Ramblings from the pre-blog era
Back in the 1990s, I was skeptical about this newfangled concept, "Web 2.0". It's just as stupid as interactive television, I said. Most people are consumers of information, very few will want to produce content.
I should have known better. Even as I uttered this opinion, I was already putting ramblings on my Web site. I continued this practice for several years, until finally, I started blogging in earnest, first using a monster Web page for this purpose, which I later automated using homebrew logging software (I finally switched to WordPress in 2008.)
Democracy and War
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- Created on Sunday, 02 March 2003 00:00
Can weapons bring democracy to Iraq?
The Myths Used to Justify The War on Iraq
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- Created on Tuesday, 25 February 2003 00:00
or how we're being lied to by our esteemed warmongering leaders and media.
Mathworld, Amazon, and corporate censorship
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- Created on Saturday, 29 September 2001 00:00
Many know the sad story of the disappearance of one of the Internet's most useful scientific resources, Eric Weisstein's Mathworld.
Bush vs. Gore - an opinion
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- Created on Thursday, 14 December 2000 00:00
Everybody has an opinion it seems, so why shouldn't I have one?
Good-bye, my little phone
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- Created on Saturday, 23 October 1999 00:00
or why I cancelled my Bell Mobility account.
Monopolies or Big Brother?
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- Created on Tuesday, 24 August 1999 00:00
Hating Microsoft is so fashionable these days...
Peace Dividend, Peace Schmividend
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- Created on Tuesday, 29 June 1999 00:00
or why I want the Russkies back.
A Note on Global Warming
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- Created on Tuesday, 29 June 1999 00:00
Are we really just helpless passengers on Spaceship Earth?
The Y2K phenomenon
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- Created on Friday, 11 December 1998 00:00
Will the world end in 2000 because of faulty computer software?
Who Stole Our Dreams?
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- Created on Sunday, 12 April 1998 00:00
Space: We're out there... well, we put our little toe out there. Isn't it time for more?
Magic in the hospital
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- Created on Thursday, 09 April 1998 00:00
Pseudoscience: Why is it so fashionable not to think straight?
Killing is Not Justice
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- Created on Friday, 16 January 1998 00:00
On the death penalty: Why two wrongs do not make a right.
Nuclear Energy and the End of the World
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- Created on Sunday, 28 September 1997 00:00
Splitting the atom is the key to our future. Cowering in fear of the unknown is the path back to the cave.
Verne's prophecies
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- Created on Tuesday, 05 August 1997 00:00
Jules Verne was an amazing visionary. Most of the time, the predictions of science fiction are way off the mark; Verne's forecasts proved amazingly accurate!
