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We’re Totally Fed Up (and What That Connotes)

The latest article on Al Jazeera English about the current stagnation of our government has a really great photograph from Reuters that should not be missed. It shows people protesting the stalemate;...

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Spamming the NSA

I just read David Gerwitz’ amusing contribution to ZDNet about how much spam must be overloading the NSA as a result of all the electronic mail they are consuming. In the interest of trying to make...

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Another Kind of Bailout

Most people by now know that HealthCare.gov Web site, the “digital portal” to the benefits provided by the Affordable Care Act, was launched in a seriously broken state. Today, President Barack Obama...

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Edith Wharton’s Anthropological Stance

I have been working my way through Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence. I have any number to things to complain about in her style, beginning with her decision to pile more characters into her...

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The Deceptive Abstraction of Music Notation

I have been doing background reading in a variety of areas as a result of my completing my traversal of Music, Language, and the Brain by Aniruddh D. Patel. I have already discussed a tendency in that...

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Insomnia

Did anyone notice that insomnia, as a reaction to a traumatic situation, emerged as the narrative theme used in both NCIS and NCIS: LA, each of which treated it in a different manner?   Posted by...

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A Macabre (but Amusing) Juxtaposition

This week’s Bay Guardian announces its cover story with the single word DEATH on the cover. Since this is the issue for both Halloween and Dia de los Muertos, this is not surprising, nor is the grim...

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Bye-Bye Apple Mail?

Topher Kessler, who contributes to MaxFixIt on CNET Reviews, finally seems to have gotten around to confronting Mail. Ironically, in his latest post, he is writing about one of the few hassles I have...

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Confidence Or Con?

A BBC News report quotes Secretary of State John Kerry on the current round of efforts towards peace in the Middle East as follows: We have six months ahead of us on the timetable we have set for...

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David Gewirtz Gets a Brand-New Mac Without Mavericks

Reading David Gewirtz’ DIY-IT post on ZDNet this morning quickly established itself as a working definition of Schandenfreude. The premise behind his story is as follows: As I mentioned yesterday, I...

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Sometimes the Rich And Mighty Lose

Here in San Francisco the two ballot measures that would have enabled the implementation of the 8 Washington condominium project were defeated. Apparently, a majority of San Francisco voters (myself...

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Is Google Making the Next Generation Stupid?

Today’s news (which I read as reported by Lance Whitney for CNET News) about Google Play for Education should be taken as a warning that it is probably time for anyone who takes education seriously to...

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A Representative Word of the Year

Towards the end of every calendar year, the division of Oxford University Press responsible for the publication of dictionaries declares a “word of the year.” According to the Associated Press account...

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The Smarter the Technology the Dumber the People

It is hard to read the news these days without being overwhelmed by stories whose key actions can be attributed to ineptitude. Whether it involves software development by drones who know how to use...

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Another Thought About Peter Maxwell Davies’ Criticism of Educational Systems

I was talking with a colleague about the piece I wrote on Monday, in which Sir Peter Maxwell Davies expressed concern over the number of British youngsters who had never heard of Ludwig van Beethoven....

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