May 20, 2011
The Test
I read somewhere that the greek playwright Sophocles was upset that during competitions for plays, the women were flashing their breasts, thereby influencing the judges. I don't know if that's true or not, but as much as things change, most...
April 19, 2011
Tragic Death of Bubbles in the Ghetto
Please, Mr. Headline Writer-Guy, please find something else besides ghettos, bubbles, and dying to write about. They're overused. Give it a rest.
November 27, 2010
I'm done here
The tyrant of the future won't be a king, or a dictator. Hell, he won't even be a faceless bureaucrat. The tyrant of the future will be the automated application of this structure we're throwing together in an effort to pound square pegs into round holes.
November 3, 2010
Good and Evil in the Garden of Hackerdom
I think a lot of such communication is good -- it helps us form and maintain a community. But it's critically important to recognize what these topics are: social candy. A little bit is fine now and then, but it's very easy to do too much.
October 27, 2010
The Hell with Happiness
What's bugging me is the increasing number of people who seem to chase happiness just for the purpose of being happy. And that's crap.
December 27, 2009
Logic Lunch Counter
This post goes out to all of you logic junkies. You know who you are: you're the ones with the list of fallacious argument types on a little index card beside your monitor. Heck, you might even have a web...
August 19, 2009
Facebook Morals
Ever since I wrote the article comparing technology to heroin, I've been been thinking about mind and body-altering things and how morals, standards, and mores build up around them to contain the damage and maximize the benefits to society. As...
July 1, 2009
Et tu, Burger King?
I'm not even going to comment....
June 29, 2009
Commercials I Hate
When did crass become strategically smart for advertisers?