Monthly Archives: January 2011

I like the idea of space exploration. I like the idea of Lunar or Martian colonies. (Interesting question as to whether those those adjectives should be capitalized or not; I guess so, since “Luna” and “Mars” are place names, and … Continue reading →

Since I turned on comments in mid-December, I’ve accumulated several thousand spam comments. (Hopefully, you haven’t seen any of them.) The signal-to-noise ratio is just crushing, and I need to rethink my approach to the problem. So comments are going … Continue reading →

Some people wax rhapsodic in re: the virtues of high density housing. Those people don’t have upstairs neighbors like mine. I hope you’ll indulge me in an open letter to these neighbors. Dear Sir and Madam; Your children’s raucous and … Continue reading →

There’s been some loose talk recently to the effect that the Senate might change its rules s.t. the filibuster is weakened, and the majority thereby empowered. I would be astonished if this happened in the current Congress; it makes no … Continue reading →

A while back, I heard an ad on the radio that included this gem: The Internet used to be called the World Wide Web. Now, this is wrong in every important respect. The “World Wide Web”, if it refers to … Continue reading →

Today’s post is going to be a little smug. I can’t help that, but I think there’s a cautionary tale here worth telling. Twitter I thought that Twitter was one of the stupidest ideas I’d ever heard. I was introduced … Continue reading →