Entries from February 2005

Parental Rights

Posted 02/24/05

I don’t care if it’s not politically correct, or not compassionate, or whatever. If you do this you should forfeit [...]

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Mommy, Mommy, Keep it Away!

Posted 02/24/05

Michael Jackson tries to claw its way out of a car on the way to its trial at the Santa [...]

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On Passwords

Posted 02/23/05

So “hackers” got into Paris Hilton’s T-Mobile account because the password she used was “Tinkerbell” — the name of her [...]

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Identity Theft

Posted 02/22/05

At what point did “stealing a credit card number” become “identity theft”? To me, identity theft means doing more than [...]

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The Decline — or Not — of the Newspaper

Posted 02/21/05

Making the rounds is a story from the Washington Post called “Hard News” about how print newspapers are struggling against [...]

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Trackbacks Broken

Posted 02/21/05

Not that many people use them, but my trackbacks seem to be broken. I’ll try to fix them tonight. Damn [...]

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Dan Gillmor on 111-111-1111

Posted 02/21/05

Back in November, I commented on how some companies come through my Caller ID as “111-111-1111″ as a way to [...]

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Anti-Virus Companies Abandon Users

Posted 02/21/05

I’ve got a great old computer that I use for a lot of things. It’s a 300-MHz machine, and it’s [...]

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Hard to Argue (he writes in his blog)

Posted 02/16/05

Quoth my boss: suddenly, blogging is everywhere. every fool with a keyboard is talking about blogging, debating blogging. now every [...]

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IM for Home

Posted 02/16/05

Houses need instant messaging. I don’t mean “everyone in a home needs IM.” I mean that homes need an electronic [...]

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By Rocket to the Moon

Posted 02/13/05

I have to share this for no good reason. When I was but a tot, one of my favorite songs [...]

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Answers in Genesis

Posted 02/12/05

Thank you to all the people who wrote to me at the suggestion of the folks from the Answers in [...]

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Science Education Column

Posted 02/4/05

Please note the link on the left (under “USA Today Follow-Ups”) if you want to comment on this column.

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Science Education

Posted 02/4/05

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Bloggers and Journalists

Posted 02/2/05

The Christian Science Monitor asks, “Are bloggers journalists?” But the question is not only moot, but dangerous.

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