Here are the networking documentation layers of interestingness/readability, from highest to lowest: Neal Stephenson Bossman Joel Conversation with knowledgable friend People on Ask Metafilter Wikipedia The book I'm reading Microsoft knowledge base RFC-type spec

I get some fascinating search requests from people who arrive at Menstruation Products: A Compare-And-Contrast. No, it's not supposed to hurt to insert or remove a tampon. No, you shouldn't put in more than one …

My thoughts are with the victims and their families and friends. Not that that's a deliberate decision -- I can't help it. I couldn't help it all yesterday. I hope to God the body count …

I work in a software firm. I am the only person there, except the office manager, who is not a born-and-bred computer geek. They play video games all the time. Yet I'm the only one …

I am now one connection away from Teresa and Patrick Nielsen Hayden via something like four different acquaintances and friends. This includes someone I've worked with, someone who's had me sleep at her house as …

A short version and a longer version, which makes more sense, of my column this week. April 19, 1995, was the day of the Oklahoma City bombing. I was alive for that one. I was …

Yesterday was my last all-day Saturday class of the semester. Now, just a terrible three-week push to the final classes/presentations/papers and I'll have a summer "off" (only working full-time). John and Susie, I'm sorry I …

Some insights into my thought/conversation styles, at work and with friends, in response to a blog post by my colleague Eric. Truth, vulnerability, certainty, nitpicking, and Wikifriends come up.

We need more videos of Powerpoint Karaoke. I watched one performance to get a taste of it. And I realized what I might have guessed all along: I've seen performances just as bad (and we …

To repeat, I am no way suggesting that a Mac Tablet would not be completely awesome. I would buy at least five, possibly eight, so I could use a different one each day of the …