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Politically Incorrect Thoughts About 9/11

Last night I sat down to pen something extremely sensitive and whimsical about the whole 9/11 experience, but then I figured that you are all experiencing a glut of sensitivity and whimsy. I was stuck inside for the last four days with some sort of obnoxious sinus...

Homeland Insecurity..

Homeland Insecurity: A top expert says America’s approach to protecting itself will only make matters worse. Forget “foolproof” technology—we need systems designed to fail smartly   by Charles C. Mann The Atlantic Monthly | September 2002  ...

Dead Cell Zones…

Dead Cell Zones: Hold On, I’m Losing You http://ktla.trb.com/news/local/cyberguy/stv-news- cyberguy-071902-1.htmlstory Nothing’s more frustrating than needing to use your cell phone and not having a signal. How can they be fixed? Dead zones. They’re the...

Buy?

Begin forwarded message: > From: “R. A. Hettinga” > Date: Wed Jul 24, 2002 11:45:45 PM US/Pacific > To: Digital Bearer Settlement List , > dcsb [at] ai.mit [dot] edu, fork [at] xent [dot] com > Subject: Buy? (was Re: It’s back? Triple-digit Dow gains...

What’s The Beef?

I read this article in Harper’s Magazine in February and I was shocked. I’ve been talking about it ever since. I just found it, thanks to Google. Very much easier to read in this format than on the web page, though. -Ian. —–...