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Updated Site Design

I’m sure that you, as a frequent visitor to MatthewBietz.org, have noticed that we’ve got a new (simpler) look. I’d been planning on updating things around here, but some lovely hackers have forced my hand. For the moment I’m using a default theme, but hope to customize it soon when I get a few spare moments.

Stimulation

I’m bothered by the rhetoric coming out of the debate on the stimulus package. In comments from lawmakers and the press, the arts and sciences rank high in the various lists of pork and “unnecessary… 

Thar be dragons!

“The random nature of quantum physics means that there is always a minuscule, but nonzero, chance of anything occurring, including that the new [Large Hadron] collider could spit out man-eating dragons.” – Dennis Overbye, NYT,… 

Larry Craig = Mrs. Peacock?

I can’t help but think of this little snippet of conversation from Clue (1985) every time I hear the news about Larry Craig: WADSWORTH …under the door of the men’s room, how would you describe…