Monthly Archives: February 2008

The Lesson of Legotown

Rethinking Schools Online has a great piece about social justice, modeled via a Lego® brick economy.  It’s a great read that really led me to think about how children develop their thinking.  In times like this I’m happy I’m not … Continue reading

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Oh That PETA

A PETA activist is changing her name. I hope this gal knows what she’s doing. When she’s in her 60s and still known as FishingHurts will she still be happy about this decision? And as for the “.com” part, ever … Continue reading

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Business Consolidation Hurts Comsumers -or- Comcast Cable Sucks

Friday I received notice via the mail that my cable company (Insight) had sold its cable modem assets to Comcast Cable. A chill ran down my spine. Insight had provided pretty good ‘net access for me these past years. They’ve … Continue reading

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I scored 6 out of 9

See here. Guess I need to start whitening the teeth, buying sneakers, and convert my station wagon into a hybrid. In case it helps, I’m also a markup snob and a beer snob.

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Better Living Through URL Rewriting

I’ve mentioned URL Rewriting twice before (here and here if you’re curious). URL Rewriting is a great technology that makes Cool URIs much easier to obtain and manage.  Essentially you run a filter on your web server that listens to … Continue reading

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Bush: Enemies Still Out There So Screw Due Process!

President Bush really, really wants the House of Representatives to make his administration’s illegal dealings with telecommunication companies okay. According to CNN, he’s even pulling a Cheney, bringing out the “they’re still out there” trump card. Of course our country … Continue reading

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iPhone Flash Theory

John Gruber continues his thinking a bit on iPhone’s lack of Flash. My opinion on the matter concerns games.  I believe that Apple has sampled the mobile phone Kool-Aid® and wants to control the marketplace of iPhone games. Putting Flash … Continue reading

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Cross-Site Request Forgery

Okay, here’s some advice with a slightly technical explanation of why you should put it into practice. Planet Websecurity is reporting on the real-world example of a Cross-Site Request Forgery.  In case you don’t wanna read it: in a nutshell … Continue reading

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QuickTime Disables Bluetooth?

This weekend I upgraded my MacBook’s copy of QuickTime to version 7.4.1.  After rebooting, the Bluetooth icon in my menu bar was crossed out.  Further inspection in the details found in “About This Mac” reveal a lack of information under … Continue reading

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Renewing the Mind!

Tomorrow I’m teaching the third in a series of courses on communication and thinking. In a nutshell, the following is taught: Given some stimulus, identify the following The stimulus action Your underlying beliefs Your emotional response to those beliefs The … Continue reading

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