Author: mike

Questionable Barbies…

Great article on the Silicon Valley underclass, and the flipside story, written by a management lackey, extolling the virtues of a temporary workforce.

A US perspective on what has been achieved after three months of fighting in Afghanistan. Surprisingly even-handed.

So dogmeat-loving hackers have defaced the websites of some anti-dogmeat companies. So it goes. This whole dogmeat argument really proves the essential moral bankruptcy of any absolutist position, such as mandated vegetarianism, or carnivorism,...

This is great. I remember years ago in Germany finding out I had been well-informed, and that the old Irish 5p coins were an exact match for old German 1DM coins… a 600% increase!...

Another good Somalia article here, on the missing background to the war propaganda movie, Black Hawk Down. When it’s no longer just left-wing media complaining, then you know something about this movie must really...

Dangerous stuff, claiming that poverty causes substance abuse… But that’s exactly what this study of monkey hierarchies shows. And incredibly enough, “environmental enrichment” seems to make monkeys less likely to become substance-dependent. I wonder...

They may be racist and fuck-all use in urban situations, but the Pentagon’s “special forces” did a bang-up tactical job in Afghanistan, especially considering the limited resources allocated by the Bush Gang. Still, I...

Nokia now selling gold-plated, $20K+ handsets.

The Prophet Chuck D on video games… There are so many distractions and releases and escapes, that a lot of cats don’t even have talking skills anymore. When it comes to talking to a...