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Who the Hell Writes Wikipedia, Anyway? is a refutation of the idea that "[t]he bulk of Wikipedia is written by 1400 obsessed...
sursumcorda, 27 May 2009 |
Memorial Day, 2009
It has been nearly five years since I honored here two family members who gave the "last full measure of devotion" in France during...
Feedback
I know why I write , but why do you read? Because writing is an essential part of the way I think, and blogging is the best...
Powdered Herring, Anyone?
Wolfram|Alpha is in its infancy , and like any baby it can be quite cute. Like this example Janet discovered while trying to...
Will Someone Please Save Us from Ourselves?
As if I don't already have a huge backblog, Jon keeps posting things in Google Reader/Facebook that I think those who can't see them...
The Right to Be Wrong
Daniel Hauser, a 13-year-old boy with cancer, is being forced to receive treatment that both he and his parents have refused....
I Know It When I See It
It seems appropriate that Katherine Dalton's The Immoral Life of Children should appear on the Front Porch Republic just after a...
Supreme Court Nominations, with a Little Humor
For every presidential election in recent history (meaning at least the last 30), I have had one overriding concern: the...
***Warning*** Time Sink Ahead
As if Wolfram|Alpha weren't enough to lure me away from productive work, Phil (not the Phil who comments here) posts this news story....
Wolfram|Alpha
James Burke's first Connections series drove home the idea that change in one area can have unexpected impact in far different...
The Four-Hour Workweek
The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9 - 5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich , by Timothy Ferriss (Crown Publishers, New York,...
Financial Crisis Basics for the Clueless (Like Me)
Dipping once again into the blogging backlog. It's old (from October 2008), and long, but this Financial Crisis for Beginners from...
Worms Can't Spell
The people who sold us our worm farm gave us this advice for giving the worms a special treat: put some melon in their...
God Grew Tired of Us
God Grew Tired of Us (Newmarket Films, 2006) Subtitled The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan , this award-winning, PG-rated...
A Sane Woman's Guide to Raising a Large Family
A Sane Woman's Guide to Raising a Large Family , by Mary Ostyn (Gibbs Smith, Layton, Utah, 2009) This book sounded useful to...
How Much Should the Rich Pay in Taxes?
In the back corners of my "to blog about" list, I finally found In Defense of "The Rich," by Larry...
The Trial - A Few More Thoughts
I thought I was finished writing about Judy's trial and the circumstances that led to it, but Jon wrote some excellent comments in...
Grocery Bags
In Switzerland you must bring your own bags to the grocery store, or buy them there. We've tried variations on that theme here,...
Adding On
Our worms now have more living space: we put the second level onto their condominium/college dorm . There's still a...
Hot Pepper Television
I wrote a long comment to Mark Shiffman's Front Porch Republic article, Why we do not own a Television ; not being one to waste an...
Casting the Net, Vol. 10 - Two from John Stackhouse
More random tidbits found while sweeping the corners of the Internet. Professor John Stackhouse gives a cheer, a half a cheer,...
Some Common Sense Advice for Preventing Transmission of...
Dr. Mark Gendreau offers some very reasonable advice , mostly about travel, for those who wish to avoid swine flu or any other...
The Trial - Some Final Thoughts
(This is a follow-up to previous posts: Options In Childbirth: A Personal Odyssey ; The Trial ; The Trial, Part II ;...
Swine Flu Panicdemic
Let's not do it again. Back in 1976 , panic over swine flu led to a mass-vaccination program in which nearly a quarter of the...
Courage
I couldn't have told you anything about Mary Ann Glenon before turning to Wikipedia, except for this: the former U.S....