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This is where I keep my (old) rants.
I used to figure it's better to vent in writing than to go up on a tall building and start shooting. Alas, I seem to be becoming enough of a public figure that discretion is a necessity; thus, I haven't added to this material in some years, and the majority of it (from the DejaNews essay downwards) dates from 1998 or earlier.
- The panopticon singularity
- Essay originally written for the Whole Earth Review (RIP)
- Inside the MIT Media Lab
- A day in one of the weirdest research institutions on the planet.
- "Nothing like this will be built again"
- A guided tour around (and inside!) the Concorde of nuclear reactors
- DejaNews Considered Harmful
- Why DejaNews is a Very Bad Thing Indeed.
- Yeshiva Boy 2: Pray Harder
- The ultimate Holywood blockbuster? Oy!
- Doktor Strangelove
- As written by Doctor Seuss.
- Molesworth the Teecher
- Things look different from the other side of the classroom ...
- A cat called Nominet
- This is a parable, folks. This is only a parable.
- RSACi homepage ratings vivisected
- Why the RSACi internet rating scheme sucks rocks -- in detail.
- Censorship and the net
- Child pornography, censorship, and false analogies about the net dissected.
- On not having a false tooth
- Ever wondered what it's like to have a denture? Wonder no more ...
- To boldly blow ...
- A scatalogical appreciation of the space program.
- The Psycho Webmaster from Hell: #1
- The Psycho Webmaster from Hell has a backup crisis
- The Psycho Webmaster from Hell gets a haircut
- Everything you suspected about the internet industry is actually true.
- The Loser Cruiser
- Or, the worst commuter train-ride in the world.
- Roasting a Newbie
- Or, circumstances under which flaming might be excusable ...
- Feets keep walkin'
- Or, how Charlie bought a new pair of trainers.
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