I’ve been noticing a disturbing trend lately – people are becoming more and more xenophobic. If you don’t believe me, just take a look at all the anti-immigrant sentiments floating around these days. And in case you weren’t sure, the definition of xenophobic is: An exaggerated or abnormal fear of strangers or foreigners. A strong… Continue reading Xenophobia
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Breaking the Web
Recently I’ve found more than a few websites using a very annoying pop-up preview thing – you’ve probably seen it yourself, popping up when you mouse over a link on a web page. It’s from some place called “Snap,” and it shows you a preview of the page the link leads to – I guess… Continue reading Breaking the Web
Bob Barr – Possible Libertarian Presidential Candidate?
If you’ve been a reader of my blog for any length of time, you’ve probably noticed I lean rather heavily towards the libertarian end of the political spectrum (not really a spectrum, per se, more of a 2-D grid, but I digress…). So it should come as no surprise to you that I was quite… Continue reading Bob Barr – Possible Libertarian Presidential Candidate?
On “An Inconvenient Truth”
I finally got around to watching “An Inconvenient Truth” tonight, and I have to say, I’m all riled up. There can be no doubt that climate change is real and is caused by human activity. That’s not what I’m all riled up about. I’m all riled up about what we can do about it and… Continue reading On “An Inconvenient Truth”
Online Identity/Anonymity
This story over on Slashdot about how the Washington Post’s online executive editor Jim Brady is arguing against anonymity sparked quite a lively little debate. The problem isn’t really anonymity – it’s identity. They don’t want to know who a particular person is, they just want to somehow stop that one person from coming back.… Continue reading Online Identity/Anonymity