Reviewing the Slate
Posted on Feb 26, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 5, 2011
Review of Steven Pinker's book The Blank Slate and the common notion that we are all born without predispositions.
blank slate, human nature, steven pinker, cultural relativism, feminism, brain, psychology
Hole in my Heel
Posted on Jan 27, 2005 | Last Updated Nov 8, 2011
The story of how I survived a wound that killed legendary Achilles.
achilles heel, severed tendon
The Sweeper that Sucks
Posted on Jun 18, 2003 | Last Updated Dec 7, 2014
What happens when someone tried to sell a sweeper to a tightwad asshole for $1600.
kirby sale, sweeper sales pitch, charlatans
Chapter 3: Arrival at Jadus
Posted on Dec 30, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011
The Orion was sent to Jadus to find Rogue 7.
mask of rogue 7, chapter 3, arrival jadus
Crab Cones - Leftover Chef
Posted on Apr 25, 2006 | Last Updated May 17, 2006
How to make a meal out of random ingredients in your pantry.
recipe, crab
Autodesk Moving to Rental-Only for Software
How a company made for artists is pushing a policy that promotes more starving artists instead of thriving artists
Posted on Oct 13, 2014 | Last Updated Oct 13, 2014
Autodesk is now making plans to stop selling perpetual licenses and move all future business to a rental-only model.
software, sales, consumer, license, perpetual, rental
Human ability and prejudice
Posted on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011
Prejudice is a part of our world fading, but never quickly enough.
sexism, racism, prejudice
Jessica Strock
Posted on Jun 29, 2011 | Last Updated Jun 29, 2011
I go to North Franklin Elementary.
jess,jessy,grump bear
A Call for Reason
Posted on Jan 14, 2005 | Last Updated Nov 8, 2011
An essay rebutting infantile attitudes of the anti-science movement.
science, society, pseudoscience, media, politics, rush limbaugh
Pet People
Posted on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 26, 2011
A Chalkboard column by Shawn Olson about regulars at a pet store.
pet owner habits, peculiarities of pet owners, pet store, pet people, anima
