Monthly Archives: February 2011

Egypt :) :) :) :) :)

Way to go, people of Egypt!  Just… way to go! “First they ignore you.  Then they laugh at you.  Then they fight you.  Then you win.” — Mohandas K. Gandhi (who definitely knew) And, way to go, Google. :-)  Apparently … Continue reading

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“Fair and Balanced” can Distort the Story

Steve Hayes, a friend from South Africa with long-time credentials as an antiapartheid activist and human rights supporter, wrote a wonderful blog today on how the media’s obsessive determination to tell both sides of all stories can paradoxically result in … Continue reading

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It’s aLIVE!

The server that hosted www.ergosphere.net crashed Sunday morning.  With one thing and the other (specifically, getting a different server), getting the blog up and running took til this evening.  But it’s done, and all should be well now.  :-)

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