On the minds of some US residents: the not-so-automatic four-month extension for filing federal taxes. California residents can get state-specific information.
I couldn't find Pico, my favorite command-line text editor, on my computer at home. Then Leonard helped me discover that I already had Nano, a free Pico workalike. Now I can use that to write …
Just met Tom Brokaw. Update: Vinay: i think i told you my favorite tom brokaw story Vinay: let me retell: Vinay: after the 2001 terrorist attacks, you may remember how all the news anchors were …
Several weeks ago, I applied for a part-time job copyediting the "Bay Area Living" section for Alameda Newspaper Group (the Oakland Tribune, Hayward Daily Review, et al.). The powers that be liked my writing sample, …
On BART I stood next to three speakers of Russian. I understood maybe every fifth word in Russian, but a few specific phrases in English: California State Bar Exam design OK blog pornography Also, just …
Wow, maybe I should actually start reading Jane Galt. Not only does she make a cogent argument against a certain pro-same-sex-marriage argument, but she also actually recognizes the difference between Libertopia and our current situation! …
When I die, I want my organs donated. So I put the pink "donor" dot on my ID and told my loved ones about my wishes. But what if they aren't around or I don't …
I just realized how much music Salon Premium members get to download. Not only do they get almost forty songs (MP3s) in the most recent Salon Music Mix and archived December 2004 mix, but they …
Just got to tell someone the most classic riddle (the Sphinx one about "Four legs in the morning..."). He didn't know the answer.
