Archive for March, 2007
I hate cigarettes and cigarette smoke and would be completely fine if cigarettes were illegal. Of course we couldn’t make them illegal right away, we’d have to ease into it over a period of a decade or more to give the stupid cigarette companies that haven’t diversified the chance to make another product (preferably something [...]
This is “dead week,” a.k.a. “the week where a whole lot of projects are due even though they shouldn’t be.” Next week is finals week and the week after is Spring “Break” (I’ll be working full-time). I’ve read some great books this quarter (and I promise to eventually write some more posts about them); I’ve [...]
Censorship is essentially the denial of access to information. Today, life is all about information and access to it. Cell phones, the internet, PDA’s, ECU’s, and whatever you’re looking at right now are all about getting information to you and letting you manipulate it. Censorship is essentially the denial of the technological progress we have [...]
Every year on March 1st, the people of Bellingham wake up to a day with an average high of 50°F and average low of 36°F (stats courtesy of AccuWeather). Winter has parted and they know that shorts will start being used again soon. And, of course, every year there are 4-5 inches of snow on [...]
Come on, Lenovo, a battery recall is so 6 months ago.
