A blog from a science nut, computer geek, sometimes philosopher, and a human. Based out of Denver, with a love of Antarctica, I seem to wander the world so who knows where I'll be in 6 months.
I’m wacked out on over the counter drugs and prescriptions for yet another sinus infection that’s been lingering for the last 2 weeks. I’m home this weekend, trying to take it easy, listening to my heart beat, trying to distract myself from the pain in my head. What does one do during such a time? … Read more
For those of you in DC, you might want to keep tabs on my A Smarter Smartrip page as it might turn out to be a useful way to improve your SmarTrip experience. As I explain on the page: I’ve grown to loath these SmarTrip cards because they break or get lost. It’s a pain … Read more
These maps represent the status quo and are a snapshot of a progression (the same as if we were to simulate evolution in a computer model). Some times we go one direction, some times we head another,
As a follow up to my post on the Short of why TSA Fails, Fallows makes some useful points on the same topic. I think one of the reasons I like him is because he uses reason and thinks strategically, as he shows in this post.
For those of you who haven’t heard about the pending revolution of brewed coffee coming to your Starbucks at some point soon, I thought I’d introduce you. Having not been a coffee lover for any over my life, this changed me. I know coffee is an acquired tasted, but after a sip of clover brewed … Read more
Everyone who sent a letter to their senator’s about the Intercarrier compensation should be flush with victory. You did it! You managed to get the FCC to open the Intercarrier Compensation to a public forum. Yes it’s a small victory, but still, well done! On a day where we all get to exercise one of … Read more
So the FCC want’s to change the intercarrier compensation levels without public comment on Election Day (Nov 4). It looks like they are trying to slide a regulation change in while the hub-bub is about the presidential race. The proposed change would, so far as I understand it, burden the little guys so much many … Read more
I don’t mean to be the typical indignant blogger, but I thought I’d express my frustration with our government oversight given that according to this article with the new york times, we just gave these banks a 700 billion dollar blank check. This blank check business enrages me, as there are only so many straws … Read more
I just read both the NY Times and Washington Post reporting on the weekend’s big Wall Street story, and–espeically after reading this story in the Times about The Heart of the Problem— I find myself remembering This American Life episode on the “Giant Pool of Money” which is floating around the internet and is by … Read more
I recently finished Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong written by James Loewen, and while I admitted to reading several other history books as well, I think I’m rather more stunned by a single idea that Loewen’s writing so clearly and with such distinct reasoning catalyzed in my mind … Read more