Entries from November 2004

Lycos’s screensaver attacks spammers (gently).

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Some more detail about my MBNA experience.

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I’ve added the ability for people (that is, you) to comment on my USA Today columns — at least the [...]

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What on earth makes people think the “face” in the sandwich is Mary’s?

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Maybe they have a different sort of communication in mind.

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When Verizon calls, it comes up as “Pay Phone” on Caller ID.

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The complete text of the intro to The Shadow

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The problem with a big national debt.

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An exceedingly long piece on copyright issues!

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It’s amazing how different two supervisors can be.

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Real life doesn’t have an Instant Replay button.

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Here’s hoping for accuracy.

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Today, at the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing’s annual briefing, I listened to Curt Gottfried, chair of the [...]

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Funny sign I saw today walking through the under-construction section of the airport here in Arkansas: “Welding in Progress. DO [...]

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I’m still trying to iron out the wrinkles of posting via e-mail. The problem is that I’m not using any [...]

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Heard an interesting thing on the news today. It spoke of the before-the-election controversy about “black box voting” — electronic [...]

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As someone who researches till he’s blue in the face — or at least blue in the fingers — before [...]

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This is yet another test, and possibly the last, of posting via e-mail. I use Movable Type, probably the most [...]

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