Some Thoughts on the Economic Viability of E-Books
So Han’s walking down the halls of Bespin with his old friend Lando. Leia’s there, and lookin’ good. Han thinks …
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Problems with Check Point, NAT, and SIP
What follows is my new method of addressing someone who doesn’t create sound arguments during a debate, i.e. those backed …
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Misconceptions about Unicode and UTF-8/16/32
62% of bankruptcies are from medical bills. Most medical debtors are well educated and middle class. Three quarters of those …
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Spotify: How We Will Consume Music in the Future
In response to this thread on Reddit: — Free will is a necessary delusion. The big bang happened, and then …
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Reaching Your Content Potential
Humans are notoriously poor at weighing risk. We use emotion, rather than reason, to judge what’s truly dangerous, which is …
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Quicksilver + Quicksearches = Ultimate Power
For those not familiar, OpenID is a system that allows you to sign in to multiple websites using one identity. …
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If The Problem Were Simply Sub-Standard American Schools, Asian and Indian Kids Would Be Doing Poorly As Well
I saw this quote on Reddit recently, and it resonnated with me. It reminded me of my thoughts on meaning, …
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An Encoding Primer
Many of our best people were really bad people. But I read a lot, so I already knew this, and …
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Are Atheists Liberal or Conservative?
Federated ID Federated ID, also called Federated Identity Management (FIM), allows a Service Provider (SP) to offer a service without …
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