a really stupid technology that employers, banks, and others have latched onto like it were candy. For those who are clueless, RFID is generally an unpowered chip with a unique ID programmed into it. It also includes a small antenna, usually loops. When an RFID read is brought into close proximity, a small amount of power is wireless transferred to the RFID chip, which then dutifully transmits its contents to the reader. Businesses use these in the form of ID cards ("badges") to enter secure areas. » read more »

Traditionally, when men disagree, they sometimes resorted to fisticuffs. It's an old, masculine tradition, however barbaric you may perceive it. Men also tend to get over the conflict soon thereafter, too, having worked through their aggression and resolved their conflict physically. These days, though, in this litigious environment, such conflict resolution can cost you dearly. » read more »

Arguably the only righteous purpose for the federal government, defense of our borders, is being further dismantled by Usurper Obama.

Pres. [sic] Barack Obama's newly proposed 2011 budget would reduce the number of Border Patrol agents along the Southwest border by 180 and cut the funding for the "virtual fence." Homeland Security said it plans to cut the jobs through attrition, and it would result in increased pay for the remaining agents. » read more »

Ayn Rand was wrong about a lot of things. However, the sort of economic idiocy that she described in her seminal work, Atlas Shrugged has become reality^* in Oregon. Those on the left coast have passed "Measure 67," which levies additional taxes on high-income individuals as well as businesses. » read more »

Our trash company, Robertson Sanitation, sold out a few months ago to a larger company, Republic Services. Since then, they have increased our bill without cause, billed us repeatedly and fraudulently (i.e., several times for the same period), failed to honor their agreed upon price (the previous price we were paying, to which they eventually agreed to meet), and then failed numerous promises to pick up their bin.

While Robertson was great before the sale, we cannot warn consumers enough about the gross incompetence at Republic Services.