Better Than Life
Yeah, yeah, it’s tough to get into the swing of blogging again. I’m trying. About 8-10 years ago, I guess, was something like a peak time where I really enjoyed it, for the most part (family members...
View ArticleYou Will Be Assimilated
Yes. While you’re busy enjoying your empty, idiot-level “interaction” on Faceborg and so on, just understand that people like Ray Kurzvile of Google are making plans for you. We’ll all be hooked up to...
View ArticleBrave And New
I said recently in an email that I thought Huxley had it nailed—the most effective form of oppression isn’t force and violence. It’s privilege and comfort. Make the prison cell a luxuriant one and they...
View ArticleThe Internet is Boring
Yes. Sometimes, too much is just too much. How can you effectively prioritise (or digest) when an endless, vast swamp—admittedly composed largely of baboon shrieking, chest-beating and effluvia—is at...
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Fifteen Years (and a cute pic)
Well, actually it was yesterday this blog achieved the age of fifteen. Landmark? Suppose. Blogs weren’t all that common back in 2000. So this was a relatively early one; which means it’s survived...
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