Fighting Sioux name and logo – soon to be history?

The University of North Dakota has been in the news lately about the “hostile and absive” nickname and logo. Personally, I don’t find it hostile or abusive to Native Americans or myself.  I have posted the logo on this page. I do like the logo, but I guess it was created by a Native American that is not a Sioux tribe member. I think the logo is very tasteful when compared to the Cincinnati Reds Logo or the Cleveland Chiefs logo which could definitely be considered inappropriate. I must admit that I am a white person and I a sports fan of UND athletics but I am very respectful of using the logo and nickname.I do think that since the Sioux tribes are opposed, the logo and name will be changed but there are going to be a lot of unhappy people. Some people will see this as a victory and others will be upset, including myself, but I will still support UND athletics regardless of the their nickname and logo.The NCAA and UND settled regarding this issue and UND has three years to get approval or retire the nickname and logo. I think that the nickname and logo will be changed sooner than in three years. Or I could be wrong and UND wait until three years from now or something else will happen, who knows but it looks like a change is inevitable.   I could go on and on about this but I won’t. I just felt like expressing my opinion on this and I am sure this is not the last time that I will address this issue.    

WordPress blogging, starting to like it

I have been using WordPress for a few months. Previously, I was using Blogger.com. I still have that account, but have transfered my posts to this account. I like that my blog postings actually show up if I tag it correctly on wordpress, but then get buried as more people add to their blogs. I have yet to have anyone comment on my blog, but oh well. I guess I don’t have to say anything that deserved a comment so far. I don’t like that wordpress.com doesn’t have a search feature, but maybe that’s okay. They want to function differently. Today is the big CNN Youtube.com debate. I won’t be able to watch it live, since I have to work, but I will try to catch some of it. I was considering uploading a video as a question but I didn’t feel like it.I really think it’s great that CNN is doing this and it is very 2007, and later on it may be part of the process, or this may just be some weird marketing ploy by CNN. Regardless, it allows people have their voices heard, regardless of what CNN does.  On CNN right now they are talking about political ads and how the editing process can make the opposing candidates look bad by just slowing down the footage or removing color, etc. I personally can’t wait until this is all over, but is it really over. As soon as they elect a new president, it will start over again and they will start talking about 2012. Therefore it’s unescapable, but at least it won’t be the only thing that the media focuses on for a short time period.I can’t believe how much CNN brags up themselves. It’s interesting to know how this is all done, but they are bragging up how great it is before it even occurs. (Well, I guess they did this once already with the Republicans) but this is more of something you would look back on and then reflect. Okay, I will quit rambling and start writing another posting.  

Parallels new beta for Leopard

I discovered a new update to Parallels today while reading my blogs using the Google reader and checking out the newest posts to Lifehacker.com not to be confused with lifehack.org which is also a great site. This beta which is something I have been waiting for since the day I got Leopard (the day it came out basically). I have just installed it and do not know exactly what the improvements are, but I know that Parallels does need a few bug fixes. A few that I know of include: Never shutting down after using the Shut Down from the Start Menu. Open at Login results in an error message, if you set Parallels to launch on the dock by selecting it to open at login. (This would be a handy feature for some people). At my work, we have a few Apple MacBook Pro laptops and the users are mostly PC users that are used to XP, but one of them has become familiar with Mac OS X. A few of them are using both, and one person does not like Mac OS X at all and continues to use XP via boot camp. I will add to my blog if there any show stoppers to this new beta. It is currently running. I am also wondering how the new Windows XP Service Pack 3 will affect this beta. I will try to break it by installing that as well.I have read that Windows XP SP3 actually improves the speed of some computers and it beats Vista SP1 for speed. I am also waiting for Vista SP1 to come out.