This page shows recent posts from all categories. It will probably be fancier later.
Black bars on TV with ATI/AMD video (2011/12/05)
Okay, this one took me a while to figure out, and it turns out there’s not a solution I can find. (Before you rush to link me to the articles on this: Yes, I know about the overscan setting, I messed with it, it did not do what I need.) [read more...]
Shoving sexuality down peoples' throats (2011/12/01)
There’s a recurring phrase I see in a lot of discussions to do with sexuality. People say things like “I don’t object to gay people, I am just sick of them shoving their sexuality down my throat.” That phrase, or close variants of it, shows up over and over. [read more...]
That's sorta spooky (2011/11/30)
Siri is uncannily reluctant to talk about abortion. [read more...]
Can programming be taught? (2011/11/29)
Apparently, many people simply cannot comprehend programming. That is to say, if you look at the people who come into a programming course, and give them a really, really, simple example of what programs look like, some of them Just Don’t Get It. Nearly all of these people fail out, because they never learn to program; they simply can’t get their heads around it. [read more...]
Free advice: Learn to cook (2011/11/28)
Many people seem to regard cooking as some kind of strange magical skill that ordinary people cannot have, and restrict themselves to prepared food that only needs to be microwaved or whatever. [read more...]
It's okay when *we* say it. (2011/11/28)
For years, the general rule that some words are deeply offensive for most people to use, but perfectly okay for members of the group offended to use, bothered me. It still does. [read more...]
I want my spoons back. (2011/11/22)
(Spoons, you ask? Yes, spoons.) [read more...]
Ahh, stupidity and evil. (2011/11/15)
http://boingboing.net/2011/11/11/stop-sopa-save-the-internet.html [read more...]
True names and aphasia (2011/11/11)
A running theme in fantasy literature is True Names – each thing (or at least person) has a true name, and knowing the true name of a thing gives you power over it. But why’s that? Here’s my theory. If you use a normal word for a thing, the word has connotations and shades of meaning that distract you from the thing itself. Thus, the use of carefully-crafted “true names”, words which exist to be directly mapped to the thing itself without connotations, puns, and other distractions. [read more...]
Razer's gaming stuff: Disappointing support (2011/11/10)
Okay, I gotta say. I like the hardware as such. Nice hardware. Good feel on the keyboards. [read more...]