January 20th, 2005
Resume Update
To my surprise, I received a number of resume requests just as I began my vacaction, so I’ve posted an updated version.
Archive for January, 2005
January 17th, 2005
New York City
After working nights and weekends for last few weeks, I will be taking a well-deserved break and going to New York City for vacation tomorrow. Ill post the photos when I get back on the 28th (and maybe while Im there Im taking along a laptop with 3G wireless.) If any New [...]
January 10th, 2005
The Intellectual’s Prayer
Dear god(s),
Grant me courage and eloquence to
boldly speak the truth when I know it;
honesty to keep my mouth shut when I dont,
the wisdom to know the difference,
and the determination and integrity to discover the facts.
-Me
January 8th, 2005
Microsoft AntiSpyware
Microsoft has released a free beta of AntiSpyware, a new product designed to keep your computer free of malicious software. Independent reviews have already shown the the software is more effective that its best competitors, Spybot and Ad-Aware. The design of the software is simply amazing, as it represents the next generation of [...]
January 6th, 2005
Blogging and Business
Fortune: Why There’s No Escaping the Blog: Freewheeling bloggers can boost your productor destroy it. Either way, they’ve become a force business can’t afford to ignore.
January 6th, 2005
Tax absurdities
When it comes to finding excuses to pillage the public, you can always count on politicians to find an excuse, no matter how ridiculous:
A 44-year-old Web site designer, Oldham is not now and never plans to be a member of the television-owning public, having given it up in exasperation when “Inspector Morse” went into reruns. [...]
January 6th, 2005
Bienvenidos al otro lado
The Mexican government is publishing an illustrated booklet that advises illegal immigrants how to illegaly enter and reside in the U.S.
...Just another absurdity created by laws that make it illegal for peaceful people to get to their jobs and support their families.
January 5th, 2005
Thinking about the Tsunami
The latest death toll from Dec 24ths tsunami in Asia is at 150,000 and rising. 400,000 thousand people have become refugees and 94,081 have been confirmed dead in Indonesia alone. (Reuters as of 1/04/05) A tragedy of this magnitude deserves our consideration, especially of two questions: why did so many die, and [...]
January 5th, 2005
Private Roads
I often hear arguments from skeptics of capitalism about roads being a natural monopoly, so I decided to write up a fictional account of how a private road system might function. Needless to say, this is just one potential scenario that markets might create. It is impossible to say what arrangement entrepreneurs would [...]