On the campaign trail over the weekend, Barack Obama tried to assuage the socially conservative democrats of Western Pennsylvania regarding his pro-abortion stance. He starts with the typical, liberal, stance when confronted by an admonition to stop abortions:
“This is a very difficult issue, and I understand sort of the passions on both sides of the [...]

Wordpress 2.5 has been released. I have installed it, and everything seems to be working fine – especially on the front end (though I’m still exploring the new admin interface).
Let me know if you notice any issues, and if you use Wordpress, go install Version 2.5 now!

Head-to-head-to-head, Vista vs. MacOS vs. GNU/Linux in the PWN 2 OWN contest at CanSecWest 2008:
Three targets, all patched. All in typical client configurations with typical user configurations. You hack it, you get to keep it…
Each has a file on them and it contains the instructions and how to claim the prize.
Targets (typical road-warrior clients):

VAIO VGN-TZ37CN [...]

Just a quick congratulations to the Brownsburg Bulldogs for winning the Indiana Class 4A boys basketball state championship last night, beating Marion 40-39.
(According to the article, the game was the lowest-scoring state championship since Milan beat Muncie Central 32-30 in 1954 – which most people would recognize as the inspiration for the best basketball movie [...]

Are you in need of web hosting services, but your web site may in some way violate the ever-so-fragile sensibilities of Muslims? If so, don’t even think about using Network Solutions.
Dutch lawmaker and filmmaker Geert Wilders made this mistake when developing a website for his forthcoming Fitna movie, which he describes as a “last warning [...]

Imagine, if you will, a blogger who decides to focus his work on exposing the inaccuracy of the mainstream media’s photojournalism. In order to do so, this blogger would need to post the photos to be discussed (be that discussion editorial, critical, or corrective in nature). Certainly, any rational person would understand that such action [...]

You remember the Democrat talking point, about how Saddam Hussein had no ties to Al Qaeda prior to the US-led invasion of Iraq? Well, as with so many other Democrat talking points, this one has been proven to be dead wrong – in the recently released 59-page Pentagon report.
Now, you may have heard that the [...]

Tonight the premiere for season four of Top Chef aired. As you all are well aware, I’m sure, this show is one of our favorites.
I would like to follow along a bit better, and blog my thoughts and reactions to each episode – but that will depend on how much time I can spare for [...]

So, you wouldn’t know it from the ten inches of snow we got yesterday, but this past weekend was gorgeous. Sunday was about 77 degrees and sunny, and we got the chance to take Lily to the park, to enjoy the weather – and the infant swing:

I’m too cute!Photo © Chip Bennett, all rights [...]

After we closed on our house, we decided that we only wanted to undertake one project before moving in: the kitchen. We were fortunate to have new appliances already installed, but the cabinets made the kitchen a bit dark and dated, and the hardware was in obvious need of replacement:

We sanded, primed, and painted the [...]