The Design and Implementation of laffer1

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/8e9a/

This is a device that makes emoticons using LEDs with remote.  You put this on the back of your car to signal if someone is a nice guy, asshole, riding your ass, and so on!  My favorite part is the disclaimer about it not being legal in some states!!!!!  I have a feeling one might get rear ended with this on their car. 

It is a good thing I believe strongly in freedom of speech.  Sometimes blogs on Just Journal personally rub me the wrong way. 

I don't typically read other blogs on JJ.  Actually I avoid it unless they are public.  It is important to realize that any developers or employees of blogging services could read your private thoughts.  Anyway, I saw a post today with a sentence something like "Actually this blog is really cool.  No one will actually see it so I can write about anything."  At first, I thought ouch.  I mean that really strikes at the community based site I was hoping to create.  I've read that big sites like MySpace are having trouble reaching outside their current niche too.  I guess I should be happy.  Some people are using this site as a quiet haven, well as much as the public Internet can be anyway.

Unrelated, I recently heard that people are asked what they eat now at the border.  I guess if you are a vegetarian, that is a security risk now!  I wish they'd hit something typical republicans care about.  I also wish congress would do something.