words of advice for young people

Clay Shirky spoke recently about something I have pondered - the tragic waste of mental energy that's sunk into TV watching. Rather th...

(written whilst internetless) We ran into that 'Rambo' guy, he had one tooth and a bushy beard and a very sad story from 'nam - ...

I am recommending free stuff not only because of the Recession, but also because too much of human interaction (esp. on the internet) is abo...

While I like Harper's Magazine for their short readings at the beginning (there really should be whole magazines made up of these. They...

Just as Morgan Spurlock conducted an experiment where he put his health at risk by eating nothing but McDonald's food for 30 days, in 20...

One of my recent obsessions is information visualization. Working in IT, yes, I'm intimately familiar with the 'an ocean of water, ...

I have bitched and moaned here of late about the misfortunes and indignities I have suffered as a PC user and general user of Microsoft prod...

The subject of this story was born to be a teacher. He possesses all the essential character traits of a good teacher - he's extroverte...

The New York Giants' Super Bowl upset over the (until then, ha ha ha) undefeated New England Patriots had a lot of people saying WTF?!, ...

It's a generally accepted truism that 'reading to your child is a good thing'. It's up there with brushing your teeth, not ...

Lu Pi's rule is named after Lu Pi, who worked at the infamously corrupt Enron but cashed out before everything went to hell. At the tim...

I've been 'tweeting' over at twitter . Twitter's contribution to society is that posts are limited to 140 chars. Unfortuna...

No need to waste time reading the hundreds of Left Behind books, or even the Bible. The answers are all right here . I kid the Left Behin...

Every year, the end of October marks the beginning of Charlie Brown special season. Starting with1966's ' It's the Great Pumpk...

This is highly unorganized, as fits my current brain state. Has this ever happened to you? 'Brain Age' only for Nintendo DS. Trai...

I especially like how he rhymed 'djlfjlkjdslkjirt' with 'Run-DMC shirt' Still processing this one.

I have stolen these from a thread over at Doc Bushwell's : Atheism is a religion like not collecting stamps is a hobby . Atheism is a re...

Back in 2006, the world didn't know how to act when a firestorm erupted over some cartoons in a right-wing Danish newspaper . Currently...

I read Jimmy Corrigan, The Smartest Kid on Earth a couple years ago, having seen excerpts in various cities' alternative weeklies. It ...

I read blogs like Lifehacker and others of their ilk, chock full of their Hints from Heloise, Bottom Line Personal hints for the not-yet-el...