Voting When It Doesn’t Matter
It’s election day, my first in DC, and I voted this morning. I was musing with Hedda on our way to the polling place about how depressing it is that our vote...
More Than Slight Paranoia
There’s this guy in Bloomington, Indiana. He’s a graduate student and security researcher. He has been poking holes in the security theater our government pr...
False Alarm on 13th Street
There was a false fire alarm in the condo building across the street from us tonight. The street was swarmed with a half dozen or more fire trucks, including...
Zeese, Steele, and Cardin Scuffle; Cardin Takes His Ball and Goes Home; Post Covers Its Ears and Hums
As has been widely reported, even as far as my mother’s hometown paper and my alma mater’s local paper, the three candidates for U.S. Senate from Maryland me...
Google Asks Us Not To Google
Have you ever googled something? Of course you have. Everybody has. I don’t even need to define what it means: It’s that obvious. The term has now become so ...
Meizu Miniplayer Rocks
Five years ago this month, Apple released the first iPod, touching off what would become am international sensation. While some people are celebrating by pur...
Gunshot Sensors in D.C. - Buy These Instead of Cameras
The Post has an article talking about gunshot sensors that have been installed in the District to help combat the most violent of crimes. It’s a really cool ...