JJG Journal

Viewed No End In Sight (2007) over the weekend. I think this film is required viewing for anyone who cares about this country, the United States of America.

‘No End in Sight’ provides a detailed analysis of the history and current status of America’s involvement in Iraq and is a case study in gross managerial incompetence with tragic consequences.

I happen to believe that we, the voters of this nation, made a grave mistake when electing incompetent and worthless leaders in 2000 and...Continue Reading »

In keeping with established Microsoft traditions, it has released a complete re-build of the Flight Simulator X (FSX) game engine, humbly dubbed "Service Pack 1", that now makes the simulation usable and great fun for the first time. On my game PC (dual-core 2GHz Intel processor, 2GB RAM, 256 NVidia Graphics Card) the performance enhancement is at least a factor of two. Turns out that Microsoft added multi-core support and optimized DirectX calls throughout the simulation. The original FSX sucked badly. "Sucked" is a technical programming term but means the same as the street...Continue Reading »

Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes … known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few.… No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.

— James Madison, Political Observations, 1795

President Bush yesterday VETOED a measure to fund education, job training and health programs (his sixth presidential veto,...Continue Reading »

After receiving my pilot certificate and flying around the NYC area on a regular basis for about two years, the thrill of it all has worn off a little.

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