Monthly Archives: May 2009

Raised-Bed Gardening: Do It Yourself

May 30, 2009
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Raised-Bed Gardening: Do It Yourself

Now, the "square foot" approach seems like more effort than I'm prepared to undertake, at least this year. Instead, I just threw a bunch of soil, some peat moss that some friends left behind when they moved, some good mulch, and mixed it up. Then I proceeded to just cram it full of naturey-goodness, paying no particular attention to spacing or whatever.

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San Diego County: No Place For Free Speech, Assembly

May 30, 2009
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The couple, Pastor David Jones and his wife Mary, indicate that an average of about 15 people attend their weekly bible study. Which according to San Diego County officials, they can not continue to hold without obtaining a "major use" permit, which could cost tens of thousands of dollars.

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All Your Internets Are Belong to Us

May 29, 2009
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A few weeks ago I commented on some ridiculous “informed consent” cyber-security bill. At least one commenter reacted to my claim that this sort of thing is the first step down a perilously slippery slope, saying essentially: look, this is no big deal. Granted, I conceded that in my post. There are plenty of smart and industrious people in the world who’d be more than willing to reverse-engineer the crap out of the software...

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