I saw a couple iterations of the Dry House growing up. It was a local music venue in my hometown that didn’t serve booze, so that kids in […]
Treat the Cause, Not the Symptom… or Tragedy Ain’t A Political Football
I woke up this afternoon to the news about the Batman shooting. It’s a tragedy. It’s horrible. And it’s already being turned into political fodder about gun control […]
HOWTO: Reduce Junk Mail (and spam calls)
In response to my bit yesterday about telemarketers, The Most Excellent Anne Gray (Zer Netmouse)1 pointed out that she’d love to have a way to stop postal mail […]
A helpful hint to politicians and groups that use call centers
When someone says “Please take me off your call list,” that means they don’t want to get any phone calls from you. Including the current one. I understand […]
Widening Up Google Plus Posts, Hiding Trending (Stylish/Userscript)
I loathe the current G+ “trending” crap. I made a userstyle (works with Stylish, may also work as a userscript with Chrome or with Greasemonkey) that reclaims your […]
An Open Letter to the Boy Scouts of America
Dear Boy Scouts of America: I was a Cub Scout and Webelos Scout. I met most of my childhood friends through you. I was even a camp counselor […]