I've been doing a lot of thinking about freedom and Digital Rights Management (DRM) recently. I've become enamored with checking out more eBooks as of late (the swelling book shelves of the apartment can attest to that. ;) ) There are a number of bookstores out on the internet that sell ebooks …

There is a disturbing trend that I've seen with many stores that offer teacher discounts (sometimes called "Educator Appreciation" events). Usually the discounts are provided for only those teachers who teach K-12. Why is this? JoDee is an adjunct professor (which we sometimes jokingly call grade 13). JoDee and I …

Just watched WXYZ (Channel 7, Detroit)'s afternoon cast, and was appalled. During a "these are cool products" segment (which for all intents and purposes is a paid advertisement), they had a ticker at the bottom of the screen. The ticker was about three elementary schools on lockdown because of …

Some of you may know that I used to work in the automotive industry in one of several IT departments. I usually don't like to talk about work much on the blog because, well, I like to keep my work separate from my home life as much as I can …

I hope you've braced yourself for the inevitable, because pretty soon, there won't be a Big Three, or even a Big Two automobile industry; at least not in the USA.

The Senate, bless their little do-nothing hearts, has decided that instead of passing a meager $14 billion dollar bailout to …