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You know how comment threads at political blogs (e.g.) are often populated by rambling illogical statements fraught with random spelling errors? I say that there’s nothing random about them. What’s you’re actually seeing is communication between secret agents and their … Continue reading →

A selection of bullet points, in which the discerning reader may infer the circumstances of my absence from this site: I’ve spent rather two much of the last several weeks sick: not actually sick enough to do something about, in … Continue reading →

This week Apple has announced another redesign of the iPod line: new colours for the Shuffles, a shorter, squatter Nano, and one new model: the iPod Touch, which is pretty much the iPhone without the phone. Now one thing I’ve … Continue reading →

Michael Jackson is dead. The significant one, that is, the one who wrote so much and so well about whiskeys and beers. I came of age at a time when microbrews and international alternatives to the Big Two were becoming … Continue reading →

I discovered by accident yesterday that Johnette Napolitano (formerly of Concrete Blonde) has a new album out. This is exciting, for reasons that I trust are obvious. So I was listening to it while driving around today. So far I’m … Continue reading →

Things that I had a month ago and that I no longer have: Wisdom teeth An unfinished tenure case An age representable with only five bits A car loan Now that all that’s out of the way, and with the … Continue reading →

Some while ago I wished aloud that the internet has a site that would give walking directions. To my knowledge this has not yet occured, but something along those lines has made an appearance: WalkScore, a site that purports to … Continue reading →

I would take issue with this article wondering about the future of the hybrid car. It seems like an opinion piece masquerading as news. The thrust of the article – that hybrids aren’t The Solution to all of life’s (i.e. … Continue reading →

I’ve spent much of the last couple of hours playing around with Growl. (The balance of the hours was spent clearing up divisibility confusion and evacuating the building.) It’s a nice idea in much the same way that RSS is … Continue reading →

For about the last week or so, people in my neighbourhood have been setting off firecrackers in great quantities. Today it’s been going on all day, and I anticipate many more when the sun goes down. If I were clever, … Continue reading →