So I've got this non-computer-literate client back in Minnesota who is having this kid do computer work for him (or so it seems). The kid keeps emailing me to have me reset my client's email password and email it to him. Problem is, I haven't heard this from the client directly and there is a paypal account associated with the email that links ( Read more... )

NYT article on Anwar al-Awlaki spurred lots of thought. He's alleged to have 'inspired' Muslims to kill. I'm curious of what crimes he is actually accused. Of course they quote him calling the US 'evil', but I'm curious what he means by that. If he's like most Jihadis I've researched, it's not so much because of the culture of the States as it is ( Read more... )

So my new pre-work routine is to ride across the Golden Gate Bridge in the morning, about a 16 mile ride. On Friday my coworker, Jason, invited me to join him and his friend on a ride. It was supposed to be over the bridge, but the area was swamped by Girl Scouts. So instead we took a different route with more hills. Man, that was painful. But ( Read more... )

If you wanna try CloudCrowd's new EditZen service, you can head over there and upload a document for the crowd to edit. We're doing a friends-and-family test period free-of-charge, so if you do happen to upload something you want edited, let me know the email you used and I'll make sure you get reimbursed.

Now that Sheryl and I are planning on being in the United States for a while, I have spent some time reconsidering my decision to tax strike. I am not reconsidering because I am afraid of the consequences or because I feel that it is not justified, I am reconsidering because it doesn't properly take into account a long-term strategy. Since there' ( Read more... )

Went to the national barista championships in LA last weekend with some lovely company: Erica, Charlie, Sheryl, and Cassandra. It was rad! Got to drink some great coffee. Inteligencia is hella impressive.

"Something else we were encouraged to do, almost with a wink and nudge, was to carry 'drop weapons', or by my third tour, 'drop shovels'. We would carry these weapons or shovels with us because if we accidentally shot a civilian, we could just toss the weapon on the body, and make them look like an insurgent."

Keep it classy, US forces.

Today I realized something interesting. I haven't meditated consistently in quite a while, so my mind is pretty noisy and active whereas when I was meditating quite a bit it was pretty quiet and calm. So this was initially somewhat confusing, as it was tempting to say that I felt like I lost something in the process of having more going on. But ( Read more... )

“Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.” Frank Zappa

Went to the Ferry Building farmer's market to visit Sheryl. After grabbing some coffee there I visited our friend Charlie, who also works there. She was going on break and asked if I wanted to grab a hamburger. We meandered over to the burger stand where the owner gave us both free bison burgers with cheese (cause they do reciprocity with the ( Read more... )