Archive for February, 2008
Health-Care Cons
Posted by in economics, government, health, philosophical on February 29, 2008
The Goal Is Freedom: Health-Care Cons | The Foundation for Economic Education: In Brief. Another fantastic article. The one thing I should point out is that while the Democrats are pretty much universally pushing this crap, the Republicans have not fought it like they should, according to their stated objectives.
Neither major party is in the right on this one–just those freaky outsiders…like the Libertarians…
Firefox 3 Performance Gets a Boost
Posted by in freaky, hack, open source, web on February 28, 2008
Firefox 3 Performance Gets a Boost. Holy cow. I would say so!!
Learn to Play Exactly Like the Beatles
Posted by in music on February 28, 2008
Learn to Play Exactly Like the Beatles – AppScout. This is a really cool idea.
Drastically Speed up your Linux System with Preload
Posted by in hack, linux, open source, technical, tools on February 27, 2008
Drastically Speed up your Linux System with Preload | Techthrob.com. Pretty cool little utility…
Disk Encryption Cracked
NetworkWorld | Disk Encryption Cracked. Pretty freaky. If they want data off of your encrypted hard drive, they can get it. Insane.
Clothes That Clean Themselves
Technology Review: Clothes That Clean Themselves. I’ve heard about the “repellent” clothes before, but clothes that burn stains off with sunlight are new to me. 
Inspired Misfires
Posted by in business, freaky, philosophical, web on February 26, 2008
How Hard Could It Be?: Inspired Misfires | Inc.com. Pretty cool article.
And yes, I had the same thoughts about eBay when it came out–it’ll never work.
Guess someone else was wrong, too.
Wow! All Gmail Users Are Given Two Separate Email Addresses
Wow! All Gmail Users Are Given Two Separate Email Addresses. Good tip to know.
Not all online forms will accept the “+” trick with email addresses, so it’s good to be able to throw that other address out there to the wolves.
How Pakistan knocked YouTube offline
How Pakistan knocked YouTube offline (and how to make sure it never happens again) | CNET News.com. It’s pretty freaky how easily that occurred…
Micromanaging – Tasks versus Goals
Posted by in business, dad, jobs, philosophical on February 25, 2008
Death by Overcoding: Micromanaging – Tasks versus Goals. Great article. I wish everyone in the corporate world understood this. Especially the part about “show up between 8am and 5pm every day, because that’s how work gets done”.
How much longer are we going to be slaves to that mentality?
(Thanks, Dad.)