My addiction...

So, dear readers, I must admit to you that I have been hiding something. I have an addiction. I am addicted to news. I read local and national newspapers, get Email updated from The Washington Post, check BBC News, AlJazeera, The Jerusalem Post, Times of India, etc etc, many many times a day.

CNN lost my readership about a month ago when it took too long to pick through articles about Brittany Spears and exploding fuel trucks to find the news. I decided to give up on the rest of the news sources last week. I don't even listen to NPR Morning Edition, or All Things Considered any more. (Sorry Dad).

I have noticed several things in the last week.

1. Most news is noise.
2. I have stopped taking advil for headaches. No joke, two Advils a day, saved from a fate worse than death.
3. Old habbits die hard. I still type www.cnn.com in the browser without even thinking about it, then have to erase the url and go to webmail.
4. I still find out about important news happenings. Ok clarification, I still find about things that are important to those I interact with on a daily basis.
5.I am more productive at work.

New favorite operating system!

I installed OpenBSD on the home computer several weeks ago. I customized it with Enlightenment, added OpenOffice, Firefox, the Gimp and Pico.

I fell in love with the OS when I typed "add_pkg pico" and poof! There is was!

All for free!

Enlightenment is to window managers what the X-15 is to rocket planes, nuff said.

Bush and Ahmadinejad have one thing in common...

They both wish the world's Muslims a happy Ramadan:

Via the White House Webpage:

US President George W. Bush today said the US was richer for its citizens of Islamic faith and wish the world's Muslims well as they began to observe Ramadan.

"I send greetings to Muslims observing Ramadan in America and around the world," Bush said in a statement.

"America is a land of many faiths, and our society is enriched by our Muslim citizens," he said.

"May the holy days of Ramadan remind us all to seek a culture of compassion and serve others in charity."

Via: Iranian Student's News Agency

ISNA - Tehran
Service: Foreign Policy

TEHRAN, Sep. 12 (ISNA)-Iran's president congratulated all Muslims on Ramadan through separate messages to the top officials of the Islamic countries.

In his messages, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has asked god for Muslims glory and pride.

"I hope in this holy month Muslims can take a big step on the way to elevating human societies, resolving injustice, cruelty, discrimination and eradicating insecurity and poverty," he asserted.

"Through boosting brotherhood between Muslim countries, we should create integration," he emphasized.

Scientists find difference in brain activity between liberals and conservatives.

Via the LA Times: Liberals tend to be more accurate.

Grieving Saudi Soccer Fans Look Just Like Grieving UT Football Fans

Actually, last night, I saw a group of orange clad folks who looked and sounded just like this.