“A series of pipes.”
My dad has been hosting his origami site at Geocities for the past several years. I spoke to him yesterday about acquiring a domain name and self hosting the site as Geocities—presently owned and operated by Yahoo—will close its electronic doors very soon. He will move from there to a self-hosted [...]

Don’t forget to wear a condom.

The comic this morning on xkcd is a good example of arguments for and against electronic voting.
Read it. Careful though: it is funny, so the humorless fascists for whom you work may have blocked the site and also be in the business of firing anyone who tries to access [...]

n. – the opposite of innovation.
Yah, I made up a word: sue me. Actually, don’t sue me. I can’t afford that right now. Between preparing to move out of the country and writing chapter 4 of my thesis—a job I do for very little pay—I’m not in any position for an out-of-court settlement.
More to [...]

that I am turning into my father
Not that it is a bad thing. Quite the opposite, in fact. However, my dad seems to have this weird set of things that happen to him. For a long time, I admit, I thought that it was because he is just particular or fussy in certain, strange ways. [...]

If you haven’t been using the beta of Firefox 3, then now is your chance to download the full release. As an additional incentive, Firefox is going for the world record in single-day downloads today. Give them a hand and download an installer today.
“Why should I?” you ask.
Well, for starters, it’s free. And [...]

Back in the Saddle
Sorry for the recent hiatus in posting. I have been a bit lazy and let-lagged this week. 10 in the evening in Kalamazoo feels like what I have been calling 5 in the morning for the past year. It has been as rough transition, but getting better every day. The best part [...]

We ask all the wrong questions
I read these two articles this week:
The Future of Space Games
The Physics of Zero-G Whipped Cream
I realize that when presented in this manner, the two articles seem a little bit more tawdry than they were probably intended.
Or are they?
My question after reading these, and following up with [...]

New news on an old front
So I may have mentioned previously that I still have no internet in my apartment in Cairo. Some of you may remember that it took me three months to get internet in Alexandria. That was terrible, and I thought that nothing else could be more terrible than that.
Oh was [...]

30 percent more effective!

You, gentle readers, may have noticed a few changes round the joint of late. I have been using my time since acquiring an internet connection in my apartment to make some changes and upgrades to the blog that I have been salivating over for some time. Now they are almost done. My [...]

I have given up on ever using the internet in my home again.

Well, I know that this has been a recurring theme, but I still don’t have an internet connection in my apartment. After two months of waiting with one company I had to cancel the contract, as you may remember. Now, I have waited [...]