Perils of Moving
Diane got a job offer for the Avida-ED programmer position at Michigan State University. We’ve gone through the various things
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Reply to Rick Warren and Other Clergy Re Hobby Lobby and Federal Grants
Rick Warren and others sent the most genteel invitation to perpetuate rank discrimination to President Obama this week. It is
Read moreAdventure in Email Archiving
Up until 2009, my approach to personal email relied on pretty simple tools on Unix systems. I checked and sent
Read moreThe Pollywogs Are Coming
It’s been rainy here in Florida. How rainy is it? Well, yesterday Diane and I were walking around the property
Read moreAnatomy of a Spam Comment
The new spam module for WordPress is not as aggressive in marking spam messages as its previous version. So I
Read moreDiscretion is a Corporate Bad Word
Mike Dunford of “The Questionable Authority” blog relates an on-going negative experience with United Airlines. His wife is in the
Read moreFlorida: Idiots Driving
Here’s another way the acronym “ID” could be instantiated: idiots driving. I commute to work, and yesterday morning I was
Read moreUpdating the Modular CV
Some time ago, I wrote about making a modular curriculum vitae in . Since that time, I’ve had to update
Read moreCoyne, Wallace, and Flannery
There’s a post on “PRUnderground” that takes delight in an alleged screwup by Prof. Jerry Coyne. Coyne is stated to
Read moreLosing Revenue?
Have a look at this article on the BBC site. There’s just so much wrong. The mobile telephony companies are
Read moreVerizon FIOS Continues to Not Talk to Verizon FIOS
I have two new trouble tickets with Verizon FIOS as the connectivity situation continues to be nearly completely non-functional, as
Read moreVerizon FIOS Doesn’t Talk to Verizon FIOS?
I have a bit more information about the connection difficulties I’ve been having with my ISP, Verizon FIOS. I have
Read moreConnection Issues
My connection to the servers in Texas from my home systems is unreliable. For the moment, my only reliable link
Read moreThe Watson Flap
There’s a row going on about continuing sexism within the skeptical community. Rebecca Watson, a speaker at an international skeptical
Read moreDesperation at MyLife?
Years ago, I set up a MyLife profile. Periodically, I get email from them noting that my profile has been
Read moreEnd-of-the-World Playlist
Over at NPR, there was a post asking people for the song to be played during the Rapture as predicted
Read moreA Grete Waitz Reminiscence
Back in the early 80s, I made what living I had as a staff photographer for the Independent Florida Alligator
Read moreDolphin, Doberman, and Intentionality
MarcoIslandFlorida reports that a doberman trapped in a canal was rescued because a dolphin made “a lot of noise”, attracting
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