Cute flash fiction
Encountered this a while back on rathergood.com; no idea whether it's by them or by someone else: And the princess...
PayPal is (generally) free for US personal money-sending
I can never quite remember how PayPal's fee system works, and various people have asked me not to use PayPal...
Judge Walker denies stay but extends temporary stay
Judge Walker has ruled on the question of whether to stay his decision in the Prop 8 case. The upshot,...
Condo sold!
As y'all may recall, after a lot of fuss and delay around recarpeting, repainting, and staging my condo, I (or...
Using the W3C’s Web IDL checker
If you're not interested in parsing Web IDL (or if you don't know what that means), this entry will probably not be relevant to you.
Seven million Californians
In the wake of the Prop 8 decision, lots of people opposed to same-sex marriage keep saying that Judge Walker...
Olson on Fox News re same-sex marriage
Nice video of Ted Olson arguing for same-sex marriage in a Fox News interview: Six-minute video. I am really pleased...
Simplifying one part of the same-sex marriage debate
There are a fair number of people who say that it's not anti-gay sentiment or discomfort with homosexuality that drives...
Facebook and the history of the mundane social impulse
Yesterday at the Vermont Marble Museum, I spent a while chatting with the artist-in-residence about Facebook. He kind of liked...
Prop 8 declared unconstitutional!
Judge Walker released his decision in Perry v. Schwarzenegger this afternoon, and I spent much of the evening reading about...
Hampton Inn 1, Best Western 0
Word to the wise: When you reserve a room at the Best Western Airport Inn in Albany, you have to...
Judging a person by their book covers
In olden days when people used to read printed books, if you saw someone reading in public, you might be...