All posts in category technology

27 Oct 2011	Voice recognition technology? In a phone? In Scotland?
20 Jul 2011	Getting closer to nature
07 Jul 2011	Lambda: the ultimate religion
02 May 2011	It beats Windows Solitaire
02 Jan 2011	Timeless wankery
15 Nov 2010	Infosec: the early years
31 Aug 2010	It sucks to be a predator
27 Jul 2010	Wanted: digital passports
19 Jul 2010	Cool new renewable-energy idea of the month
01 Jul 2010	PSA: How to recognize that someone is drowning
29 Apr 2010	Shorter Steve Jobs
27 Apr 2010	The e-postman always pings twice
22 Apr 2010	Bucky would have loved it
24 Feb 2010	Why your e-book really isn't worth fifteen dollars
19 Jan 2010	Overdrawn at the phone bank
24 Dec 2009	Re-re-reconsidering nuclear power
09 Sep 2009	In which your humble servant strikes a blow for ecumenicism
10 Aug 2009	Dept. of “you can’t win for losing”
21 Jul 2009	We came in peace for all mankind
15 Jul 2009	The incredible true story of the girl with two hearts
22 Jun 2009	The museum of institutional egotism
21 Jun 2009	Unbound
19 Jun 2009	A debugging tip for weak-minded programmers (like me)
08 Jun 2009	Rediscovering Talmudic logic
31 May 2009	We have experienced technical difficulties
27 Apr 2009	Beyond recycling
21 Apr 2009	马 word!
12 Apr 2009	Facebook needs better tech writers
31 Mar 2009	If there were a Temple of Geekdom...
15 Jan 2009	The struggle against ASCIImperialism continues
08 Jan 2009	Sic transit gloria startup
05 Dec 2008	How not to lay out your table
23 Sep 2008	The secret history of the Betamax
26 Apr 2007	Another kind of bug you can get in the hospital
19 Apr 2007	The agenda
28 Feb 2007	Fact-checking a fact-checker
24 Jan 2007	Frivolity
13 Nov 2006	The graphic designer's revenge
13 Nov 2006	Computers were invented to keep track of boring things
31 Jul 2006	If only we had a Standard Generalized Markup Language!
22 Mar 2006	Three words no sysadmin wants to hear
17 Feb 2006	I found this on The Web™
10 Feb 2006	I lost a Geek Purity Point today
04 Feb 2006	Sympathy for the Borg
30 Dec 2005	“Yes, Detective Fontana, that’s the work of an Intelligent Bomber”
08 Dec 2005	It just ain’t normal
04 Nov 2005	Frontiers of food technology
17 Aug 2005	Why Java is the wrong language for “enterprise” applications
15 May 2005	Power is sweet
15 Dec 2004	Intellectual profitability
05 Aug 2004	The impossible parser
28 Jul 2004	Shoot me now
26 Jul 2004	System.out.println(“Open magic toolbox”);
05 Jul 2004	Version numbering madness
23 Jun 2004	Your letter is very important to us. Please continue to hold.
09 Jun 2004	Attention, Mac users
11 May 2004	URFUBAR, part II
10 May 2004	URFUBAR
15 Apr 2004	Internet Explorer is a harsh mistress
25 Mar 2004	What is “an integral part of the operating system?”
04 Mar 2004	The future of women in computer programming
29 Feb 2004	It takes one to know one
23 Feb 2004	Database rock
18 Feb 2004	Not a standards-compliant Web browser, but a remarkable imitation
23 Jan 2004	A victory for free trade
21 Jan 2004	Where was the boiling oil?
07 Jan 2004	PARSE! PARSE! O.K.! (Apologies to Dr. Bronner)
23 Oct 2003	Plastic surgery correlated with suicide, poor taste
02 Oct 2003	The mystery of the missing argument
02 Oct 2003	Bring ’em on
17 Sep 2003	The right way to talk about computer security
06 Aug 2003	Don’t give him a hand
11 Jul 2003	Preach it, brother!
20 Jun 2003	A tough cell
13 Jun 2003	Write once, debug everywhere