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View Article  Why I always read Katherine
Because she writes funny sh*t like this:

A sample:

I'm just not getting this stuff. It is as if I am taking a class in Chinese and the prof's mode of teaching it is to stand in front of the class and speak Chinese for an hour and a half. It is as if the textbook were written in hieraglyphics and there is no primer. That swirly symbol with the flaming curliques? Could be the solution to the question 'Comment on the symmetry of the distribution of change scores based on the answers derived from computing the mean change in cholesterol, as well as the standard deviation and range of hospitalization' or it could be just saying 'kiss my ass you granolahead honky'. I wouldn't know...


View Article  The Power of the Wiki
I saw this from Kottke, and it is pretty interesting. 

Ostensibly, this particular research was supposed to show whether blogs or "traditional media" was more popular, with the measuring stick being Google mentions. 

But take a look at the results.

Wikipedia is ostensibly the winner here, with wikipedia articles being in the top 4 more often than not.

As this continues, Wikipedia looks to be the default place for articles on any aspect of the world.


View Article  Celebrating Birth
Over at Generation Sit - a site I frequently contribute to - there's a post on how David Jon Peckinpaugh has just had a son - named Uriah.

If you read David John - either at Generation Sit, or also at Syntegral - and also a couple of thoughtful essays at the Visser site Integral World - you may want to swing on by and give him the virtual equivalent of a cigar...