If you have a cell phone, it probably was either free or very cheap. That’s because your cell provider basically forced the manufacturer to give it away. As a result, the profits in making the phones have disappeared.

Gee, NY state legislators agree the Empire Zone program is flawed, but can’t seem to do anything about it. Of course, they haven’t done much all year, so this shouldn’t be considered a commentary on the merits of the program.

Police state.

The woman who was ordered by a judge not to have any more children has lost custody of three of her children.
She’s still homeless, addicted and pregnant.

Today is System Administrator Appreciation Day. Please, please, please take you sysadmin to lunch or happy hour and thank them. They do the dirty, stinky, ugly stuff so you don’t have to.

Sure, you’re cool, you’ve got an iPod. But do you have a Victrola-styled amp for it? I didn’t think so.

Hard drives used to be enormous. In size, that is.

We forget sometimes that the Pacific Northwest is full of volcanoes, some of them active. Remember what happened May 18, 1980?

Yet another case where a restraining order wasn’t worth the paper it was printed on. This story is just filled with so many wrong things, it’s sad on multiple levels. Why can’t we do better in keeping dangerous people away from society?
I know better than to ask why our justice system can’t make these people [...]

Paul Graham give the keynote talk on Great Hackers at the recent Oscon 2004.

Who wouldn’t want 1 Million Free & Legal Music Tracks?

If you think you’re working harder and getting less, it’s because you are.