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I figured this was worth a shot.I am:Someone that has been hacking since childhood.Someone that has spent most of his Saturday doing problems in a Haskell textbook for fun.Someone that thinks programming is very similar to art, if one is sufficiently Read More
This excerpt is by the biologist J.B.S. Haldane. I looked this up after hearing about it anecdotally in The Ancestor's Tale:The barnacle, then, finds as great a difficulty in unifying its visual and tactile space as an astronomer in calculating the distances Read More
Here's a quick survey of my favorite books that I read in 2006. This accounts for maybe a sixth of the books that I read. That may be a high percentage, but I try not to read very many bad books. Life is much too short for that. This is in no particular Read More
I'm not sure that I will be able to attend, but there will be a (relatively subdued) solidarity demonstration outside of the Danish consulate midday on the third. Anyone who sees this is encouraged to be present. If you haven't heard already, there is Read More
I had a few extra hours this morning, due to a metabolic irregularity of mine that causes me to wake up in the middle of the night after drinking. So I did my best to make constructive [read: anything not involving Dunkin Donuts -ed] use of this time. Read More
The following is a review of A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market, by John Allen Paulos.
One of my inaugural tasks at my current job was developing a technical analysis package for market data. I have to admit I rather enjoyed this, for a few Read More
I've been silent (by my standards, anyway) on the Dover design case to date--I suppose this is because anyone that knows me knows that I don't support teaching religion in church, let alone in the public school system. But, I had some thoughts worth sharing Read More
In my last post I alluded to interview quizzers. These are [straw man alert] egotistical people who assume that any smart person must know the highly-specific information that they themselves have learned in the last month. "I don't know, but I'll google Read More
The on-screen guide for my Direct TV box looks roughly like this:The control on my remote that causes the current channel to move up and down looks like this:If the problem here is obvious to you, you too may have a future in user interface design. If Read More
I just finished reading this Reuters story,
"Rising Sea Levels Threaten New Jersey." Nevermind the obvious question
of whether we'd really be menaced by the disappearance of New Jersey. I
would like to focus on
details tangential to the main story, Read More
Joe Theismann on the T.O. situation, ladies and gentlement. Surely, prose such as this would be the envy of Dickens and Kipling.
I'm not sure who would want Owens, though. He's thrown Jeff Garcia under the bus and waited for the buses to line up Read More
What does it take? Influential sources seem to disagree.
On BookTV today is someone who seems to think that It Takes a Parent. Rick Santorum, who appears to actually believe all that “God” business, disagrees. It Takes a Family, he Read More
I went to the Christopher Hitchens / George Galloway debate at Baruch College last week, and let me tell you, it was a zoo. Since I wish to avoid turning this site into the same kind of situation, I will withhold comment aside from saying that this Read More
Here is the latest in my correspondence with a bookstore “recommending” Kevin Trudeau's “Natural Cures 'They' Don't Want You to Know About.”
Part I
Dear Mr. McKinley:
Thank you for your email regarding your concerns Read More
There’s nothing like eight hours in various airports to make you want to try to change the world. Here’s an email I just sent to Gary McBrayer of the Hudson Group. I will post any replies I receive.
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I suppose I will take a few moments to explain the blog subtitle, lest it be somehow misconstrued.
The nod to Cato is mostly towards his more obstinately contrarian sensibilities. In that way I feel I have a certain kinship with the man.
You may hear Read More
Definitely the most upsetting celebrity death that I can remember. Read More
The popular college interview question is now a link section on my website. Read More
In no particular order. I’m sure I could think of more than six, but it’s a round number.
People seem to get worked up about it. Some tend to be ambiguous, trying to take credit for the ideas contained within it in an attempt to Read More
I've added a category for “books.“ I read a lot and hopefully having this will give me some motivation to read more carefully and write some commentaries.
To start it out, I've written a critique of a thoroughly misguided and ordinary book Read More
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