Brian Gongol
![The United States of America](http://gongol.com/pics/usa.gif)
Chicago's Old Passenger Railroad Stations
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Don't Like Peanut Butter? Try a Sunflower Seed and Jelly Sandwich
USDA trying to perfect sunflower butter. No, really.
![Threats to Western Civilization](http://gongol.com/pics/threats.gif)
Time Since September 11, 2001 Equals Length of US Involvement in WWII
Naming it a "War on Terrorism" was a bad idea: Terrorism is a method. The war is really one against a group of radicals who lay claim to a radicalized form of Islamic authority. It's not and should never be a war against Islam itself, either. But it's not about all terrorism: The IRA doesn't seem to have been much affected, nor have domestic white-supremacist groups. Naming things creates consequences; one of the consequences of naming something a "War on [some abstract thing]" makes pure victory impossible. George Orwell had something to say about perpetual war in 1984, and it wasn't pleasant.
![The American Way](http://gongol.com/pics/$.gif)
Tariffs as "Enforcing National Bias"
![Computers and the Internet](http://gongol.com/pics/comp.gif)
How to Query Electronic Books Using Google
Enter the search string -inurl:htm -inurl:html intitle:"index of" +("/ebooks"|"/book") +(chm|pdf|zip), plus whatever you're searching for. Rather elegant.
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Comparison of File Systems
FAT, NTFS, UFS all compared (from FlaminTiki)