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Conspiracy theorists? In my fish? It’s more likely than you think.

Alex — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:59:05 +0000

I’ve never liked EvolveFish very much; they’re well-known for selling the Darwin Fish car emblems. The type of people who plaster their cars with their beliefs usually aren’t the brightest people in the world. The highway is not the place to flaunt the fact that Jesus or Darwin is your personal savior. (Seriously guys, Darwin [...]

The Green Party’s Anti-Science Views

Alex — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 05:24:01 +0000

I used to think the Green Party was pretty neat. In fact, when I first registered to vote, I was torn between registering for the Green Party and the Democratic Party. Although I’m not entirely happy with the Democratic Party, of course, I’m still happy I didn’t register as a Green. Parts of their official [...]

Google Buzz and your privacy

Alex — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:02:02 +0000

Google did a decent job with its new web app, Google Buzz, but it completely failed at privacy. By default, when you start using Google Buzz anyone can see who is “following” you and who you are “following” by going to your Google Profile. Furthermore, the people you follow are automatically those who you contact [...]

Outstanding website problems

Alex — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:44:50 +0000

I’ve had two problems with my website that have been bugging me for a long time. The first was that when I tried to change to PHP5, I couldn’t use <?php include()?> to include files. That was because PHP5 disables register_globals, and I was using $DOCUMENT_ROOT to ensure that the includes worked regardless of the [...]

Scribblenauts: Cthulhu vs. God

Alex — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:48:32 +0000

Who would win in a fight between Cthulhu and God with a machine gun? Scribblenauts knows. (See 2:20 into the video.)