Gordaen’s Blog

I was reading the articles online about the charge of rape against the three Duke lacrosse players being dropped, and I noticed a few peculiar things. First, Fox News had a bit of a “they’re guilty!” feel to it. Second, I noticed the Fox News version of the AP article and the CNN/SI [...]

Some things in life just make you say, “WTF Mate?”

According to CNN, Wikipedia has been unblocked for citizens. I guess their government finally realized they can just change the articles to say whatever they want. Ah yeah, the Tiananmen Square protests… wasn’t that when the government showed how much they support diversity and freedom of speech…?

Analyzing the latest Census statistics shows that the citizens of Seattle have the highest percentage of people with degrees out of any city in the US with a population of 250,000 or more. 52.7% of its residents who are 25 or over have a four-year (or better) degree.

In what appears to have become a very regular occurrence, another government organization has made a mistake that potentially gave out information about 21,000 of their users, including names, social security numbers, and all the other fun stuff necessary to steal one’s identity. Direct Loan Servicing was hit this time, but it wasn’t a [...]