joel's thoughts

For a little more insight on what’s going on in our lives right now, more than “hey, we’re on vacation,” go read Andi’s post from yesterday.

We’re on vacation this week at my in-laws, so we probably won’t be posting as much as normal (whatever that is), even though I still have to log on every day and clean up the glut of comment spam I keep getting from time to time. Plague hasn’t fully left yet, and the kids are […]

Plague. Fever of 100.6 yesterday morning, 100.9 this morning. I already got sick this year. What’s up with that?

I haven’t posted much about this issue yet, but touch-screen voting is something that concerns me deeply. Much has been said in various media and such about the issue, but I recently came across a very good post by Bruce Schneier, a well-regarded expert in the areas of cryptography and computer security, so I thought […]

Firefox, the relatively new browser from the Mozilla project, has reached its 1.0 release. Congratulations and many thanks to those involved. This is really a great piece of software, and it’s evident by the amount of attention it’s gotten in the press as well as the fact that mozilla.org’s web and ftp servers and mirrors […]

I think I’m about ready to move us to a new hosting outfit, which will mean a new blogging package, which will mean a little time to settle in and get comfortable. Should be interesting; hope it doesn’t hurt too much :P. Anyway, changes are a’comin, so stay tuned…

Waited an hour and ten minutes in line to vote this morning, and no sir, I would rather not use the optional touch-screen voting machine, thank you very much. Chatted with a few nice people in line while I waited, and had a great commute to work afterward. Listened to the radio on the way […]

After 86 years, the Red Sox finally managed to go all the way. Good for them, congratulations, high-fives all around, and all that. Now quit yer’ whinin’ about that stinkin’ curse, or we’ll make you wait 86 more for your next one! I am, after all, still a Yankees fan ;).

Wow. What else can I say? Growing up in New Jersey, I’ve long been a Yankees fan. Not the rabid honorary-Bronx-resident sort, but I occasionally check on them through the season, making sure they’re first in the division where they should be ;). When the postseason rolls around I start to pay a little more […]

Back in February I posted about some remarkable developments in the area of cybernetics, and mentioned the possibility of allowing people with paralysis to perform complex tasks. Well, here we are only eight months later (eight months!!) and that wall has been breached. In an FDA-approved trial, a company called Cyberkinetics has implanted 100 sensors […]