Waste and irrationality. I think many among the rich would be far more willing…
Archives for 2010
Blogging: Categories vs. Tags
I recently attended a company blogging conference call where the topic was how…
Beyond SSH Bookmarks
I tripped over an article this week on creating “SSH Bookmarks”, which…
Ubuntu: aptitude > apt-*
For those who use Ubuntu or Debian and still use apt-get and apt-cache search,…
Parent to Child Propagation of False Meaning
I have many smart conservative friends who take pride in two things in their lives:…
Home for One Year
Sometime around this week marks one year that I’ve been back home in the…
The Simple Reason New Year Resolutions Are Crap
New Years resolutions are supposedly for people who plan on making changes in…
Disappointing Liberals
So I had one of my posts make the front page of Reddit on Friday. I ended up taking…
Plato’s Ultimate Argument Against God-given Morality
If someone says morality comes from God you must ask a simple question: Is there…
The Alien Social Scientist Test for Meaning
I have a basic test I put myself through when I think about whether my work and/or…
Sam Harris’s Talk in Berkeley Last Night
So I got to see Sam Harris speak last night in Berkeley. It was stellar. A few…
Table Tennis: The Relationship Between Relaxation, Aggression, and Power
So my #1 issue in Table Tennis right now is getting angry, which results in a…
Blog Spam’s Latest Technique: Flattery
Over the last few months I’ve been noticing a trend in blog spam: The use…
Random Thoughts on Religion
(cleaning out some notes I had jotted down. Now I’m putting them here instead)…
The Beverage Approachability Paradox
Anyone who’s tried to learn to enjoy coffee, beer, or wine after not liking…
Free Market Fanboys
I was reading the blogroll over at Overcoming Bias and, naturally, encountered…
Why America is Falling
Oct 11, 2010 My favorite thing to do is determine why complex things happen. Some…
Happiness, Struggle, and Options
I think a lot about why people aren’t happy. I’m reading a book now…
Getting Back Into Table Tennis
After being dormant for many years in my favorite participation sport, I found…
Existing Bookstores Should Become Front-ends for Amazon
The bookstores are dead. Amazon won. gg. But people still enjoy going in and looking…
Two People Who Show Me How Lame I Am
You make me want to be a better man. Salman Khan Salman Khan is the creator of…
Shallow on Purpose
I am nearly to the point where I can accept someone who decides to be shallow…
What did liberals do that was so offensive to the Republicans? I’ll tell you what they did …
Liberals got women the right to vote. Liberals got African-Americans the right…
Searching Google Bookmarks from Chrome’s Omnibox
When Google first launched Google Bookmarks a few years back I immediately stopped…
The Zero-Control Argument Against Free Will
I have, over the last few years, put out a number of arguments against the possibility…
