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Daily Archives: February 2, 2009
Getting Ready To Read Anathem
Anathem, this is a book I’ve been highly anticipating from Neal Stepheson and I’m about to read it. There is a reason I’m pre-announcing this book, that’s because of the psuedo disappoint I had with reading Ender in Exile. I do love Stephenson as an author, I’ve read Interface, In The Beginning….Was The Command Line, …
The Picture of Dorian Gray
So I just finished the book The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. I won’t call the story a time honored classic in my mind, but I do think Wilde was better at describing a setting then many of his contemporaries. The main problems I had is that we don’t explore the revelation later …
Chain E-mail of The Day: Bartender’s Vs. Psychiatrists
Image from here Today’s chain e-mail ironically is not about the religious right. it’s not about politics and the struggle between Republicans and Democrats. It’s not about how the Muslim have some sort of secret plot to give Mickey Mouse a Wedgie. It’s not about some policy to rob Americans of their wealth. It’s a …
Now Other Local Governments Want The Ability To Jam Cell Phones
Image from here A few weeks ago I wrote about the NYPD want the ability to turn disable cellphone coverage in the case of a terrorist attack. Now it seems that states and local governments are fighting for their own ability to do that. In my previous story I pointed how fruitless and ineffective it …
When Will MSRPs Stop Being Ridiculous?
Image from here Why are MSRP’s so far off of the real price of an item? Even non-internet shoppers are quite aware that you almost never pay the MSRP (manufacturer’s suggested retail price) for anything. It’s not even their fault 99% of everything in life is priced below MSRP. Let’s look at the big things …