For the past five days, we’ve been trying to free my car from it’s tomb of snow and ice generously given to us by the local snow plows. It’s such a funny situation that I had to post a picture about it. This current shot is looking pretty good, but it still [...]

I read a great article about the reason that Microsoft Windows is a dangerously naive operating system from the ground up. It was built with a different paradigm that pretended that everyone would be nice and that there were no other operating systems or application developers (save it’s own licensed mob-family) that were even [...]

You probably won’t believe this, but here is a story about a grandmother’s household where her three grandsons were staying. One night four burglers broke into the house while everyone was home and they probably thought the tenants were no match for them. Well the grandsons at the time were playing Grand Theft [...]

I just read a very thorough and (In my humble opinion) accurate article about what’s wrong with the patent system in the United States and a pretty solid plan to bring the system back into balance.
As an example of the patent system run awry, notice that Microsoft patented the “Double-Click“. Now, in the ideal world [...]

I’ve been deluged with spam. Most people who browse the internet have had spam overtake legitimate e-mail, at some point. Effective options are limited. Many e-mail providers offer some sort of spam filtering, but I’ve already had many legitimate e-mails falsely tagged as spam. Luckily, I wasn’t discarding them, but if [...]

I was just reading an article about the incredible websearch engine Google. Not only is it terribly useful, but it’s an incredibly clean design both outside and inside. The guys who built this thing and made it grow were incredible. Read an article here that marvels at this 8th wonder of the [...]

I read a great reflection from someone who worked where I work now. Quirky, but brings me a dose of reality. Thanks Eric.
http://www.robertson-family.org/2004/11/pining.html

Subtitled: Mudpuddles of the mind
I’ve been discovering something about myself recently. Knowledge and understanding exist in my mind like mud, sand, and dirt suspended in water. I know that sounds like a strange analogy, but let me explain…
When I want to learn something new (read a book, learn a skill, practice an art) [...]

While browsing the net looking for info about the holocaust I stumbled on an interesting article:
Triangles and Tribulations: The Politics of Nazi Symbols
The gist is the author is concerned about how the gay/lesbian/bisexual community is using the Pink Triangle as their symbol to rally around. It’s a very informative article that revealed more about [...]

There’s an urban legend floating around about a guy who straps a bunch of ballons to a lawnchair to see if he’ll float in the air. When he cuts the lawnchair free, he shoots up in the air way to fast and dies of starvation and fright several miles up. Well, it’s officially [...]