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!
Cubbies Prospects
Awwww crap. Last week, Kerry Wood has knee surgery, and today we find out Prior is having shoulder problems. Even if they manage to hold onto Dusty, there is...