Month: April 2007
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Shock Jocks
The implications of the Imus shock-jock scandal are real: if you drum up pro-war or anti-immigration mass hysteria or falsely imply the Clintons in various scandals, you win ratings and interviews with elected Bush officials. If, on the other hand, you make colorful insulting talk against a recognizable minority group, then no punishment is too…
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Wikitravel and travel information
Wikitravel,, a site containing information for travelers. I don’t think the wiki concept works in all cases, but this is a good example of where it could work. But what happens if it becomes too popular? Can’t you imagine lots of local restaurants and hotels fighting to delete negative information about their business? Here’s their…
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(Censored)
From a New York Times editorial about the faulty judicial process in Guantanamo: PRESIDENT (of the tribunal): Please describe the methods that were used. DETAINEE: (CENSORED) What else do I want to say? (CENSORED) There were doing so many things. What else did they did? (CENSORED) After that another method of torture began. (CENSORED) They…
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Further reasons to hate geekdom
I’ve been tricking out my Dell Axim and am quickly discovering how –thanks to no documentation –seemingly straightforward tasks seem impossibly hard (and end up wasting lots of time). A primary reason I allowed myself to buy another PDA is being able to use it for skype. I did some googling around and found that…