January 29, 2006 – 5:14 pm
Here is where I was for part of this week: The amazing meeting 4
Totally awesome. There was a great roster of speakers–I especially enjoyed Christopher Hitchens (despite his unfortunate
politics), Richard Wiseman , the Mythbusters , and Mr. James Randi, of course!
Other highlights:
Astronaut Ed Lu gave a really moving speech about not making assumptions in [...]
January 22, 2006 – 9:47 am
Big props to google for resisting the request from the Justice Department to turn over search data. Wired has an article about how to surf smartly
and protect your identity. It’s not that I think anyone reading this blog is up to anything nefarious; it’s just the principle of the
thing.Also, an update from Youaredumb [...]
January 16, 2006 – 10:18 pm
oooh, I found a fun new blog. Make sure you visit the bitch guide, too
However, here is a rather sad post about repeated vandalism of MLK’s page at wikipedia.
Because her vandalism link is on the blink, here is the working history of wiki MLK vandalism.
and, here’s my quote of the day from [...]
January 11, 2006 – 8:46 pm
I’m trying to get my credit house in order before putting my actual house on the market this year, and I am learning a LOT about collection agencies. in 1996, I bought something using a store credit card. Hey, I got a great discount!
Problem was, the card was through Household/HSBC, which I have now learned [...]