Category: Mix

I wrote recently about learning to differentiate between blogspam and self-submitted content on meritocracy-based sites like Digg and Reddit. My…

Everyone loves Google. They want to be everything to everyone, and they’re getting pretty damn good at it. Once you…

DEFCON is a Social Networking EventDEFCON makes all of the audio and video content available (for a price) afterwards, meaning…

I read news items by opening them in background Firefox tabs from Google Reader. I go through the feeds that…

Scott Adams of Dilbert fame has come out and challenged the intellectual merits of atheism. In a recent blog post…

Accepted wisdom says we should respect moderates and look down on fundamentalists. This is supposedly because the moderates know how…

When I bought my first real car I became (for the first time) moderately curious about vehicle performance. I set…

Feeling Stuck? Try Tiny Changes & Become Your Own Scientist Do you ever feel like those complicated productivity systems everyone…

There’s one question I’ve never heard asked as part of an inquiry into Christianity: Why was Jesus’ so-called “sacrifice” considered…

My friend Steven has some interesting things to say about, “begging the question”. In brief, it doesn’t mean to introduce…

Ok, there are two basic arguments here. I’ll summarize them below: Features Rule Everything (Anti-iPhone)Look, it doesn’t matter how cool…

A guest essay by Jason Powell,   I want to start this by acknowledging millions of fans that don’t want…