Monthly Archives: September 2011

I’ve been sitting on a bunch of good news links, and I’m passing them on in bulk: Schools bid farewell to textbooks, embrace iPads instead. John Stossel on some exciting alternatives to public schooling. More, from Stossel’s Stupid in America … Continue reading →

My friend Richard Nikoley runs a very popular paleo-living blog, FreeTheAnimal.com. His main focus is diet and fitness, but he is also an anarcho-capitalist, his thought falling in the same general neighborhood as mine or Jim Klein’s, and this influences … Continue reading →

Do you want to experience a total commitment to what you’re doing while you’re doing it? Have an orgasm. Do you want to live completely for your own values? Have an orgasm. Men: Do you want to pioneer previously undiscovered … Continue reading →

I’m a terrible friend. I never conceal this fact. I am blessed to have friends better than I deserve, but I only get away with that vanity because friend is a catch-all word that means two different things: I am … Continue reading →

I’m going to throw off a product idea in the hopes that someone builds it. I want this, but it’s more than I can take on on my own. What is it? Think of a social CMS, a book that … Continue reading →

We had a visit from an IRS agent last week. I was tied up, so my wife Cathleen dealt with him: He needed either me or our accountant to contact him. We’re five years behind in tax filings, but any … Continue reading →

This is me looking back on looking back on a Labor Day a long time ago. The first extract was written on Labor Day, 2005, as the City of New Orleans was demonstrating for all of us that dependence on … Continue reading →

Me, at BloodhoundBlog: You cannot both attract my attention and hide from me. I learn a lot about the people I see from every opportunity I have to observe them. I have done this for my entire adult life, and … Continue reading →

From Technology Review: Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, and one of the largest manufacturers of computer memory, Samsung, have created a new kind of flash memory that uses graphene—atom-thick sheets of pure carbon—along with silicon to store … Continue reading →

From The Wall Street Journal: For as long as human beings have searched for the fountain of youth, they have also feared the consequences of extended life. Today we are on the cusp of a revolution that may finally resolve … Continue reading →