But if it makes the roads safer... 25 Jul 2013 | 03:22 am

Just yesterday I made the comment that I didn't expect the average America to understand the danger of the surveillance state until it started being used to enforce traffic laws.  Not surprisingly, I ...

No one wants a Samsung phone 20 Nov 2012 | 12:06 pm

I'm not big on waiting in lines.  I definitely won't be waiting in line waiting for stores to open on "Black Friday".  But the news is already full of stories and pictures of people who are -- and it ...

The Shore of the Cosmic Ocean 17 Jul 2012 | 01:32 am

The Earth as You've Never Seen it Before: Atmosphere, Airglow and Aurora from AJRCLIPS on Vimeo. Also see Alex Rivest's explanation of the colors you see in the atmosphere.

You Down with BGP? 5 May 2012 | 06:19 am

Yes We Could've 11 Jan 2012 | 04:40 pm

It has been a sad ten years for the American people and it is shaping up to be a sad ten more. Tomorrow is the 10th anniversary of the arrival of the first prisoners detained at Guantanamo Bay.  As d...

Bon Nouvel An 2 Jan 2012 | 12:35 am

12 years ago, almost to the day, my wife and I started learning Japanese.  It began when my wife gave me Pimsleur's Japanese 1 for Christmas 2000.  We studied together for the following 8 years, drivi...

That's a lot of dough 13 Dec 2011 | 08:57 am

As we prepare to celebrate another happy end of the fiscal fourth quarter, the good folks over at xkcd.com have prepared an awesome infographic reminding us what a dollar is worth.  Click to see an in...

Wither posi.net 1 Dec 2011 | 08:15 pm

I first registered the domain name posi.net back in 1995 during the great domain name gold rush. OK, so I was a little late to the party and all the good names were taken, but I was pretty happy to ge...

We the people 21 Nov 2011 | 08:26 pm

...apparently flunked our high school government classes. As you probably know, the Obama administration has set up a "We the people" section on the White House web site so as to solicit petitions fr...

Ken Burns: The National Parks 6 Nov 2011 | 02:24 pm

We finished watching six of the most inspirational movies I've ever seen: the six part series that is Ken Burns' The National Parks: America's Best Idea. Each part runs at a little over 2 hours long, ...