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Racial animus. Or just Democrat animus.
Attorney General Eric Holder made news today by saying there's a racial animus working against him and President Obama. At first this is alluring, and I'm certain there's some of that. But as I was passing by a TV there was a poll asking people if they agreed with there being a racial animus working against the President, and it was something like ( Read more... ) -
Coming back.
I've been thinking awhile about how to rekindle my interest in posting on LJ, and it finally came to me: all the things I think about posting on Twitter but the thought of trying to shoehorn it into 140 characters, or multiple 140-character messages, immediately fills me with disgust. Some people post links to Facebook or WordPress from Twitter, ( Read more... ) -
On: The Unassailable Truth.
Since this journal isn't doing much otherwise these days, pardon me while I pontificate a bit ( Read more... ) -
Talk: Internet Voting: An Idea Whose Time Has Not Come
[Speaker: Dr. Barbara Simons] Properly designed and engineered computerized voting systems can facilitate voting and increase the security and reliability of our voting systems. Unfortunately, in their eagerness to have the most modern and best election equipment and to take advantage of almost $4 billion in federal funding, well-meaning election ( Read more... ) -
Plenty to Hide
"If you've got nothing to hide, why should you care if your privacy is invaded?"
Lots of reasons.
Here's a blog post from the ACLU with some excellent reasons why the above argument is total bullshit. -
Talk: How to Be Black
This talk was given by a guy who used to be the "Director of Digital" for the Onion, and the first half of the talk was a lot about how things worked at the Onion, delivered with the usual humor you'd expect from that organization. I'll let the abstract speak for itself:
[Speaker: Baratunde Thurston] Comedian, former Onion digital director and ( Read more... ) -
Life update.
It seems to be all the rage lately, in that I think at least three people I read have posted life updates, so let me get on the bandwagon.
Work: The office politics situation is always fluid, but I still really like my job, and get to do cool stuff. And get paid for it! Can't complain here. Annual reviews are coming up, with all the hilarity ( Read more... ) -
Five Long Years.
The fifth anniversary of my employment at Microsoft was in January. Usually my group marks these things at our bi-weekly staff meeting near the date, but because my boss have managed to not be both at a staff meeting so far this year, pretty much, this wasn't able to happen. (Except for once, it's all been him being away on travel.) Today was ( Read more... ) -
Talk: Quiet: The Power of Introverts
I bet I have a few introverts out there reading this. Here's a talk on this topic some of you may find interesting:
Abstract: [Speaker: Susan Cain] At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to speaking, reading to partying; who innovate and create but dislike self-promotion; who favor working ( Read more... )
