Constitutions and Musharraf
Vardibidian points to a fascinating New York Times article on creating constitutions. Good stuff. Taken with my previous entry, that...
Author Archive
Benign
Was talking with Kam the other day about how effective benign dictatorships can be, and how much people like 'em....
Quick quotes
First, an exchange from lunch the other day (co-workers anonymized for their protection). We'd been talking about business-class air travel,...
The US and the International Criminal Court
So little time, so much to blog. I'll start with this item from Sterling's blog at the Infinite Matrix: The...
Toy
What pushed me over the edge was sleep deprivation. I tried listening to white noise (or rather, "pink noise") the...
Blog name
If I ever start a new blog, maybe I'll name it "Saccade." One of those names that seems so obvious...
Wooden Rocket
One more thing before I go to bed: the Wooden Rocket Awards deadline is almost upon us. They're awards for...
Busy busy
I was hoping to write up a long WisCon con report that would gradually build up to a photo, but...
Home
Long weekend at WisCon. Mostly good. Some frustrations, some fun bits. Got to meet a bunch of cool folks. If...
Off to WisCon
I'll be back late Monday night; not sure whether I'll be online much between then and now, but don't count...
Then and now
Fascinating photo gallery: Vertigo then and now. A couple dozen stills from the movie Vertigo, showing various locations in San...
Hum a little hum
Realized the other day that my ATM card claimed to have expired in January '02; it still works, but the...