Laser on my Plane

As the plane on which Hedda and I were flying approached National Airport Wednesday night, I was looking out the window of the airplane, and I noticed this h...

Encrypted Video Game Files

I received Half-Life 2 from Mom & Dad McGowan for Christmas. The game is supposed to be great, and I’m looking forward to it. But so far, I am not impres...

How To Fly For Free

Hedda and I are sitting in Dulles Airport right now. We were waiting to fly home for Christmas. However, the flight was way oversold and we decided to volunt...

Evil American Express Telemarketing

For the past week or so, I’ve been getting a single phone call every day from a mysterious number: +1 888.389.6736. The first several times the call came thr...

Stacked Browsing (and other Extensions)

While I’m browsing the web, I use Firefox tabs as a sort of “browsing stack”. I tend to start out on something, and then branch off into other things by open...

Sanitization of the Past

Rory has an interesting post that starts with the sexuality of Lewis Carroll. Basically, he’s amazed at how sanitized much of our history and culture is.

More Semantic WinFS

I want to followup to my post on semantic web technologies and WinFS. Steve updated his previous post on the subject to respond lightly to my post. To quote: