Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Lesson of a Rosetta Scientist's Shirt

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The New York Times just wrote a fair piece on Matt Taylor, the British Scientist from the Rosetta Mission team who showed up on the big day ...
Friday, April 4, 2014

On Mozilla's new CEO Brendan Eich stepping down

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Recall, Mozilla is not a technology company. It is a civil right organization that works in the technology space. It believes that freedom o...
Sunday, March 23, 2014

Quick personality quiz for libertarians: are you a Free Marketeer?, or a Pro-Capitalist?

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A free marketeer is someone who believes that through the free flow of information, free choice and free exchanges, we will see arise a heal...
Monday, December 30, 2013

How to Pen a Political Takedown Note, in the style of Krugman

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One short sentence announcing what is happening, in general, absent of this particular feud. Two sentences stating your opponent's opin...
Saturday, September 21, 2013

Health care in America is funded by the government to a greater extent than in Canada (reprise)

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Little known fact: Health care in America is funded by the government to a greater extend than in Canada. Between Medicaid, Medicare, Milita...
Thursday, June 6, 2013

Scary hypothetical: Your email account just got hacked

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Ouch, your email account just got hacked. Sorry this is happening to you. We live in an age of computer security where the spammers and scam...
Monday, April 1, 2013

Happy World Backup Day!

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Today I am grateful that my electronic devices remembers all those pesky little wonderful things for me – such as my wedding pictures and wh...