Month: January 2005

  • Resume Update

    To my surprise, I received a number of resume requests just as I began my vacaction, so I’ve posted an updated version.

  • New York City

    After working nights and weekends for last few weeks, I will be taking a well-deserved break and going to New York City for vacation tomorrow. I’ll post the photos when I get back on the 28th (and maybe while I’m there – I’m taking along a laptop with 3G wireless.) If any New Yorkers want…

  • The Intellectual’s Prayer

    Dear god(s), Grant me courage and eloquence to boldly speak the truth when I know it; honesty to keep my mouth shut when I don’t, the wisdom to know the difference, and the determination and integrity to discover the facts. -Me

  • Microsoft AntiSpyware

    Microsoft has released a free beta of AntiSpyware, a new product designed to keep your computer free of malicious software. Independent reviews have already shown the the software is more effective that its best competitors, Spybot and Ad-Aware. The design of the software is simply amazing, as it represents the next generation of software architecture.…

  • Blogging and Business

    Fortune: Why There’s No Escaping the Blog: Freewheeling bloggers can boost your product—or destroy it. Either way, they’ve become a force business can’t afford to ignore.

  • Tax absurdities

    When it comes to finding excuses to pillage the public, you can always count on politicians to find an excuse, no matter how ridiculous: A 44-year-old Web site designer, Oldham is not now and never plans to be a member of the television-owning public, having given it up in exasperation when “Inspector Morse” went into…

  • Bienvenidos al otro lado

    The Mexican government is publishing an illustrated booklet that advises illegal immigrants how to illegaly enter and reside in the U.S. …Just another absurdity created by laws that make it illegal for peaceful people to get to their jobs and support their families.

  • Thinking about the Tsunami

    The latest death toll from Dec 24th’s tsunami in Asia is at 150,000 and rising. 400,000 thousand people have become refugees and 94,081 have been confirmed dead in Indonesia alone. (Reuters as of 1/04/05) A tragedy of this magnitude deserves our consideration, especially of two questions: why did so many die, and what can be…

  • Private Roads

    I often hear arguments from skeptics of capitalism about roads being a “natural” monopoly, so I decided to write up a fictional account of how a private road system might function. Needless to say, this is just one potential scenario that markets might create. It is impossible to say what arrangement entrepreneurs would actually organize.