Posts by D. H. McKee

Alien Recipes!!!

CATCHING YOUR ALIEN Before discussing catching aliens, it must be made quite clear that humane restraint must always be exercised....

“Alternative” nutrition takes the life of a baby

I don’t have a problem with vegans, although I tend to view veganism as more cultish than anything else. Certainly...

George Takei, ‘Trek’s’ Sulu: I’m gay

What a shock! I had bets on Kelley and Nimoy. george_takei.jpg George Takei, who as "Star Trek's" Sulu was part of the Starship Enterprise crew through three television seasons and six movies, has come out as a homosexual in the current issue of Frontiers, a biweekly Los Angeles magazine covering the gay and lesbian community.

Weird Web Statistics

I was looking through my web statistics this morning (just for fun, you see), and I came upon the search...

Fool in the Cafe

Reading Matt Ruff’s “Fool on the Hill” in 1842, this morning. Taking a break from all the Burroughs books, though...

I have a new door.

I have a new door. Well, the toil was worth the trouble. My new studio door is in place and...

Of Rapture and the End Times

If I were a mean-spirited person, I would say that I hope to be left behind when the Rapture comes....

Secret Code in Color Printers Lets Government Track You

Sounds a little like X-files to me, but check this out: Tiny Dots Show Where and When You Made Your Print San Francisco - A research team led by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) recently broke the code behind tiny tracking dots that some color laser printers secretly hide in every document. The U.S. Secret Service admitted that the tracking information is part of a deal struck with selected color laser printer manufacturers, ostensibly to identify counterfeiters. However, the nature of the private information encoded in each document was not previously known. laser_printer_dots.png

A Letter To Condoleezza Rice

Dear Dr. Rice Please accept my greetings and best wishes for your personal and professional success. First an admission: I am opposed to the U.S. policy in the Middle East. I am not opposed to the whole U.S. foreign policy, but rather to that part of it that concerns our region. As such I consider myself a closer ally of the U.S. than Tony Blair. Also, many members of my immediate and extended family are American citizens. My two brothers, sister, their children, my mother and son are all American citizens. And they are good citizens; they don't indulge in double loyalty.

What Rice Can’t See

[Condoleezza] Rice’s parents tried their best to shelter their only daughter from Jim Crow racism, and they succeeded. Forty years...