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Concerning the Holocaust, the phrase “never forget, never again” is frequently thrown around. The idea is that knowledge of the past can help us prevent repeating the same mistakes. However, I wonder if we are remembering the wrong part of that history. Particularly, the historical circumstances that led us to the Holocaust. I wonder this […]
This month, I have finished watching the last of Star Trek: Enterprise, The Newsroom, and Penny Dreadful, as well as the latest season of Sherlock. In the case of both The Newsroom and Sherlock, the first two seasons were excellent, and then they began to be disappointing. The later seasons of Sherlock in particular have […]
I hesitate to talk about feminism today, so soon after the the highly successful and affirming Women’s March that took place yesterday. However, I just stumbled across this quote from Louise Brealey (who I admire greatly as an actor and am beginning to respect as a person), and I realized that I have an answer […]
(or, relatively well-off first-world people borrowing trouble from others because their own suffering is insufficient to justify how sorry they want to feel for themselves.) The Danse Macabre, as ritualized by so-called goths, was once described to me as, “mourning death.” Not any particular person’s death, but simply the existence of death as a fact […]
Exploring Android development has sparked my interest in smart watches. I see I have a lot to learn. Until now, I have ignored the smart watch market. This is mainly because I’ve stopped wearing a watch. I used to wear one all the time, but I’ve noticed that they have become somewhat unfashionable. Among the […]
Last month, I was forced* to upgrade my Adobe CS6 Production Premium to CC. I have been fighting with it ever since. If anyone asks me, it is a downgrade. The most debilitating problem with Premiere Pro CC is that the new playback engine under CC didn’t like my video card. Playback was extremely choppy, […]
Flannel bed sheets are pretty awesome in the winter, but now there are little fuzz balls everywhere. I finally got my car put back together after having replaced the broken engine valve. I still had to have the catalytic converter replaced, which was damaged by all the unburned fuel that was dumped into it. However, […]
It was circa 1999 when I bought a Palm V, my first PDA. I learned how to develop applications for Palm OS, which was done in C. I wrote a few useful little applications, and I was even paid by a client to develop a simple application. Later, I acquired a Treo 650, my first […]
There are various counter movements to feminism. One of them even has the ridiculous name of “Meninism”. They aren’t very large, or organized, and there’s not a section of the book store devoted to them. Their aims are all over the map, some more noble than others, and this is obviously a reflection of the […]
Anyone who tells you that Cat’s Cradle is science-fiction is fucking with you. Or else they don’t know what science-fiction is. Yes, it contains a bit of science-fiction as a plot element. Yes, the science is reasonably sound. It also contains a made-up religion, but no one categorizes it as a religious text. It is […]
