So I know I haven't posted in a loong time. Real life caught up.

Anyway,
I'm in the Cambridge-Boston area this week.. 2/14-17 (Thursday-Sunday). If you're going to be nearby, let me know! I'd love to see you.

I find it very difficult to understand the - for want of a better phrase - dramatic perspective, in epic science fiction. To me, half the stories read like this ( Read more... )

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003838388_brier16.htmlhttp://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/120166.asp

http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070816/28933_Wife_of_Slain_Preacher_Freed_After_67_Days.htmAlthough Winkler was charged with first-degree murder after she confessed to shooting her 31-year-old husband and leaving ( Read more... )

Too good to miss.  The URL says it all.
http://www.videosift.com/video/Pulp-Fiction-The-Romantic-Comedy

Met up with Philip downtown this evening.
He's doing well.

http://www.cmu.edu/joss/content/articles/volume8/Welser/'Answer people,' the folks who contribute much of the value in the Internet, are a small minority of all online users.... We found that answer people predominantly contribute one or a few messages to discussions initiated by others, are disproportionately tied to relative isolates, have few ( Read more... )

http://www.forbes.com/2007/06/15/games-violence-columbine-tech-cx_ag_0618videogames_slide_3.html?thisSpeed=30000
Custer's Revenge

"Custer's Revenge," released in 1983 for Atari by the erotic videogame company Mystique, managed to offend gamers simultaneously with its misogyny and racism and with its fantastically primitive gameplay. Players ( Read more... )

I got fired today ( Read more... )

An answer to my question from last week.

http://www.smartmoney.com/tradecraft/index.cfm?story=20010725

But the Amex? Forget it. There are no exchange-traded funds, open- or closed-end mutual funds, options, futures or warrants pegged to the American Composite, a decision no doubt based partly on the exchange's relative lack of liquidity. An active ( Read more... )