Category Archives: Things That Are Not Bombs

Yours is an Unoriginal Sin

Posted on Monday, April 5, 2010 by Keith

The iPad came out this weekend and the backlash is in full form. “Why would I want a big iPod?” says the computer geek, pushing his glasses up his nose. “I already have a netbook running Red Hat Linux.” Saying … Continue reading →

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There’s A Little Amazonfail In All Of Us

Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 by Keith

Clay Shirky has written a thoughtful essay on the fallout of #amazonfail and our collective culpability in it: Though the #amazonfail event is important for several reasons, I can’t write about it dispassionately, because I was an enthusiastic participant in … Continue reading →

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One More Reason To Cancel My Cable Subscription

Posted on Monday, March 16, 2009 by Keith

The Sci-Fi channel is changing it’s name to the SyFy channel as a way to get away from all that weirdo geeky science fiction stuff. They aren’t changing the content any, which is ironic, since they’ve drifted away from the … Continue reading →

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And I thought Our Fines Were Stiff

Posted on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 by Keith

Overdue library book gets woman arrested: An overdue library book called “The Freedom Writers Diary” briefly cost an Independence woman her freedom Thursday. Jesup police arrested Shelly Koontz, 39, on a fifth-degree theft charge because she allegedly failed to return … Continue reading →

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No 140 Character Limit for Our POTUS

Posted on Friday, January 23, 2009 by Keith

So, 3 days into his administration, Obama has made government as transparent as a window, reaffirmed Habeus Corpus, shut down GTMO and overturned the gag rule on reproductive rights. All very nice. But the really impressive news is that Obama … Continue reading →

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That Special Time of the Year

Posted on Wednesday, October 1, 2008 by Keith

I feel I should say something about banned book week, even though Aaron and I pretty thoroughly covered this topic last year. So: the short version. Banning books is stupid. The end. OK. I’ll elaborate, but just a little: Banning … Continue reading →

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Real Wealth Can’t Be Sold on Wall Street

Posted on Monday, September 22, 2008 by Keith

Douglas Rushkoff on the economic fuffallah and why it might not be as bad as all that: All this means is that you can’t count on capitalism anymore. Your wealth is not how many paper assets you have. It’s not … Continue reading →

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In a Post LHC World, Anything Can Happen

Posted on Friday, September 12, 2008 by Keith

You may have noticed this week that the world was not destroyed. While this tends to happen on a fairly regular basis, this week the world didn’t blow up in spite of unfounded concern about the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). … Continue reading →

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Welcome To The Land of Marital Bliss

Posted on Monday, June 16, 2008 by Keith

Congrats to everyone in California getting married today, and in the future. Here’s to seeing that it happens nationwide, soon.

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They Are All Method Actors

Posted on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 by Keith

So. Everyone’s favorite hobbit/senator, Denis Kucinich has brought 35 articles of Impeachment against George W. Bush. While on a righteous emotional level, I couldn’t be more thrilled, in the real world where these things have ramifications and exert pressure in … Continue reading →

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