"In order to operate from China, we have removed some content from the search results available on google.cn, in response to local law, regulation or policy. While removing search results is inconsistent with Google's mission, providing no information (or a heavily degraded user experience that amounts to no information) is more inconsistent with our mission." What happened to "do no evil"? I'm very dissapointed in Google over this.

I read this book : Lucky , by Alice Sebold. Then I wrote a few thoughts in a BookCrossing journal entry . And now here I am, feeling like I want to say something more. I'm just not sure what. Alice, I feel sorry for everything that's happened to you, but I don't feel sorry for you. Because if what you wrote in this book is true, then you handled it better than anyone could be expected to. Congratulations, you survived. I feel like I should say more. Something about Lila. But ...

Sometimes I think I should write down my dreams, just to have a record of all the crazy stuff that goes on in my head while I'm not there. Last night I had a Pac-Man related dream. I had this white ghost-shaped balloon (not a yellow ball, for some reason), and I was running all over town trying to keep it away from these colored ghost balloons that were chasing it. I finally won by going into a store, hiding my ghost in a pile of merchandise (so I could safely approach the colored ghosts)...

Hikikomori You know, I see a little bit of myself in them. I'm not that bad, thank god, but still. "You think so?" he said. "I don't know. It might be too late for me." He is 23 years old. Interesting quote from the article. Clearly the author doesn't think it's too late for Takeshi. Maybe it's not too late for me, either.

Okay, I'm trying this again. This is going to be the second half of the article I wrote last night. Link Hey, what do you suppose Googe's PageRank algorithm makes of links that have "link" as their text? Does it make the linked page more relevant to the word "link," or do you think links like that are common enough that they figure it doesn't mean anything? My head's a little clearer tonight then it was last night, I think. It's hard to explain something when you're getting all e...

Remember that blog entry I wrote from my bed with my laptop because I was sick of sitting in front of the computer? My mom remembered that article too, and she got me a wireless keyboard and mouse for Christmas. So now I'm sitting in bed watching TV and also typing. I can't actually read what I'm typing, but it's okay; I can touchtype. Thanks, Mom. Sad news on the TV today. This is going to be one of those entries where I just write whatever comes into my mind. A couple of local col...

I've heard a lot of talk from religious types about abortions and birth control. It kills babies, they say. And it undermines God's plan for human sexuality. "It's pro creation, not re creation." So what do they say people--teenagers and adults alike--should do instead of practicing so-called "safe sex"? Practice abstinence. But think about this for a second. How does the "morning after" pill work? It prevents the sperm from uniting with the egg by chemical means. How do condoms...

I've heard a lot of talk from religious types about abortions and birth control. It kills babies, they say. And it undermines God's plan for human sexuality. "It's pro creation, not re creation." So what do they say people--teenagers and adults alike--should do instead of practicing so-called "safe sex"? Practice abstinence. But think about this for a second. How does the "morning after" pill work? It prevents the sperm from uniting with the egg by chemical means. How do condoms...

For Christmas 2005 I got my first digital camera. These are the images that I've captured. 1/3/06 - Distorted Christmas Trees 1/3/06 - Our Christmas Trees 1/3/06 - Playing with digital cameras

A friend turned me on to Pandora recently. That's the internet radio site that tailors its playlist to your musical tastes, based on attributes of the songs you tell it you like. (Like "mild rhythmic syncopation", "subtle use of vocal harmony", and "minor key tonality".) I gave it one of my favorite songs, and it came up with this awesome radio station. Some of the selections I thought were strange, like when it played another band's cover of the song I originally entered before it eve...

Forlorn lover leaves ring in unlocked car That article seems to me to be a bit out of place on HappyNews.com . Sure, it's about somebody who left his car door unlocked, and instead of getting his stereo stolen somebody left a $15,000 diamond ring on his seat. But it's just as much about someone who bought a $15,000 ring for someone and then gave it away with a note that said "Hopefully this will land in the hands of someone you love, for my love is gone now." There's no merry Chri...

Ho hum. I've been sleeping too much lately. Get home from work, take a nap, wake up a few hours later, get something to eat, tool around on the internet, watch some TV, and go to bed. Just ignore all the things I should be doing, like cleaning the bathroom, doing the dishes, and organizing all the crap in my room. A good portion of the day just disappears when you're asleep. Notice how all the things I said I'm not doing because I'm sleeping the day away are chores? That explains why...

Finally, T-Shirt Hell has created a shirt that I can be personally offended by if I so choose. It's about damn time. Us white guys always get left out of these things.

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"It's like People magazine, except it sucks."           -- My mom, on the new TV Guide.