Every other month or so I pick up books by authors nobody has personally recommended to me, from whom I’ve read no books before, and … in short, I know absolutely nothing about. With authors you know, you kind of develop some expectations, start finding patterns in their work, and unless the author is […]
You didn’t think you were safe from the politics articles, did you?
J. Orlin Grabbe’s site is a repository of interesting, well-written articles; as well as a resource of links to discussions on libertarianism, politics and economy.
His series of articles on Privacy and Cryptology are a good place to start; as is the somewhat more recent […]
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“Si esto sigue así” - insiste Lucas - “me va a pasar las de mi abuela. Voy a tener el pelo blanco para antes de los 30.”
Uno tendería a pensar que si el Ex-Comandante en Jefe de las Fuerzas Celestiales - de haber sido el chavalo lo que decía Lucas que era - venía en […]
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“El Apocalipsis va a comenzar el 15 de Julio a las 3pm, hora Costa Rica.”
Sentado en el Turco y recién habiéndome comido los camarones más exquisitos que he probado en mi existencia, me parece difícil creer que el “heroin dude” en los lentes de contacto de Darth Maul haya dicho algo así seriamente, mucho menos […]
Screw A. O. Scott. While his Terminator 3 review was quite funny, it was absolutely, totally, 100% wrong.
Yeah, it’s loud and at moments obvious, but it’s not dumb - and specifically it’s not written dumbly. It is a film that is not only entertaining on its own right, but is at the same […]
But the recent appearance of the dead body of David Kelly, a British Defense Ministry expert and weapons adviser that was believed to have informed the media about the government exagerating its claims on Iraq’s power and arsenals of weapons of mass destruction, just seems a bit too convenient.
One would have thought that by this […]
I’ve been writing this story called Apocalypse for a while. It gets written in fits and starts, whenever I get the impulse and add another chapter, but I’ve decided that I need to be more methodical about it if I’m ever to finish it.
It’s not that I lose interest, […]
While sarcasm might save the world in the long run, cryptography will help us in the mean time. Feel free to use my public PGP key to e-mail me when necessary.
Yes, Virginia, not only drug dealers and terrorists use encryption.
This blog needs a break from all the the-world-is-coming-to-an-end-and-it’s-Bush’s-fault threads (even if it is). With that in mind, enjoy this image.
Guess what web site I got this from:
President Bush yesterday delivered a colloquial taunt to militants who have been attacking U.S. troops in Iraq, saying “bring ‘em on” and asserting that the forces in Iraq are “plenty tough” to deal with the threat.
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“There are some who feel that the conditions are such that they can […]