Contest: What has Bush done for you?

So the other day I was thinking about who would win the US 2004 presidential election. Previously, when it seemed…

Nothing So Strange

Nothing So Strange is an excellent movie on numerous levels. On one level, its a straightforward documentary of one group’s…

Software that Sucks

“How sad to see two leading Democrats fall for, even feed the lie that they can create user-oriented software for…

Saddam’s Simple Life

Now that Saddam has been captured, all the television networks are looking for a way to cash in. Conventional wisdom…

Fixing Public Transportation

Public transportation is hobbled by a lack of several things: cleanliness, convenience, status. I can’t easily solve any of those…

ACS Radio Interview

Jeff Nicholson-Owens just interviewed me Digitial Citizen, a technology radio show that airs on WEFT 90.1FM (a east-central-Illinois community radio…

I’m Not President But I Play One On TV

Every night when I turn on the TV, I see a presidential candidate. He’s the former governor of a small…

Alternative Compensation Systems

New: Alternative Compensation Systems. With every passing day, online music downloading becomes more prevalent and industry countermeasures become more odious….

• FLEEP •

Fleep is an absolutely genius 42-part serial comic from Jason Shiga. Now I read some comics (mainly This Modern World,…

Instant Message from LelandJr247

mood: ecstatic music: California - Phantom Planet so, like, i totally asked Stanford out, like a whole month ago, and…

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