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May 21, 2010
Nerdy Cute Girls. In T-Shirts
This post has nothing to do with you the reader, it was just the product of a waste of time on a Thursday evening that turned into a blog post.
May 20, 2010
Hey! You! Get Off Of My Cloud!
Somebody shared a link with me today about the role of dopamine in creativity. So I click the link. And I am taken to the sign-on page to some place that keeps documents for people. I can view the...
May 19, 2010
Nerd Zoo
I was discussing with PlinkPlonk from HackerNews the nature of Agile the other day and it struck me what a wonderful zoo of human experience I've had the pleasure to observe....
May 18, 2010
The Iron Triangle: God, Suffering, and Death
I enjoy thinking and writing about philosophy, and over the years I have reached a strange conclusion. There are really only three important metaphysical concepts: God, Suffering, and Death. How each of us deal with these concepts form the basis...
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May 7, 2010
Coming to a Computer Near You: The Multi-factor Quiz Show
Many companies are (rightfully) getting very concerned about security on the net. So to make sure you are who you say you are, they use something called "multi-factor authentication" It's not enough to have a password any more: now they'd...
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May 6, 2010
Collaborative Blogging -- Bad Agile User Stories
This is my first shot at collaborative blogging -- where you, the user, have just as much control over the blog as I do. I'll ask the question and you guys respond, both by voting, giving options, and commenting. As...
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May 4, 2010
Sprint -- can you hear me now?
I am working on-site in North Carolina for a while. The client is large, so they have Wi-Fi available for visiting consultants but it is monitored by the network Nazis. They also have video surveillance of the entire place. So...
May 2, 2010
Ceterum autem censeo, Carthaginem esse delendam
This article is not about evolution, climate change, God, or religion, even though I use them as examples. It's about the standards we critically need to apply when conducting science and making public policy that involves science. There is a deep systemic problem here that needs to be addressed.
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