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Monthly Archives: September 2003
Braille PDA
A new PDA with a Braille “display” is one of the many reasons I want to learn how to read Braille. There are books for sighted Braille students, and even a free online class. But I want to learn it by touch, and I have a feeling (no pun intended) that learning it by sight [...]
Retropsychokinesis
Having finished off Philip K. Dick’s Ubik one sleepless evening last month, I found my interest in retropsychokinesis rekindled. One of the characters in the book is able to go back briefly in time to change the outcomes of events. While a staple of science fiction, most find it to be some of the least [...]
A bad few days
Yesterday, I pulled out of the HICSS conference. After attempting to revise the paper for the conference, and looking over the reviewers’ comments (one in four recommended it be rejected, the other three were guardedly positive), I realized that it just wasn’t ready. I’ve been having trouble with that lately. From now on: I only [...]
Iraq exit strategy
I have a feeling a lot of people have tread down this path. How far would $87 billion go as a direct grant to the Iraqis? Michael Froomkin asks the question here. Yes, it’s silly on its face. On the other hand, is it really less likely to be successful than our current (non) strategy?
Third world in my first
As the New York Times is reporting today, one in every six children in the US lives in poverty. Oh, and they are among the most abused children in the world, as well. Our high school grads are tied for 18th place (last place) in literacy among the richest nations, though by the time they [...]
Same as it ever was
Critics of capitalism are always, forever, looking for scandalous behavior, and defenders of capitalism are always, forever, providing grist for their mill.
- William F. Buckley, Jr.
Peer review in courses