Hatred is still scary (2012/04/08)
So, our friend Rah did something pretty awesome. She made cheap, portable, housing. The summary of the thesis is particularly endearing.
[read more...]Oh, what a beautiful piece of writing (2012/04/07)
A Person Paper on the Purity of Language (I’m sure there must be other copies somewhere) is a fascinating read.
[read more...]We fear change (2012/04/02)
Okay, so, the greenhouse project has started. So today, there are holes in our back yard.
[read more...]I am heartless and insensitive, part 5 (2012/03/30)
I play video games. I play, in fact, roleplaying computer games. When I play MMOs, I tend to play them in-character. But sometimes… the character is, perhaps, not totally serious. So I used to have a character in WoW named Merisioux. And when I stopped playing WoW because of their horrific record of giving no fucks about trans people and queers, I continued playing characters named that in other MMOs.
[read more...]Mmm, starbucks. (2012/03/25)
Okay, simple fact: I like frappucino, but it’s overpriced.
[read more...]Seriously, Microsoft? (2012/03/24)
Problem: The “Windows Key” is annoying.
[read more...]Least evil privacy policy handling ever (2012/03/23)
Okay, I am amazed. Seriously.
[read more...]Wow, Google+. Just wow. (2012/03/22)
A friend-of-a-friend, who does not use Google*, just got a threatening letter from The Goog telling her that she has four days to change her profile name to something compliant with the Google* name policy or lose access to their other services.
[read more...]Copyright and piracy (2012/03/22)
I recently happened to read an old David Pogue column in Scientific American, where he pointed out that modern copy protection schemes are punishingly hard on legitimate users, but have no effect on pirates.
[read more...]Yay doctors! (2012/03/21)
In modern America, it is a career-risking move to come out and say that you refuse to rape your patients. So this doctor said it anonymously.
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