I've got to get the word out about Lindsay Beyerstein. I first encountered Lindsay a few years ago at Magikthise, her original personal blog. (That name sounds like one of the lesser-known Bond girls, but it's actually a geek reference to a character -- a philosopher, your basic working thinker -- in Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.) … [Read more...] about The Conspiracy to Silence Lindsay Beyerstein
PSA – Vaccines v.s. Candy From Strangers
I'm pretty sure the anti-vaccination crowd is seriously deluded. Some of them are so scared of vaccines that they prefer to give their children immunity to diseases the old fashioned way: By giving them the disease itself.The usual way to do that is with a "pox party": Wait until one child in your circle of anti-vax fanatics gets the chicken pox, and then bring all your kids … [Read more...] about PSA – Vaccines v.s. Candy From Strangers
Jana Svrzo and the Zebras
At about the time that Brittany Norwood was beating and stabbing Jayna Murray to death inside a store in a shopping mall, two employees in the Apple store next door heard sounds of the struggle coming through the wall. The Apple Store employees were closing up for the night. One of them heard strange sounds from the other side of the wall: grunts, thuds, hysterical … [Read more...] about Jana Svrzo and the Zebras
Google’s New Reader Mess
It looks like Google has decided to screw up Reader with a new design: I guess they wanted it to have a more modern-looking design, and I suppose it looks nicer, but it's kind of goofy from a usability standpoint. The biggest problem is that everything is, well, bigger. They're following the modern web design trend of separating things on the page with space rather than … [Read more...] about Google’s New Reader Mess
The Beep Hunt
It happened again a couple of nights ago. I woke up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. As I took care of business, something was nagging at me, but I was groggy enough that it didn't quite rise to the level of a conscious concern. As I lay back down in bed, however, it finally pushed through the fog: I was hearing a quiet beeping sound. Some electronic device … [Read more...] about The Beep Hunt