http://suboptimal.info sometimes things are just suboptimal Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:42:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en While I'm glad that SCOTUS ruled that the second amendment protects an individual right, as do most of the other amendments in the Bill of Rights, I feel the need to contribute to the 'nets comments en masse. First, it was a pleasure to read in the majority opinion the comparison ... http://suboptimal.info/2008/07/05/dc-v-heller/ New phone. I got myself a Palm Centro (on the deathstar - AT&T) after a coworker replaced his aging/ancient PalmIIIxe with a Centro (Sprint). While he didn't get a data plan, I was able to get enough of a feel of the device's interface & formfactor to know ... http://suboptimal.info/2008/05/07/new-phone/ Ok I can't resist. While the media is already giving these two bimbos filler attention because the media doesn't like covering real news, I have to contribute. Stuck up teenager Nisreen Swedberg (wtf kind of name is that? "Nisreen". Sounds like some infectious sci-fi alien species - the Nisreen Hive ... http://suboptimal.info/2008/02/28/its-not-wrong-to-call-them-a-narcissist-when/ In the CSI seventh season episode, Fannysmackin', LVPD track down a mob of local teens out recreationally assaulting tourists for kicks simply out of a lack of something else more interesting to do. Life is immitating art, again.  Cincinatti area teens Cheyenne Blanton and Joseph Nagle are in custody accused of ... http://suboptimal.info/2008/02/26/life-imitating-csi-crime-scene-investigations/ Go google for "sperm donor child support" and read an article about a Nassau County court case from December 2007. In the late 80s some doctor donates sperm to a colleague with the verbal agreement that he has no rights or responsibilities toward the child.  Ignoring the whole ambiguity of verbal ... http://suboptimal.info/2007/12/05/gold-digger-as-a-legally-established-institution/ In Brendlin v. California it was nice to see SCOTUS kick back a decision in favor of the expansion of Fourth Amendment protections, for a change. Despite recent decisions limiting bill of rights protections such as Morse v. Frederick (first amendment - limiting free speech for minors, so long as they ... http://suboptimal.info/2007/07/30/nice-to-see-a-decent-scotus-decision/ I mistakenly had thought that George Bush would hold off on springing Scooter Libby. I thought he'd let him spend a token amount of time in prison, maybe saving a pardon for the day after the 2008 election or for the last days of his presidency. But no, ... http://suboptimal.info/2007/07/03/so-ill-admit-it-bush-fooled-me-again-on-scooter-libby/ Genarlow Wilson has been in prison under a mandatory sentence of 10 years for a "crime" that, because of his case and the unreasonable sentence he received, had its law rewritten down to a misdemeanor by the Georgia state legislature.  But they botched it - they didn't make the legislative ... http://suboptimal.info/2007/06/12/whatever-happened-to-liberty/ Since my flickr page links here, I figure this is as good a place as any to document my camera kit. First, my camera (body only, I skipped the kit lens): Canon Digital Rebel XT and the lens I got with it right off the bat, my general lens: Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS ... http://suboptimal.info/2007/05/27/my-camera-kit/ With all these award winning cooks getting challenged on Throwdown with Bobby Flay, how crazy do they have to be when they get approached for their "Food Network Profile".  Just once I'd like to see Flay show up at a victim's faux profile and have the victim immediately blurt out ... http://suboptimal.info/2007/05/24/how-crazy-do-you-have-to-be-to-go-on-food-network/