Blog Smith

Blog Smith is inspired by the myth of Hephaestus in the creation of blacksmith-like, forged materials: ideas. This blog analyzes topics that interest me: IT, politics, technology, history, education, music, and the history of religions.

Monday, December 31, 2007

Top Innovative Product of 2007: HP's TouchSmart IQ770

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HP's TouchSmart IQ770 all-in-one PC is my choice as the top innovative product of the year. This is the first all-in-one PC on the marke...
Sunday, December 30, 2007

Awakening Councils Making Their Mark

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The Awakening Councils are making their mark in Iraq by cooperating with the U.S. military and they are annoying Bin Laden as evidenced by ...

Lyrics, "Wake Up Everybody," Harold Melvin

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Wake Up Everybody Harold Melvin Wake up everybody no more sleepin in bed No more backward thinkin time for thinkin ahead The world has chang...

Hampton Sides, Blood and Thunder

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Although there is little new in this volume Sides has done an admirable job of illustrating the broad landscape of the 19th-century Southwes...

Lyrics to "My God" by Jethro Tull

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Jethro Tull, "My God" - Album: Aqualung People -- what have you done -- locked Him in His golden cage. Made Him bend to your relig...

Max Wall Biography

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Kramer on "Seinfeld" looks like he has been influenced by Max Wall. Wall notably toured with the 1972 Mott The Hoople Rock 'n...

American Jihad, a Disservice

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Emerson poorly documents the clandestine activities of Islamic terrorist groups in the U.S. I wish he had done a better job of explaining th...
Saturday, December 29, 2007

Bush Against Defense?

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This is a surprise to me but Bush is not expected to approve the Defense Authorization Bill. There are several reasons being mentioned now ...
Friday, December 21, 2007

Al-Jazeera Believes, Just a Bit?

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Al-Jazeera has a non-scientific poll on their web site asking: "Do you believe that the security situation in Iraq improved as U.S. gen...

Dialogue With a Palestinian

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Dialogue: Me, limited to the brief comments allowed by the medium but attempting not to be inane (as reflected by "Terrorist Death Watc...
Wednesday, December 19, 2007

IT Concerned About Iraq

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I find it interesting that a recent poll of 600 tech workers by the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) identified the war i...

Full Tilt Boogie

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Graphic source: Gizmodo AT and T Tilt (also known as the HTC 8925) may have enough features to interest me in time for Santa to get for me....
Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Worthwhile Firefox Hacks Thanks to Computerworld

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Graphic source: Computerworld Those great folks, at Computerworld, show how to tweak, hack, and bend Firefox to the user's will. There a...
Monday, December 17, 2007

Ho Hum, Top Ten Religion Stories of the Year

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The top ten biggest religion stories of the year should be vitally important and crucial. As compiled this year in an article by the Times ...
Sunday, December 16, 2007

Today's Peloponnesian War Between the U.S. and China

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Thucydides: Graphic source, Wikipedia Commons Thucydides, our embedded reporter, today reported that the real reason for initiation of the P...
Saturday, December 15, 2007

Mickey Mouse Clone and Palestinian Children Advocate Violence and Death

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New videos have been posted with a popular T.V. character Mickey Mouse clone and Palestinian children advocating violence and death.

Point Well-Taken from the Military Chief

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"In Afghanistan, we do what we can," said Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. "In Iraq, we do what we mu...

Keep 'em Barefoot and Pregnant (And Covered)

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Iraq is moving to disarm its policewomen after the U.S. attempted to incorporate women into the Iraqi police force. Any woman who earned the...
Friday, December 14, 2007

Can the Lull in Iraq last?

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The latest story in Iraq is that the violence is truly, and remarkably, down. Most liberal commentators would not admit it but I tried to s...

Kyoto, and China

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I am not sure why, well, I know why Bush is taking a beating on the Kyoto energy issues. The world is angry at the U.S. for pursuing policie...
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