Aug 27
Let's take a quick look at the state of freedom and privacy in the mobile computing market, shall we? This is a multi-part post where I'll survey some disconcerting developments in the mobile computing...
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Aug 22
This was taken from a CBC story about the flooding in Pakistan and the move toward providing aid to the flood-stricken country. As ever, there's a Randian around to provide the solipsistic view of the...
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Aug 20
If the title to this post means something to you, then you know how annoying the thing I'm referring to is. You've tried clearing the cache, you've tried clearing all your cookies, you've tried pagan...
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Aug 19
This story seems to have caught everyone's attention today. I decided to dedicate this song to the good professor and her quest to get her bagel in the face of Starbucks' Kafkaesque wall of language...
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Aug 18
This Joy Division song never fails to bring a smile to my face, pure Aufhebung. And I'm glad to have discovered Radiohead, some 15 years after the fact. You're never too old to learn new things, nor...
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Aug 18
I started reading Playing for Real this week. I know that I promised to write on some PR books earlier, but I'm going to pick some low-hanging fruit to buy some time as the stuff on PR is harder to...
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Aug 9
In case you haven't noticed, we're getting closer to Christmas. I'll beat even the most enthusiastic retailers to the punch and get the ball rolling. Enjoy!: David Fonseca is a Portuguese pop singer...
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Aug 3
Here's Noam Chomsky talking about Wikileaks and what he thinks is more significant news: The issue of nuclear contamination of Iraq through vaporized depleted uranium is one that does need more exposure...
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Jul 20
There are all sorts of software out there now to allow you to analyze your writing for stylistic problems. You don't actually need to go and pay for this sort of thing, as there are plenty of free tools...
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