Kith.org
  • g

Lorem Ipsum

The website of Jed Hartman

  • Home
  • Blog
  • About
  • Puzzles
  • Hodgepodge
  • Sites
    • Loading
Search
  • Home
  • Blog
  • About
  • Puzzles
  • Hodgepodge
  • Sites
    • Loading
  • g

Reading news online

Interesting study from Stanford and Poynter in which they put sophisticated eye-tracking devices on people reading news sites (not newsgroups)...

Jed

October 24, 2001
0 Comments

“We’re now in orbit”

No, it's not a "Major Tom" flashback, it's a successful-so-far (knock on wood) NASA mission to Mars, at long last....

Jed

October 24, 2001
0 Comments

More Kingsolver

Another good opinion piece from Barbara Kingsolver, this one in the LA Times: "No Glory in Unjust War on the...

Jed

October 24, 2001
0 Comments

More Songs About Liberty and Security

A telling Wall Street Journal article titled "Security Comes Before Liberty," by Jay Winik, describes the actions of the Adams,...

Jed

October 23, 2001
0 Comments

To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet

I've been meaning to write about the weekend of the 13th and 14th for a week now. On Friday I...

Jed

October 23, 2001
Filed under: Death, Favorite/Important Entries, Friendship
1 Comment

No reading!

Turns out that carrying certain kinds of novels can make you so suspicious that airlines won't let you fly. See...

Jed

October 22, 2001
0 Comments

Stories

I've been reading a lot lately. Stories for the magazine, of course. And I've stolen a few guilty hours here...

Jed

October 21, 2001
0 Comments

Plotz

Here's a start at a list of the Standard Horror Plots that we receive frequently (and wish we didn't). Main...

Jed

October 21, 2001
0 Comments

Rhetorical question

Why o why do authors persist in sending us predictable horror stories that contain no speculative elements at all?...

Jed

October 20, 2001
0 Comments

Freedom of speech

I think most Americans are unaware of the existing limitations on freedom of speech. I used to think that freedom...

Jed

October 20, 2001
Filed under: Favorite/Important Entries, History, Improving Society, Language, Law, War
2 Comments

Suspending the Constitution

An excellent article at FindLaw about the role of the Constitution during wartime. The gist of the article can be...

Jed

October 20, 2001
0 Comments

Fear itself

No, my terrorism discussion is still to come. For now, just pointing you to Jon Carroll on why we shouldn't...

Jed

October 19, 2001
0 Comments
Previous 1 … 409 410 411 412 413 … 420 Next

Latest Comments

  • Divyanshu sharma on Some Hole.io strategy tips
  • Nao on The Gardens Between
  • Jed on The Gardens Between
  • Nao on The Gardens Between
  • Jed on The Gardens Between
  • Jed on My father’s FBI file
  • Jed on More from my father’s FBI files
  • Donations 2021 – Lorem Ipsum on Donations 2020

My Tweets

Tweets by @elysdir

Recent Posts

  • Almost going to the movies May 17, 2022
  • Maglev Metro disappointments May 15, 2022
  • The closin’ of the tabs May 15, 2022
  • Family letters: Late 1972, early 1973 May 15, 2022
  • Family letters: Fall 1972, part 2 May 8, 2022
  • “Universal” “Principles” of “Design” May 7, 2022

Categories

About This Blog

This is my personal blog. The views expressed on these pages are mine alone and not those of my employer.

Material by Jed © 2000–2020 Jed Hartman.

Site design by Clockpunk Studios.