This Weekend’s Readings

The Great Divorce, by C.S. Lewis (1946)
Towing Jehovah, by James Morrow (1994)
In the last 24 hours I’ve finished these two books with rather radically different views on similar issues. I’m not sure how much I have to say about the different views except to say that I am certainly more comfortable in Morrow’s understanding of [...]

And Then There Were Three

That’s what Myoung Jae said on Friday night, after I talked to the guys.
Short version: I’ve left the band. Not easy, but something I felt necessary for me. No bitterness, no big fight, like the stupid way people leave bands on TV and in movies… no drama like that; just a kind of slightly sad, [...]

Aye, Robot

I didn’t get to Friday’s question on Friday because, well, I’ll write about that in my next post. For now, I’ll turn to the question, which is one of my own:
Imagine that you had a robot custom-built for your home, but one of limited abilities. It is, after all, one of the first domestic bots [...]

RFID Passports

Via William Gibson’s blog, William Schneier explains why RFID Passports are a bad idea:
Since the terrorist attacks of 2001, the Bush administration–specifically, the Department of Homeland Security–has wanted the world to agree on a standard for machine-readable passports. Countries whose citizens currently do not have visa requirements to enter the United States will have to [...]

Gaa with the SpamBlockers and all…

Okay, well, I have been finding that MT-Blacklist has been having some problems. I’m waiting to hear back from tech support about that, and to make sure my database isn’t damaged. But I’m planning on installing this software by James Seng, which confirms it’s a real person entering the comment. MT-Blacklist is great for automated [...]

Neal Stephenson Interviewed at Slashdot

Neal Stephenson is still cool. Thanks for the link, Marv.

Reality-Based Is Passe?

Marvin linked to this disturbing post that says a lot about the Bush Administration.
No, no, wait, this is the scary article, by Ron Suskind! Plus some commentary on it at The Revealer.
It ends wonderfully:

‘Where people often get lost is on this very point,” he said after a moment of thought. ”Real faith, [...]

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