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Writing for New York Times a Third Time
The New York Times is publishing another series of blogs under the label Homefires. Best of all, the New York Times Select is no longer subscription based. More accurately, it no longer exists, everything is simply lumped into the NYT website. The end state is the same: you no longer need a subscription to read […]
Halo 3 Launch Day Predictions
Can Halo 3 upset Halo 2 for the most gross sales in a single day on any piece of electronic media in history? Halo 2 currently holds the record from when its 2.38 million units sold totaled over $125 million during the 24 hours of November 9th, 2004. On September 25th, 2007, Halo […]
Of Marine Language
Originally appeared in the New York Times Select on June 26th, 2007.
It’s been over three weeks since my last haircut, and the urge to get it cut again is killing me. I’m accustomed to having longer hair now; that’s not the issue. The problem is that weekly haircuts keep the ends of your hair neatly […]
The System is Failing
While reading slashdot I stumbled onto this particularly insightful comment by a reader responding to the story of the Ohio man that was unlawfully arrested after refusing to provide ID to an officer. It summarizines many of my thoughts about the dangerous mentality of “if you have nothing to hide…” and “just do what you’re […]
Google Earth Vacation
Originally appeared in the New York Times Select on June 19th 2007
I was killing some time with Google Earth last week and decided to look around my old stomping ground in Iraq. The imagery of the area was surprisingly good, and I had many a chuckle and a sigh as I perused the landscape of […]
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