Busboys & Poets WiFi Port Blocking Is Really Asinine
I really like Busboys & Poets. It’s a nice place, with great ambience, good food, good music, and … well, their coffee is pretty crappy, but you can’t ha...
When You Hit Your Thumb With a Hammer, Your Learn to Fear the Hammer
Chris Sells posts a story about how his son learned to fear a computer’s ability to throw away work.
It’s Not Paranoia If…
So this guy dual boots into Linux to buy a book on Amazon. Now, I’m all about being paranoid. I mean, I’m a guy who uses VMware as a sandbox to run applicati...
Fire in the Circus
So the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus has come to DC. Tragically, there was a fire at the Circus shortly after they arrived. Did you hear abo...
Chicago Smoking Ban Brings Out Zealots
When the DC smoking ban first got pushed through, I wrote:
Jurrassic Patents - Michael Crichton on the Absurdity of the U.S. Patent System
Computer geeks and software engineers have been saying it for years: The U.S. Patent system is totally screwed up, not in the public interest, and is going t...
Finnigan O’Hurlihoonan - The Irish-American Chiropractic Palm-Reading Gigolo Jockey Leprechaun
Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day!