Plugged the proposed NC marriage amendment into wordle.net for kicks. Out came a bunch of litte words and one big, completely inappropriate word.
I thought I’d take look, from a different angle, at how our State’s small claims filing fees have changed over the last quarter century. I wrote a recursive method (using Processing) that generated a line graph of percentage change from each of the 26 years prior to 2010. The blue line represents the first graph, [...]
Apple is holding a highly anticipated press conference later today. Cupertino has confirmed that, during the event, it will unveil the latest version of its iPad. It seems like the perfect time, then, to talk about safety razors. Much has been said already about the self-parody that is today’s shaving razor market. Criticism began in [...]
A list of the 20 books I found today, “bargain day” at the county library book sale. Total price: $2.00. 1. The Practical Cogitator: The Thinker’s Anthology 2. Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered 3. Say It with Figures, 6th ed. (“A New Edition of the Classic Work in the Field of Social [...]
A few weeks ago my parents gave me a dusty metal box, which they had found while cleaning house. I later opened it to discover a mountain of old love letters and postcards. Years of romances gained and lost, documented and memorialized in shades of pink, white, and glittered green. Poison, I thought. No good [...]
I have posted up a discussion on some of the merits of the May 6 lawsuit filed against the Wake County School Board. You can find the article here. Please share your thoughts on the subject here or at examiner.com.
