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Just now I did some quick pruning of the list of books I'm currently reading, and I realized it's been a while since a book post on here. Time to change that. :) Here are the fifteen books I'm reading right now: I've been dipping into the Chronology ...

As some of you may have noticed, I've closed comments on this blog. I'm moving the blog to a new location (part of my consolidation effort, which matters more to me than to any of you, actually ;)) and need to freeze things for the transfer. But with ...

Earlier this afternoon Google announced SearchWiki, which is pretty darn cool: Have you ever wanted to mark up Google search results? Maybe you're an avid hiker and the trail map site you always go to is in the 4th or 5th position and you want to move it to the ...

You can tell society's screwed up when you get sites like the Ashley Madison Agency popping up. Good grief. (Don't worry, it's not one of those kinds of sites.)

I try not to get grossed out when guys walk straight out of the bathroom without washing their hands, but it's hard. It's not like I'm OCD about germs or anything -- two years in Thailand cured me of any tendencies I might have had in that direction -- ...

I've never actually seen Minority Report, but the user interface in the movie is legend. And legend is swiftly becoming reality: Pretty dang amazing, and this is just the beginning. It's even ...

As I've been slowing getting back to inbox zero, a remembrance of things past has shimmered up to the surface: I love long letters. When I was younger -- in my heyday, if I can call it that :P -- I had tons of pen pals and would write ...

You know how people talk about taking languages that'll be useful? Meh. Usefulness is seriously overrated. ;) This morning I decided to continue my longstanding academic tradition of studying fringe languages by registering for Syriac and Ugaritic next semester. And I'm giddy with excitement. You ...

I am a chameleon. When I chat with people online, and to a lesser degree when I text them, I find myself mimicking their capitalization and punctuation. If they don't capitalize at all, neither do I. If they do, I do. If they don't end their ...

This'll be my last Prop 8 post for a while. I'm tired of all the confrontation. I'm tired of doubletalk. I'm tired of arguments that don't make any sense. But I'm standing my ground. I still support the Church 100% in pushing Prop 8, primarily because I ...