Entries from December 2005

Not long ago, I posted a question here about what rights photographers have to take shots under certain circumstances — [...]

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I wrote a story for The Roanoke Times about the NSA cookie thing. I talked to the folks at the [...]

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Mercy me! The National Security Agency (NSA), which has — rightfully, IMO — come under fire lately for doing a [...]

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Yippee — it’s about time. The company that makes what are arguably the world’s best flashlights has been behind the [...]

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So the Washington Post publishes an article, “Bloggers, Money Now Weapons in Information War,” in which it talks about how [...]

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Walgreens has an unexpected policy for using its self-serve photo kiosks: You must provide your name, address, and phone number [...]

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There are right-wing and left-wing bloggers who show sense — who write their blogs from a perspective of a principle. [...]

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If you’re a firefighter near a nuclear power plant, “anomalous behaviour” has to be near the top of the list.

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I called a local Coca-Cola Bottling Company office to speak to one of the vice presidents. “Merry Christmas, Coca-Cola,” the [...]

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My friend Eric Berlin on the “Back to the Future” films: The third movie was better than the second one, [...]

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I finally made it through Judge John E. Jones’s ruling in the Dover intelligent design (ID) case (large PDF). It’s [...]

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Regarding the President’s authorizing spying on Americans by the NSA, the Washington Post reports that… The NSA activities were justified [...]

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Since 2002, on orders from President Bush, the National Security Agency has been spying on Americans’ phone calls and e-mail [...]

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The soccer world championships in Germany. Germany and England, who have, shall we say, a bit of shared history. A [...]

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Yes, it’s a calendar — the “Swiss Vision 2006″ calendar, to be specific. Click the image to enlarge. We got [...]

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Every cell phone these days has a headphone jack, and many use the same type of plug (2.5-mm). That’s why [...]

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From Yahoo India: (Click to enlarge.) The page also has a funny ad, if you want to see it.

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From Capitol Hill Blue: “Mr. President,” one aide in the meeting said. “There is a valid case that the provisions [...]

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Here’s an interesting question (questions, actually) that’s come up for which I haven’t found an answer, which is surprising because [...]

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A Kansas school principal suspends a student for daring to speak Spanish to a friend. But that’s not the funny [...]

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