Month: March 2006

  • A “Harrison Bergeron” for the digital age.

  • Camera + GPS + Google Maps = Very Cool

    (From Digg:) Here is a guy who took exif data from a GPS enabled camera, parsed it and sent that data to Google Maps. I expect that before long, consumer digital cameras will have integrated GPS as a standard feature. If that can be combined with facial recognition/photo archiving software and integrated with ubiqitous devices…

  • Cycling tech evolves

    I was driving back from a bike ride the other day, and a man came up to me at a gas station to ask me about my bike. Apparently he thought I was a pro cyclist because he had only seen such equipment on pro bikes when he was into cycling 25 years ago. The…

  • Regarding the pro-Immigration Protests

    Finally, a public protest I can get behind. My stance is more radical the the protesters though: as I wrote on the ObjectivismOnline forum, I am against the very idea of citizenship: [The] question is: “is there justification for a class of privileges and protections that should be granted to a certain class of inhabitants…

  • Filtering technology vs. the DOJ

    As you might be aware, the government passed a law in 1998 banning porn on the net on the theory that porn filters don’t work. Despite being overturned by the Supreme Court in 2004, the DOJ is trying to resurrect that law (see recent attempt to spy on Google searches). Of course, the state of…

  • NASA's dragging their wheel

    NASA’s top story is that the Mars Rover Spirit has lost a wheel.  The Mars Rover mission has been a phenomental success –lasting 2 years beyond the original 90 day mission goal. I’m happy for the success of the rovers, but I think it is pathetic that NASA’s resources are so badly managed that a…

  • Abortion: try this at home

    After South Dakota passed a law banning abortions recently, one clever blogger posted detailed instructions for performing an abortion online. Background here.

  • airport security worthless – politicians "appalled"

    I don’t think anyone but a politician could be “appalled” at this news: at 21 of 21 airports tested, investigators were able to sneak explosives past security. Meanwhile, the raging debate over allowing fingernail clippers and matches goes on..

  • “…and this universe has a God”

    “…and this universe has a God,” said the one we shall call Mr Burns. “But it’s not so different from ours” commented the one we shall call Mr Smith. “The Christian God of late industrial civilization is very different from the God of pre-industrial society. He’s more of a background character, exposing himself only to…

  • Fortune: How I work

    There is a set of biopics on CNN/Fortune, profiling how ten executives spend their day.  Worth a read.