by Rob Cottingham | May 2, 2005 | Technology
Here’s a picture taken mere moments before things went so horribly, horribly wrong at MacStation on Saturday. Apparently my camera phone emits a frequency that tigers associate with the sound of a wounded, limping gazelle. To the surviving staff and customers, my... by Rob Cottingham | May 2, 2005 | Politics
For those who worry that gated communities lead to social isolation, Heavy Trash has a unique new way of combatting it: On April 24, 2005, Heavy Trash volunteers deposited bright orange viewing platforms in front of three Los Angeles gated communities; Brentwood... by Rob Cottingham | May 2, 2005 | Politics
By way of The Hill Times, this temperate contribution to the national debate from Liberal MP Rose-Marie Ur: “When a person embezzles money in a company, the whole company isn’t bad, it’s just that person and that’s why we have the stupid Gomery... by Rob Cottingham | May 1, 2005 | Everything Else
A watershed has been reached, a corner turned, a new chapter begun. Holders of arts degrees, you may hold your heads high once more. You may remember the scandal of a few years ago when NYU physics prof Alan Sokal submitted a hoax paper to the journal Social Text.... by Rob Cottingham | May 1, 2005 | Politics
Jonathan Dursi at No More Shall I Roam poses a poignant conundrum: That seemingly serious people passionately believe both that Science will solve our problems and the scientists who tell us about those problems are completely wrong just baffles me…. The...
