I have been fascinated with the Dharun Ravi bias case since I read about it a few weeks ago on The New Yorker. The fact is that this case hits close to home for many who are or have been to college because no doubt many of us were involved in similar cases or at — Continue reading »
Herniated Disc - 4 Years on
📆 March 5, 2012
Hard to believe it's been over 4 years since being struck with a herniated disc. As known to most, herniated discs don't heal, but with some luck they shrink and take pressure off the spinal cord. For me, there are the occasional flare ups and annoying tingling down the left leg, but other than those, — Continue reading »
Rev. Graham: 'God has forgiven me of my sins'
📆 February 21, 2012
"All I know is I’m a sinner, and that God has forgiven me of my sins." says Rev. Franklin Graham. It's true. God whispers that in his ears every night. He also tells him that Obama is a Moslem and is hell-bound. Thank you reverend for sharing such spiritual revelations with us. Now where do I — Continue reading »
Chrome Blesses SQLite
📆 February 10, 2012
Here's an interesting piece found on the Chrome browser (v17). Fire up Chrome. Browse to chrome://credits/, scroll down to SQLite and click on "show licence" and this little praise pops up: The author disclaims copyright to this source code. In place of a legal notice, here is a blessing: May you do good and not evil. — Continue reading »
Comcast Raises Rates (on Fixed-Price Contracts!)
📆 January 22, 2012
Sometimes I don't know how companies get away with their sleazy tactics, but I guess it's because they are loaded and consumers have little power to stand up to them. Q - If you are Comcast how do you make sure your business customers don't leave you? A - Lock them into long-term, fixed-price service — Continue reading »
SOPA/PIPA
📆 January 16, 2012
Here comes another attack on the free and democratic way of life. the SOPA/PIPA bill sponsored by congressman Lamar Smith is about to be voted on by the legislators. On the surface, the goal is to protect copyrights and intellectual property rights on the Internet. In reality this law is created to bring the Internet — Continue reading »
Amazon's Tricky App
📆 December 11, 2011
It doesn't seem to be breaking any laws but it's certainly unfair and anti-competitive. This time Amazon is asking its customers to use its Price Check shopping app on products in retail stores and then turn around and buy the same items from Amazon and receive perks in the forms of discounts and credits. Of — Continue reading »
Voyager 1 and Earth-like Planet
📆 December 5, 2011
A pair of interesting space stories today. Voyager1 launched in 1977 is now 11 billion miles away from earth. It's in an area thought to be the final barrier between the solar system and the inner-stellar space which is outside the sun's sphere of influence. Who knows what sorts of stuff lie beyond the barrier — Continue reading »
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