Free Will vs. Determinism as the Core of Political Disagreement
So I saw Obama’s SOTU speech last night. I have been avoiding political news for the most part lately, so …
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Be Like Han
I write a lot about free will, and people don’t understand why. I’ll try here again to explain. Simply, one’s stance …
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A Simple Technique for Successfully Debating the Ignorant
I learned some web server Kung Fu this weekend. I now know how to set up both Nginx and Varnish, …
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No, It’s Not Just “Those People” Who Current Healthcare is Failing
I often take criticism for my desire to own expensive things, live in nice neighborhoods, eat in quality restaurants, and …
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From Reddit: An Essay on Why It’s So Hard to Leave Religion
Waste and irrationality. I think many among the rich would be far more willing to pay a larger portion in …
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Free Will Again (A Response to a Reddit Question)
If you haven’t heard of Safari Books Online it’s basically a massive collection of the most popular technical books (over …
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The Worst Sickness of All
If you spent any time in the IT world you’re likely to be particularly tuned to the threat risk of …
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How to Sign In to Facebook Using Google
The fundamental source of poor email style is the practice of quoting the entire message you’re replying to. If that’s …
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Password Reset Mechanisms: The Online Security Threat Nobody’s Talking About
For those who use Ubuntu or Debian and still use apt-get and apt-cache search, you might want to start thinking …
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From Password Reset Mechanisms to OpenID: A Brief Discussion of Online Password Security
I tripped over an article this week on creating “SSH Bookmarks”, which are basically aliases for hostnames within your ~/.ssh/config …
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