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,...

philosophy, security

Your most important systems are your least secure

January 30, 2012

I’ve a larger writing project afoot… putting it down to see how it looked in a different format. zen@trouble.org/2012/Draft Your most important systems are your least secure Here’s an easy...