White Flight

by kartooner on March 14, 2004

I’ve been read­ing Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation, an in-depth exam­i­na­tion of the his­tory and dark side of the fast food empire. Scholosser’s research reveals gritty details includ­ing how a great per­cent­age of rob­beries take place in fast food estab­lish­ments and (…)

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New Host and Other Fun Stuff

by kartooner on March 10, 2004

After months of search­ing for a new host for kartooner.com, we’ve finally found our golden goose. It’s a host­ing ser­vice called Dreamhost. Here’s the game­plan; I man­aged to export all of my entries from Mov­able Type and com­pletely re-install MT from the ground (…)

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Redesign: Phase One

by kartooner on March 5, 2004

Walt Dis­ney once said “Our her­itage and ideals, our codes and stan­dards — the things we live by and teach our chil­dren — are pre­served or dimin­ished by how freely we exchange ideas and feel­ings.” A few days ago I mentioned (…)

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Duc Tape Electronics

by kartooner on March 4, 2004

For those of you who are eager to own a com­puter but don’t have the finan­cial means to do so comes this handy step-by-step guide. Be for­warned how­ever; this is not meant for those hard-nosed seri­ous individuals.