To balance Radley's anti-drug-war piece I linked to earlier, the Culture11 site also includes a piece by David Freddoso arguing that we should "Keep Drugs Illegal!" He makes a better argument than you usually hear, but it doesn't really hold up. Freddoso's first argument is a relatively new one. He asserts that eliminating the War on Drugs won't eliminate street violence … [Read more...] about Why Not Keep Drugs Illegal?
17 Degrees Below Zero
I have to drive to a client's office today. They say it's -17° F outside today. (For my non-U.S. readers, that's -27° C.) That means the air is 115° below my body temperature. If it suddenly got 45° warmer, it would still be 4° below the freezing point of water. I am really, really glad I bought the remote starter for the car. Update: Made it in without incident. It's funny how … [Read more...] about 17 Degrees Below Zero
Battlestar Galactica – The Final Ten
Battlestar Galactica starts its final run ten-episode tonight. If you haven't been watching, you probably shouldn't bother. No matter what the creators said on their Top 10 Things You Need To Know special, you really can't catch up. Although, if you'd like a quick refresher, you should probably watch the snarky super-fast Catch the Frak Up! video. I still pretty much stand … [Read more...] about Battlestar Galactica – The Final Ten
War on Drugs: The Collateral Damage
Why do I hate the war on drugs? Radley Balko explains it for me quite nicely in his Culture 11 article, "War on Drugs: The Collateral Damage." I highly recommend you read it. … [Read more...] about War on Drugs: The Collateral Damage
Now With Amazon CloudFront
People used to talk about how Google was going to build a "web-based operating system." Personally, however, I'm more interested in what Amazon is doing. We all know them as a big retail e-commerce site, but running a site that big requires an incredible amount of web-based infrastructure. For the past few years, they have been commercializing their infrastructure to … [Read more...] about Now With Amazon CloudFront