my mosque photo Originally uploaded by TfUnQ My photo of a mosque in Esfahan made it into somebody’s blog post. Yay for Creative Commons. Note, I don’t think Ahmadinejad is right about what the world needs. UPDATE: I asked Ally how she found that web page and then I tried to find it myself. I [...]
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Privacy Lusitania
I’ve been waiting for the Privacy Lusitania, an event when the infrastructure fails and public opinion galvanizes around solving it. I think it’s a pretty apt metaphor. In WWI people thought everything was OK in the US until the vaguely dangerous power hit the US infrastructure by sinking a commercial transport ship. (Of course that’s [...]
Practict, sharing practical knowledge
I have a whole lot of work to do, so to procrastinate clear my mind I’ve started a new blog, Practict. It’s where I’ll share practical knowledge that I’ve found or created. This will help me focus this blog on myself, in accord with its charter.
Passing by
Wish I had thought of this. And I wish my phone camera recorded better videos. To see behind the curtain, try passingby-looking-right.
Hypertext invented 50 years prior to the memex?
Did Paul Otlet beat Vannevar Bush to HyperText by 50 years? Paul Otlet had both the vision and a rudimentary implementation.
GrandCentral, fancy phone features
Slate writes about GrandCentral, a phone service that wants to simplify your life.
Dan Savage on the film “300″
City Pages – Savage Love With nothing but time on my hands this week, I slipped out of the office and went to the movies. Have you seen 300 yet? It’s about a handful of lightly armed ancient Greeks—the Spartans—who take on the mighty and massive Persian army. Some feel the film is homophobic; some [...]
Most truths are too naked
Most truths are so naked that people feel sorry for them and cover them up, at least a little bit. -Edward R. Murrow, journalist (1908-1965)
meme
Aziz Ansari is a Fucking Badass. Seriously, he is pretty funny.
I want to have Arrested Development’s baby
How is it that season 3 is even better than the previous two? I suspect a Faustian bargain.
