[RANT] Useless Journalistic Tactic of Partial Obscurity Protects No One

Look, journalists / bloggers / reporters / rumormongers, if you’re going to share some breaking news via an undisclosed source, don’t bother to obscure the source’s name while still giving tons of clues that makes it easy to figure out who that person is. Engadget, I’m talking specifically to you at the moment. In this breaking news story yesterday, you so kindly obscured the... read more

On being a jerk

I was a jerk last night. And then, to top it all off, I decided to smoke a cigarette. For those of you who may be new here, or have a short memory, I quit smoking about 2 months ago. Luckily, there’s some sort of super-molecule in a former smoker’s body that reacts badly to a cigarette after quitting. (That’s not a scientific fact, I just made that up, so please don’t harass me... read more

Getting Paid to State the Obvious

If you’ve ever wondered where some of the government’s money disappears to, here are a couple of examples. I woke up this morning to see not one, but two news stories on my local news channel that just made me spitting mad. Two separate research studies were done, and while I don’t have proof that they were funded by the government, I’d be willing to bet some government grants... read more