Category Archives: General

A Little Housekeeping

Posted on October 18, 2006 by Mash

Recently I added the captcha spam filter for comments to cut down on the spam I was having to contend with. However, the captcha can be annoying at times. As a convenience feature, I enabled registration for those readers who do … Continue reading →

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Toast

Posted on October 3, 2006 by Mash

Consider this an Open Thread for now. I plan to have a substantial post on this topic tomorrow. Do you think Dennis Hastert will resign before or after the elections? My gut says that there is no chance he weathers this … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Politics | 13 Comments

Pakistan And Extremism

Posted on September 14, 2006 by Mash

[Via Raw Story] President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan claimed on Tuesday that terrorism and extremism had been brought to Pakistan by the West. According to the Daily Times of Pakistan, Musharraf blamed the West for bringing terrorists and extremists to the region … Continue reading →

Posted in Bangladesh, Foreign Policy, General, International, Terrorism | 21 Comments

On A Dedicated Server

Posted on July 20, 2006 by Mash

    [This post should be read while listening to Also Sprach Zarathustra, op. 30 by Richard Strauss] The blog has been migrated to a dedicated server. If I did everything correctly things should work pretty much like before. You should … Continue reading →

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High Traffic Blogging And Server Upgrades

Posted on July 19, 2006 by Mash

I have good news, bad news and more good news. The good news is that many people who normally do not visit this blog visited here in the last 24 hours since I posted about President Bush’s Blitz-Massaging of the … Continue reading →

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