Editorial
New Year Randomness
A few things for the new year:
- Congratulations to those in New Hampshire for being another state allowing gay marriage. It’s a crime that it’s not globally recognized, but we’ll get there eventually. I guess I wrongfully assumed that the phrase “…all men are created equal.” in the Declaration of Independence actually applied to ALL men.
- I was bad during the holidays and ran very very little, however I was able to at least maintain my weight, which is as good as one can hope for.
- I have removed the CAPTCHA from my site. Apparently my WordPress upgrade last week broke that plugin.
- I am fixing the RSS feeds as they apparently haven’t been updating since about July. Oops!
Have a great new year and I’ll post again soon – hopefully later this week.
Christmas is gay
Mr. & Mrs. Claus have no issues with their gay son and neither should you! Happy Holidays!
Purdue University Airport – UAV Exhibit
Earlier today we went to view a scale model of the Northrop Grumman Global Hawk unmanned military aircraft. When we first went into the airport we saw the model of the engine used (pictures at the end) and a representative from Rolls Royce was listing off specs which, naturally, made no sense to me at all. 
After a short while we went through the airport to the tarmack and saw the full-scale model of the UAV. Although just a model it was still cool to see.
Sinead’s Hand
Why can’t we all be equal?
Wedding bells… or not.
Recently, Justin and I have been discussing more and more about getting married. A few months ago Corey and Danielle announed that they were getting married next September 25. I am very happy for them and glad that Danielle will become part of the family.
The talk of marriage brought me back to wanting to get married to Justin. Sadly, because of the state of the country and with the current laws, that’s not quite as simple for us. Along with getting married to really express our love for each other, we thought that it be good for his future also in that it may help when he graduates in order to try and stay in the USA.
However, our dreams were pretty much crushed this weekend when we started looking into things far more closely.
Recent Tech Updates
This week has been pretty good for technology updates in my little world. I’d like to highlight a few of these updates.
First, the new iPhone 3.0 software update came out Wednesday. The changes to the various programs are mainly fairly minor. Such minor items include the ability to not load remote images in Mail, Mail and Messages now go widescreen for easier typing and Stocks has been enhanced with a widescreen view. However, there are larger updates included that really make the update well worth installing. What would these be? How about global search (similar to QuickGold on jailbroken devices), cut-copy-paste and undo support across all apps with an intuitive interface that makes it very easy to select what you want to copy/paste across any app? Also, the entire phone seems faster and more responsive now more than ever before.
Along with this great update is the fact that it’s able to be jailbroken already on the current iPhone 3G. Friday I went through and jailbroke mine to have the best of everything. Coming soon is the unlock (Ultrasn0w).
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WWDC ‘09: Get ready to hide
It’s coming up again tomorrow – WWDC. What’s WWDC? That’s the Worldwide Developers Conference help by Apple every year. I enjoy this conference and usually end up constantly refreshing the news sites (typically Engadget) to get information on what was new information was released from Apple since the last update.
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Traditional Marriage Preservation
The above video is a great example of how some traditions just aren’t worth preserving.
Video by: Keith Hartman
Gay = Sin
The first half of the video is kind of hard to listen to (due to the content) but it gets better. The imagery that goes along with the video is sweet and well-done.
Video by Matthew Brown
Music by Sigur Ros
Proud to be gay
Are you proud to be gay? The video below shows many people who are proud to be gay. It was made by gays.com and the Committee for the International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia. Although I don’t think I’m any different than anyone else, I am Proud to be gay.
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