Windypundit

Classical liberalism, criminal laws, the war on drugs, economics, free speech, technology, photography, sex work, cats, and whatever else comes to mind.

  • MADD Man

    The news media have been having fun reporting that Glynn Birch, the new national president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, is a man. That MADD would chose a president who has never been a mother doesn’t surprise me a bit, but I’ll get back to that later. Meanwhile, lets look at a few excerpts from… Read more

  • Portrait of A Slashdotting

    I few weeks ago I accidentally helped break the Google Earth story and got linked from Slashdot, which resulted in an inundation of visits to this site. People have been asking what that’s like. Take a look: You can see it all. The left half of the graph is my initial pitifully low traffic. On… Read more

  • Ripley Again

    My wife pointed out I haven’t done any Friday Catblogging in a while, so here’s a picture of Ripley: Ripley On the Couch Read more

  • Greatness

    Over at AOL Television, they’re running a show called Greatest American on which they’re trying to pick…well I’m sure you get it. I’ve avoided many such lists in the past, like the AFI‘s list of the greatest 100 films, because if I do care about the subject, I have my own opinions, and if I… Read more

  • Google Earth, Second Beta

    Update: Looking for the latest Google Earth beta? Go here. Google has released a new version of the Google Earth beta. This is version 3.0.0178, replacing bersion 3.0.0149. I described the first beta here. Also, Stephen DesRoches has a nice review. No new features, they say, but a few fixes: No more crashing on exit… Read more