Parental Range Checking
I’m a little late speaking up about this, mostly because it’s summer time and between work and the kids there hasn’t been much time for writing. But also because this is one of those topics that make me pause before …
Category: Society
Run-time Error: Children out of Range
Recently a single mother was arrested and her nine year old child placed into foster care because she let her play at the playground while she was working at a nearby McDonald’s. As usual my stand-by for analysis and commentary, …
innovation.gov
As a business consultant I am often charged with making my client’s company more “innovative”. Every CEO wants to be the next Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, or Jeff Bezos, for obvious reasons. You’ll get no argument out of me that …
Information on Ethics
A recent article in the Pacific Standard magazine makes the case that software engineers need a dose of ethics when it comes to designing their applications. Its easy to insist that everyone perform ethically in their endeavors but the reality …
Happy Exceptional Birthday
Our youngest of three children was born four year ago today. She was an exceptional child starting at birth for two reasons. For one thing, she was exceptionally long for an infant which has translated into being exceptionally tall when …
Trolling Trending SAHDs
trend – noun – a general direction in which something is developing or changing. A recent article in The Atlantic trolls the recent trend pieces about the rise of SAHDs. The author first points out that SAHDs are still a …
Armed and Dangerous
Because of the school shootings there has been an idea promoted by the NRA of having teachers or school administrators carry firearms. This is why its a dumb idea. The senator was participating in an exercise with rubber bullets and …
Girly Men
Today’s sensational breaking news: It’s a girl! Bradley Manning has announced that she’s transgender and wants to be referred to as Chelsea. I’ve run into transgender people here and there, first at college and later when I’m at some party …
Hot Swedish Men in Skirts
Back in June some Swedish train drivers took exception to the restrictions in the dress code for men. Apparently Sweden was going through quite a hot spell but the dress code was restricted to trousers and skirts, no shorts allowed. …