Archive for May, 2008

The girls of io9

[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 [...]

29 May 2008 at 03:35 - Comments

What is a Sexy Geek?

[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 [...]

21 May 2008 at 02:48 - Comments

Die Zeit Interview

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 [...]

11 May 2008 at 17:47 - Comments

Long Division

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 [...]

7 May 2008 at 17:38 - Comments
I want to acknowledge the influence of Douglas Hofstadter’s “A Person Paper on Purity in Language” in creating this piece. ...
27 December 09 at 17:43
People are nuts. I mentioned my Odd and Even street addresses analogy in another forum and someone pointed out to me ...
27 December 09 at 17:43

Freedom or Privacy – Pick One

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 [...]

3 May 2008 at 17:28 - Comments
Follow up: I know this post goes against the normal Libertarian dogma, but if you find yourself wanting to reject what ...
4 May 08 at 17:34