Entries from August 2003

You just bias

Date August 18, 2003

You know, I’ve always considered bias to be a failure of critical thinking. But it seems that more and more people see all criticisms as proof of bias. Which is kind of dumb, because if you (for example) criticize a media outlet for being biased against you when they’ve caught you in “one”:http://www.spinsanity.org/post.html?2003_03_02_archive.html#90397728 “of”:http://www.spinsanity.org/post.html?2003_02_09_archive.html#90318532 “many”:http://www.spinsanity.org/post.html?2003_01_19_archive.html#90230905 [...] Read more »

Let’s be clear about this

Date August 18, 2003

OK, I get the sense they’re supposed to be the new sex symbols and all…
!/pimages/olsentwins.jpg!
but the “Olsen Twins”:http://www.tampatantrum.com/leftovers/003576.html still creep me out BIG TIME. Read more »

Googleblocks

Date August 16, 2003

Those who use IE for Windows regularly may be interested to know that the “Updated IE Google Toolbar”:http://toolbar.google.com/ now features popup blocking. Yay! Read more »

Arty arty

Date August 14, 2003

Just before leaving for England, “Jennifer”:http://www.cyber-materia.com/ gave me her computer. Which means I can now play with some of the horribly expensive software I own but could not effectively use.
My new art gallery is “being built here”:http://www.thudfactor.com/gallery/art. I’m not entirely certain, but I THINK you can comment on the art right there. If you [...] Read more »

Diamond Update

Date August 13, 2003

The “diamond story I referenced the other day”:http://www.thudfactor.com/archives/002957.php#002957 is “now available online”:http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/diamond.html.
Go read. Read more »