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Monthly Archives: June 2007

Book Review: The Man in the High Castle

If there is one science fiction author whose works disturb me, it is Phillip K. Dick. The first work of his that I read was an essay entitled "How to Build a Universe That Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later." I was expecting a tome on how to construct an universe in a science fiction [...]

Frequently Asked Questions, Not Answers from AT&T Wireless

Selected questions and "answers" from AT&T Wireless' (formerly Cingular) FAQ entitled How much does it cost to upgrade to a new phone? I would link to this page, but I cannot find a valid hyperlink. Questions are in bold; answers follow underneath:
 
 
How much does it cost to upgrade to a new phone?
How much does it [...]

Wireless Mighty Mouse on Ubuntu Linux

I first used a wired Mighty Mouse on a friend's MacBook Pro. Excited about the possibility of getting the wireless model (because, let's face it, everyone loves wireless peripherals), I searched the Internet for information about whether anyone had gotten it working on Linux. While I found some long how-tos describing how to get the [...]

Things I Learned from Being Spontaneous at Lunch Today

Chorizo is:

sausage
made from pork
the reason why my stomach was hurting all afternoon

Web 2.0: Not So Addictive After All

Having come of age online in the era immediately after the first Internet boom, I was naturally a bit wary of websites that describe themselves as "Web 2.0." Their pastel colors, misspelled names, and use of JavaScript to do everything concerned me. Articles noting the continual data serfdom that such websites promote only aggravated my [...]

Wheels of Fortune

A few weeks ago, I went to a Bank of America ATM, where I was in line behind a red-haired woman having a cell phone conversation. "Wow," she said, looking at a discarded receipt, "some person deposited x in their account. Now they have 2x. I wish I had 2x!" As she left, I smiled. [...]