Crucial Unpaid Internships Increasingly Separate the Haves From the Have-Nots – They always have, its just that as the job market gets more competitive and a college education is the norm, college increasingly becomes like high school — more loading on of extraneous crap so you can get it all on your resume. And people with less money continue to get the short end of the stick.
Category Archives: Aside
September is “national preparedness month” – What have the last 35 months been? And why is this so precisely timed with the Republican National Convention in New York? Oh, why am I even asking.
Reading The Tipping Point, recovering music, tweaking servers, spending a standard weekend at home, and, of all things, writing a paper.
The silliness of security alerts – Well, occasionally Chris Hitchens is right.
Prozac found in drinking water – Wasn’t there already a study about this a little while back that found the same thing?
Any sufficiently nice person is indistinguishable from someone who likes you – Such a true sentiment for geeks.
That whole bedroom thing wouldn’t have happened if you hadn’t tried to explain Quantum Physics – Yes, yes, 63% of Everything2 nodes talk about relationships. I love the title of this one.
Massive security vulnerabilities in Bluetooth phones – Look, you know something is wrong when companies start marketing devices to turn off people’s ringers. A device that can modify a phone’s settings without getting permission from the user first? Imagine what else it can do…
Monotonously incessant self debasement is spiritually malignant – Yes dear, I am on an Everything2 kick. When you are lost, Everything2 can help you find your way.
How Martha Stewart eats a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup – A classic, and I’ve posted it before.
Hard work and no play make Homer something something – Long article about the virtues of idleness. I’m too lazy to read it all, though.
Wearing embarrassing underwear is the best way to get laid – In a similar vein.
Some observations on getting a girlfriend – Funny, probably true.
Julian likes Garden State – Thanks Kevin
A Young Afghan’s Illustrated Primer – Man I love that title.