Category: General

Dear WordPress Authors, in particular the author of the routines to invalidate my input. Stop multilating what I write. A blockquote element MAY be nested withi...

Is humor allowed in patent filings? Apple’s latest, for a camera integrated into a laptop casing, notes For example, although the locking mechanism was de...

In 1996, I was asked what the next big thing would be. For some reason I was thought knowledgeable about these things. I said, “Directories.”

I’m seeing some novelty in the spam hitting my journal today. They exploit flaws in web applications produced by Major Corporations to insert HTML bits in...

I’ve noticed a pattern in gasoline prices since I started driving in 1990. Prices remain steady for a while, then they go up. They remain at that higher p...

I have some statistical questions. Perhaps some freakonomicist would deign to answer them. It is often asserted that teachers and college professors are more li...

If you’re looking for a game of Texas Hold’em, or any other variation of poker, go off-line, you idiot. Poker is a game of human interaction.

Now listening to the John Roberts Confirmation Hearings on WNYC-AM. Very interesting. You could also watch the hearings on C-SPAN, but you’ll need RealPla...

The Little Sister turned three today. Over the weekend we celebrated her little life with a trip to the City on Saturday, and a long lunch al fresco with the fa...

I heard an extraordinary story on All Things Considered this evening: a timeline of the events before and after the arrival of Katrina. They ask, what went wron...

Jon Udell brings up the problem of redirecting RSS URIs again. The problem is the same as for any other URI, as is the solution. What complicates the solution i...

A number of ways to send an HTTP redirect without reconfiguring the web server.

Look at her eyes. And then look at those of the correspondents. Talking head Paula Zahn needs to get out of the CNN studios and visit New Orleans so she can app...

I am comforted by seeing Ernie‘s online presence in my buddy list.

As I noted previously, the Red Cross‘s site, and their donation host, Convio, had trouble handling the flood of attempts to help. Since then they have red...

I’m glad to see that Ernie, the soul I know from New Orleans, has escaped the devastation there. We visited New Orleans in, I believe, 1996, and had a fun...

There are two buyers running up prices in this market: the couple buying your house, and their mortgage company. Before approving the mortgage, the lender will ...

Mitch Wagner says, One thing that could get us back to the movies is, I think, the return of the movie palace. Make the theater into an architectural achievemen...

David Sucher asks, How are you personally dealing with the housing bubble? In fits and starts. Over the past three years we have planned an addition to our home...

Yesterday, like the rest of the Known Universe, I installed Google Talk. I already have a Google Mail account, and, being a fan of Jabber, wanted to see how wel...