July 24, 2009

Death and Taxes...

They say there are only two things that are for certain in life - death and taxes. Simple question. I live in the United States. For my most basic needs, I have to spend money. What if I don't want to have a job,...

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July 5, 2009

Egalitarianism

I can't remember when it started. I can remember male bashing when I was very young. Since then, there have been a long series of confusing and frustrating events. Most recently, I've had a number of feminists in my...

Personal Updates · Society and Culture

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June 10, 2009

Progression Of Awakening - The Loss of "I"

If evolution holds, we started as microorganisms. Well, perhaps you could say we started somewhere before that. Regardless, at some point in history, humans lacked a sense of awareness. Fast forward to current times,...

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May 20, 2009

Kitchen Sponge Best Practices

I'm frequently unpleasantly surprised by the standard kitchen sponge practices I observe in many many kitchens. I've often observed risky practices at the homes of friends and family. However, more recently, I've...

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April 17, 2009

On The Pirate Bay Sentencing

[caption id="attachment_179" align="alignright" width="150"] Pirates[/caption] The file sharing rant has raged on for years. While the media industries claim that file sharing has hurt their market share, the movie...

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March 30, 2009

Twitter Stats On Misogyny and Misandry

For those who may not know: misogyny is the hatred of women or girls while misandry is the hated of men or boys. I just did a little curious research regarding these two terms using Twitter search . My results are...

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March 3, 2009

Running vs Driving

Alright, I'm an advocate of not driving more than need be. I'm kind of lazy, so I'm not always a good advocate. However, you've got to use your body to keep it working. That's the neat thing about a self-maintaining...

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April 5, 2006

How to NOT build community.

Over the past couple of days, I've had an e-mail dialog with the organizer of a meetup.com group for marketing. It all began shortly after I added the group to my list. I noticed several very pointed e-mails asking...

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June 8, 2005

A Few Good Forum Ideas

I'd like to share a couple of forum structure ideas that have made managing the Gearbox Software Forums a little easier and an idea we've yet to try. Internal Combustion Many message boards offer a forum dedicated to...

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March 19, 2005

SXSW, in review...

Introduction... It's been a few days since I returned from SXSW . The trip as a whole was wonderful. I enjoy being in Austin no matter the reason; and this trip was particularly rewarding. However, the Interactive...

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