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The War on Campus Sexual Assault Goes Digital
On Thursday November 19 2015, @04:07PM
According to a recent study of 27 schools, about one-quarter of female...
Meet Lenny, the Bot that Tricks and Tortures Telemarketers
On Thursday November 19 2015, @04:29PM
Robert Platt Bell writes at his blog "Living Stingy" about Lenny, a library of...
The Black Cauldron
On Thursday November 19 2015, @08:39PM
I'm watching my oldest son read The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander, second...
Controversy Over High-Tech Brooms Sweeps Through Curling
On Thursday November 19 2015, @11:31PM
Billy Witz reports at the NYT that the friendly sport of curling suddenly has...
Black Friday tech deals (to be updated)
On Friday November 20 2015, @03:27AM
Black Friday 2015
Laptops
$99: 11.6 inch Chromebook, Best Buy
$300: Core i3,...
This Week in Twitter
On Friday November 20 2015, @09:10PM
So, here's the recent happenings on twitter in as few words as possible:
Kotaku
The Kindness of Strangers
On Saturday November 21 2015, @01:17PM
If you read the news you often read about the incredible cruelty shown towards...
Now We Know Why the Hobbit Movies Were So Awful
On Saturday November 21 2015, @03:56PM
Everyone seems to agree that the key to the success of Jackson’s Lord Of The...
THIS COMMERCIAL MESSAGE WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY CARBON
On Saturday November 21 2015, @08:03PM
Carbon. Can't live without it.
My new distro: Upcoming design goals for SubLinux 3
On Sunday November 22 2015, @07:34AM
I've been planning the architecture and design goals of the first to-be-public...
George Lucas: 'I'm Done With Star Wars'
On Sunday November 22 2015, @04:00PM
Entertainment Weekly reports that George Lucas has compared his retirement from...
The Design of Coffee Blends
On Sunday November 22 2015, @08:58PM
I've recently written a little article about coffee blending: the methodology I...
Fake Bomb Detector, Blamed for Hundreds of Deaths, Is Still
On Wednesday November 25 2015, @05:06PM
Murtaza Hussain writes at The Intercept that although it remains in use at...
Why Black Friday and Cyber Monday Are Pretty Much Meaningles
On Wednesday November 25 2015, @05:07PM
Brad Tuttle writes at Money Magazine that while the terms “Black Friday” and...
Of Guns and Drone Dolts
On Friday November 27 2015, @02:20AM
What do guns and drones^Wquadcopters have in common? They both are a lot of fun...
*sigh* I've joined the mindless mass
On Friday November 27 2015, @08:20PM
Over the years, I've used a number of monitors. My first monitor was rather...
Lobbyists Using Refugee Policy Battle to Defeat Regulations
On Saturday November 28 2015, @03:52AM
Lobbyists, in Strategy Session, Conclude That Refugee Crisis “Helps Us” Defeat...
reference post about abortion
On Saturday November 28 2015, @06:12AM
I found, and posted, this article in 2005. Today, the link is dead. ...
We Need a New Atomic Age
On Saturday November 28 2015, @12:07PM
Peter Thiel writes in the NYT that what’s especially strange about the failed...
How to Diagnose Spontaneous Windows 8.1 Shutdown?
On Sunday November 29 2015, @12:01AM
I'd wipe my drive and use only Linux if I could find a text editor I like. And...
UX is a Tool of the Devil
On Sunday November 29 2015, @06:48AM
It seems to me that the point in time at which I stopped enjoying using...
Perl 6 is way more Perl than Perl 5
On Sunday November 29 2015, @08:43AM
I've been writing Perl 5 since 1995. I remember when Perl 6 was announced, I...
1950s TV
On Sunday November 29 2015, @07:39PM
A year or so ago, an executive from an electronics company (Apple, if I...
Bread and Sushi
On Monday November 30 2015, @05:30AM
Union Gospel Mission served Sushi for lunch the other day. I Am Absolutely...
Arkansas Has a Growing Population of Climate Change Refugees
On Monday November 30 2015, @03:48PM
Located between Hawaii and Australia, the Marshall Islands are made up of 29...
Purdue Experiments With Income Contingent Student Loans
On Monday November 30 2015, @04:42PM
Danielle Douglas-Gabriel writes in the Washington Post that Purdue University...
Perl 6: Roles and Traits for President of the Universe
On Tuesday December 01 2015, @09:23AM
This is a continuation of Perl 6 is way more Perl than Perl 5.
At some point...
Cheddar and interstellar exodus.
On Tuesday December 01 2015, @11:14AM
I dream quite a bit, but I'm not normally one to talk much about my dreams....
Kings of the Hill
On Wednesday December 02 2015, @02:28AM
Ever wonder who the top trolls are around these parts? Yeah, me too. So I wrote...
thirty years since MSX Dinosaur Land
On Wednesday December 02 2015, @09:35AM
Exactly 30 years ago an 18 meter tall, 30 meter long dinosaur appeared in...
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