alex wright

December 2002

December 30, 2002
not for the faint of heart
ayn rand's introduction to objectivist epistemiology.... »


December 26, 2002
ye olde blogge
pepys' diary, born again as a daily blog for 2003, thanks to project gutenberg and a dedicated fellow named phil gyford (via blackbeltjones).... »


December 21, 2002
doggy style
he'p me, i've been shizzolated (courtesy of ask snoop).... »


December 15, 2002
sticking a fork in the zeitgeist
There's no surer sign that a media trendline must have run its course than when it winds up in one of those interminable magazine year-end lists. But as big media zeitgeist-gazing exercises go, today's NYT Magazine issue on "The Year... »


December 11, 2002
smart mobs, flocking, and Googling UPC codes - an evening with Howard Rheingold
Last night, I went to see Howard Rheingold speak at BayCHI, promoting his new book Smart Mobs. What I already knew about Howard Rheingold: that he was a certifiable eminence gris from back when people still used words like “Digerati”... »


December 6, 2002
separated at birth?
me, age 8 cousin oliver... »


December 5, 2002
who needs a $200M Office of Total Information Awareness ...
... when we can get aerial photos of John Poindexter's house, free of charge? (via steven johnson).... »


December 4, 2002
does your TiVo know you too well?
holly pointed me to this WSJ article on the perils of TiVo's personalization engine. a few months ago, we watched a couple of old Bond movies, whereupon TiVo decided to grace our set with Darby O'Gill and the Little People,... »