Okay, if I were going to black out this site, I’d redirect you to the Oatmeal’s protest site: it’s short, funny, and doesn’t talk about information being free. No, I’m not darkening my website. To be honest, I’m not sure what that’s supposed to achieve other than making it harder for millions of Americans to [...]
Archive for January, 2012
Science!
January 17, 2012Science is a belief in the ignorance of experts –Richard Feynman It’s been a helluva couple weeks, but I’ve been meaning to report on the January Dionysium. Our theme was science, and Richard Feynman in particular. Right off the bat, Dr. Carl Feierabend gave us a brief history of action, from Aristotle to the present day. Then [...]
Academia vs. the Real World, Round One
January 5, 2012It’s been just over a year since I moved back to Austin. This was supposed to be an end-of-the-year post, but now it’s a beginning-of-the-year post. Last month I helped a client who needed a website, STAT. The business was going to be mentioned in an industry publication, and we had three days. To me, [...]