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From time to time I am reminded of the complete and utter inadequacy of the terms «left» and «right» as they pertain to the realm of political beliefs. Even the Libertarian Party’s two-axis Nolan Chart [https://web.archive.org/web/20130531013822/http://www.theadvocates.org:80/content/the-nolan-chart] is

The people at Landmark [http://www.landmarkeducation.com/] have a thought-provoking piece of advice: be unreasonable. While this may be related to the idea of using one’s faculty of reason, it is not quite the same thing. The suggestion is that we (human beings) often get caught up in

This past weekend I tried a new vendor of electronic books: BooksOnBoard. I found the store in the Stanza app on my iPad, which so far I believe is the best ereader software available. Stanza includes in-app links to several sources of electronic books, and BooksOnBoard is the first choice

[http://ghostdev.splicer.com/content/images/wordpress/2010/11/CIMG0134.jpg]Tomorrow morning there is street cleaning on the East side of my street, which is where the Moto Guzzi was parked until about a half hour ago. I went out to move the bike and, noting the chill in

There’s been a lot of bad legislation proposed concerning copyright, and it is increasingly difficult to tell the good from the bad without an attorney interpreting every word. Bloggers like me get up on a virtual soapbox and declare that bills will protect or destroy (usually destroy) all creative

My fears have been confirmed: the rumors of a 7-inch iPad are only rumors [http://www.tabletpcreview.com/default.asp?newsID=1699&news=apple+ipad+q4+steve+jobs] . Steve Jobs has set his foot down and there will never be an Apple device larger than the current iPhone but