Gongol.com Archives: March 2007
Brian Gongol


March 15, 2007

Water News No bonds on some public bids?

Graphics Graphic of the day: Innovations Central

The United States of America California single-handedly overturns the process of Presidential selection
Backs its primary up to February 5th, which will naturally encourage other states to do the same thing -- creating a super-primary nine full months before the general election. Something's got to give.

Socialism Doesn't Work Ill-advised cigarette-tax hike goes into effect at ludicrous speed
A $1-a-pack cigarette-tax hike that was just signed into law is considered effective immediately. So not only is it a bad idea that's likely to benefit organized crime, it's also being imposed on retailers at an unreasonable pace.

News Disney to feature its first animated black princess
Related: Why so many Disney characters are profoundly dull and forgettable. It's a matter of design.

Broadcasting WGN to flip-flop midday and afternoon hosts

The United States of America "Draft Fred Thompson" website hits the Internet
The former Senator, having floated a trial balloon, is now included in the list of economic platforms of the 2008 Presidential candidates

Socialism Doesn't Work Test the "Great Firewall of China"
Interestingly, it appears that Gongol.com is blocked -- but other URLs on this site are not, which explains why the server logs confirm 454 hits from China last month. That any sites are blocked because a Communist government disapproves of them is repugnant.

Business and Finance Today's the due date for business taxes
Every member of Congress should have to fill out a Form 1120S just to know what their policies do to small businesses

Computers and the Internet You have to learn to crawl before you learn to walk
Web designer Andy Rutledge objects to the way Federal Reserve employees handle their educational website

Science and Technology The nano-flag
An American flag 3 mm wide; stars are half the width of a human hair. Interestingly, the law doesn't say what the dimensions of Old Glory ought to be.

Computers and the Internet Cross-site scripting bug found in IE7

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