Librarian.net: legal civil disobedience, with RSS
Over at Librarian.net, a set of perfectly legal signs that confirm to the letter of the PATRIOT Act: they don’t tell you whether the FBI has been there investigating your reading habits, but they make it perfectly clear that it’s a real possibility that they have been. Example: “Q: How can you tell when the [...]
QTN™: Not all barleywines are gold
Tonight’s tasting experiment is LaConner Brewing Company’s Olde Curmudgeon Barleywine Style Ale. I’ve been waiting about a week to try this one, but I think my wait was in vain. This is a truly disappointing barleywine. Pour: flat, no head. Taste: heavy, syrupy, sickly sweet, with a slightly chalky aftertaste. Smells of yeast, and not [...]
Stop reading this page…
And go read how my sister almost got stranded, twice, on a trip to Kenya and how an amazing stranger rescued her. Not only is it an astonishing story, it’s one of the best things I’ve ever seen on her site.
Does anyone need a $650 cell phone?
Well, if it looks like this, maybe. Great review of the new Sony Ericsson P800 in the Register today. I wonder how long it will take AT&T Wireless to make it a supported phone? Oh, probably never.
Looking at the last eight months
Last night I was talking with a friend about my progress since getting out of business school. I went from naïvely feeling on top of the world to feeling that I was lower than dog crap and worthless. Now I’ve climbed part way back. As my friend pointed out, I am now at least to [...]
