philosophy, tech, web

jesus fuxing christ

June 21, 2012

Some tool at firefox, which I’ve started using more with more web dev (<3 firebug), decided it’d be a good idea to switch windows if you type in a URL...

philosophy, rememberance, science, tech

Thanks, peter

April 30, 2012

Peter Neumann introduced me to another Peter, the author of this delightful lil’ missive below. Thanks P^2. [5] Elias, P., “Two famous papers” (Editorial), Sep. 1958, p. 99. TWO FAMOUS...

art, philosophy

the umbrella man

April 21, 2012

  Or… sometimes a pipe is just a pipe. I’ve long had an admiration for errol morris, a filmmaker who seems to just keep getting better (I hate him too!)...

data, government, philosophy

go .gov!

February 26, 2012

In 2009 the US government (thanks to Obama) did a remarkable thing by releasing a ton (perhaps a Library of Congress worth of tons) of data: http://explore.data.gov/ Much of the...

charity, philosophy

Standing outside a broken volunteer with money in my hand

February 10, 2012

So I’m walking down the street and get stopped by an effervescent volunteer who claims to come from UNICEF.  Now… come on, who doesn’t like unicef?  All around good people...

me, philosophy

Bruce, prisons, justice, GhD

February 2, 2012

Thanks go out to bruce schneier for pointing out this article in the New Yorker* about the american prison, process, and justice (sic) system.  (Below, by adam gopnik.)  It’s important,...