Another update has been made to the Backporch that is not readily noticable. I have added some “hidden” code that allows iTunes users to easily pull songs/albums/artists that we link here on the site. The trick is to use the iTunes Linkmaker to find what you’re looking for, then click on the 
to get the iTMS html code. Here’s a few examples:
– one of my favorite parts of Saturday night games at the Dell Diamond is this song
– a great premiere album from a guy who did a Nirvana rip-off band in Dallas when he was, like, 14 — he totally redeems himself on this
– Carl Stalling is the genius behind the music of Bugs Bunny
Initially I thought, “why meddle in a pointless holy war?” but then I remembered that’s what we’re all about here.
This from a story on the ban on “partial-birth abortions”. Issues of the story itself aside, this just seemed jaw-droppingly hypocritical, particularly considering the speaker:
“This right to life cannot be granted or denied by government, because it does not come from government — it comes from the creator of life,” the president said, receiving another lengthy standing ovation.
Read more!I think many of us have come up with ideas for how to explain to the propaganda-addled masses why our respective least-favorite heads of state are evil lying bastards.
If your least favorite happens to be George Bush, now you can put those ideas into action.
All eligible submissions will be posted on this web site and rated by visitors. The top rated ads will then be voted on by our panel of esteemed judges, including Michael Moore, Donna Brazile, Jack Black, Janeane Garofalo, and Gus Van Sant. The winning ad idea will be broadcast on television during the week of Bush’s 2004 State of the Union address, and the winner will receive a recording of the ad as broadcast.
Here’s a lengthy article discussing the history and current development of cigarette lighters. Be sure to scroll a little bit past half-way to see the PC lighter peripheral.
My old Inspiron 3700 has been acting kind of funny for the last couple of months. I don’t use it for much besides trying different Linux distros, but I’m kind of flummoxed at what’s happening.
It’s got all the symptoms of having an overload relay trip off somewhere in the power chain- It’ll operate for a while, then kind of sigh and go completely dead. The light on the power supply goes out when it happens, and won’t come on until I unplug the PS and plug it in again.
Following an initial boot, it will last for approx. 5 min to an hour, but once it’s dropped off, I’m lucky to get 3-4 minutes before the power goes dead. I’ve googled it, but ATT haven’t found anything more interesting than “Send it back to Dell”. Which I’m disinclined to do – motherboard problems run about $200/pop plus shipping, and the machine is worth maybe $250. And Missy’s office just sent her a new computer and said not to bother sending the old one back.
Any suggestions? I’m on the verge of taking it apart and troubleshooting myself.
7:18 am – Got here at 6:55 am and the line had already formed. Becky, Rod, and I were numbers 10, 11 and 12. Dina made it at 7:10 and cut in line with us in front of nearly a dozen others. I got a page from Marcos who is over at Lakecreek saying “i bet theres not a guy dressed like neo, standing behind you? i hate geeks.” I got him beat, though. There’s a guy here wearing billowing flower-print pants that are split up the sides to his thigh. I may not be able to eat breakfast. I hope Jank thought ahead to take his new vacation priviledges to make it to a theater today.