[Originally Published in "Sexiest Geeks Alive" online 'zine] In my ongoing quest to find newer and sexier geekdom, I attended a meet-up for the members of io9.com – the 6 month young science fiction themed blog from gawker Media. It was held at The Magician Bar on a Wednesday night. I had not previously read [...]
[Originally Published in "Sexiest Geeks Alive" online 'zine] I promised Cyan that I would try to post to Sexiest Geeks Alive once a week, and that I would try to be funny and/or write about sexy geeks. Well my last post was last Tuesday, and it is now Wednesday, so it is time to write [...]
The German magazine “Die Zeit” did an interview with me about online privacy concerns. As with the many previous times I have been interviewed, reading it later, I never remember saying exactly what appears in print, but in this case it was especially weird, as I was apparently speaking fluent German – a language I [...]
First let me start by saying that I am not a numerist. In fact, some of my best friends are Odds. However, there exist certain realities of the world we live in that can not be ignored. As much as I believe that in some ideal world, Evens and Odds could live together peacefully side [...]
A lot of the people that I tend to socialize with are libertarian types with strong feelings about freedom and privacy. I have always been very pro-freedom, but am skeptical about the need for privacy. Although please note that I am talking about only physical privacy here – that is, privacy concerning ones actual physical [...]