I know this guy from college, name of Robi Mookerjee. I hope that in some way I can claim he’s my friend, although I’m not sure I deserve that honor for the small ways I’ve been connected to him over the years.

Robi is a unique human being. It’s really hard to describe the [...]

Stumbled across this treasure this morning:

Last week NPR aired a brief interview with Hillary Clinton.

This interview made me furious.

Here’s the thing: I used to be happy about the possibility of voting for either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. In January and early February, I listened to her in the debates and thought: “You know? Either way this goes, [...]

From the Washington Post:

The potential for superdelegates to play a critical role has some party leaders worried that the situation could lend the appearance that the nominee will be selected by insiders rather than by rank-and-file voters.

“Could lend the appearance”, eh? Damn straight it could lend the appearance. One might even say that [...]

No longer allowed: calling theater “the work”.
As in, “I know you’re having a rough day, but it’s time to leave the baggage at the rehearsal room door…let’s stay focused on the work, okay?”
It’s just pretentious. The only reason you do it is because you’re unsure that what you’re doing qualifies as work. Look, [...]

Dear PayPal,
I am trying to set up an account. But your system will not allow me to set up an account with my own name.
You have a record of a transaction that my wife made, and apparently since we share the same address you assume that any account coming from this address [...]

On November 1st, Bruce Schneier published his essay “The War on the Unexpected“. It made the rounds online, and it well deserved the attention. I won’t start copying in bits and pieces of that text, because you really owe it to yourself to read the whole thing. 
I didn’t link to the essay at [...]

From Microsoft Excel for Mac:

I sure love being told that the programmers knew exactly what I was trying to do, but decided they weren’t going to bother doing it for me.

The plus character (+) is a valid character in an email address.
Stop telling me it isn’t.
Actually, Web Developers in general, please take note of that fact. Half of you are guilty of the same thing.
But much more importantly, don’t let me sign up with a ‘+’ in my email address if your “forgot your [...]

Dear Guy That Signs All His Email With a PGP Key,
Before sending any more email, please consult the following brief checklist:

Do the recipients of your email have access to your public PGP key?
Do the recipients of your email give a damn about who wrote your email?

Hint: if you cannot answer yes to at least one [...]