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Bump
One of my most popular posts at Internet Scofflaw is this one, on a pernicious urban legend. It was never Instalanched; it has steadily accumulated views at a rate of a few per day since I posted it in...
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Requiem
Steve Jobs is being lauded as one the greatest inventors of our time. I don’t mean to diminish his achievements when I say that (as far as I know) Jobs didn’t invent any of the products he is famous...
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Eight days at the airport
What a nightmare: With only $30 to her name, the Sonoma native was virtually broke and looking to start afresh in Idaho. She booked a ticket from San Francisco to the Gem State on the travel website...
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Curiosity has landed
The skycrane worked! Amazing. We can build a complicated contraption, send it to another planet, and have it work right the first time, with no testing. Humans rock!
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The iPhone 5
In all the reviews of the new iPhone, I haven’t seen anyone comment on what seems like the biggest deal of all to me; the thing is much bigger: (Photo due to CNET.) The thing has to fit comfortably in...
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AFK
The blog is not abandoned, I’ve just been very busy. Postings will resume soon. Thanks to those who inquired.
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Passengers nearly killed by lack of knives
A postscript to the TSA’s reversal of a proposed sensible policy to allow small knives on planes once again. Passengers trapped on Asiana flight 214 by jammed seatbelts nearly burned to death because...
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Cool mines
We’re supposed to find these pictures horrifying, but I think they look kinda cool.
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Copyright kills books
Copyright is supposed to encourage the development of creative works, and short terms of copyright doubtless do. But today copyright lasts essentially forever, and that has made decades of books...
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An open letter to everyone
Dear Everyone, Please be aware that principal and principle are two different words: prin·ci·pal adjective : most important, consequential, or influential prin·ci·ple noun : a comprehensive and...
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A break in the space-time continuum
I’m catching up on a big backlog of articles to remark upon. Some of these aren’t very timely any more, but I still want to note them.
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