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There's a lot of talk these days (alright, for at least the last 20 years) about the rising costs of health care in America. It's an obvious problem for virtually everyone because we all end up paying for health-related stuff at one point or another. A less prominent aspect of the situation is the government's stated desire to reduce costs through direct action.

This article, http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/200811/airport-security, on airport security continues the long expose on stupid American security protocols. Yet another example of why we need better schools.

As with so many things in life, web hosting is a more complicated problem than at first appears. I particularly notice this now as I'm involved with several websites, each with different objectives. One of the most interesting problems is finding the right balance of security.

A bug in Fedora 9 when installed as a guest OS in VMware causes the mouse pointer to be offset by a variable amount. This makes it virtually impossible to use the mouse.

One of the reasons I don't like the Emergency Economic Act of 2008 is that we are, to at least some degree, doing this to prevent stories about people losing everything. While it's understandable to want to help other people avoid economic hardship, and even morally required to assist in some way, it's not a good reason to save the institutions that are failing.

I took a bit of time today to read the proposed legislation, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, and see for myself what our elected leaders are trying to do. Unfortunately, it took a while because I kept stumbling on pieces of insanity like this...

I'm constantly amazed by the disconnect between people's actions and thoughts. Nowhere is this more evident than on the road during inclement weather.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2008/08/professorial_product...

This article at the Economist is amusing to say the least. Those that know me well will recognize my cynical outlook on higher education, well served by the quote from Oscar Wilde, "Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught."

I've always hated the term blog but embraced the concept of the blog. Not a diary keeper, I've often liked the idea of putting my thoughts on paper but being essentially a pragmatic person I've never figured out why I'd keep a diary. The blog format, an online diary of sorts, solve that usefulness question. Because the thoughts are captured in a logical structure, digitally encoded English, they are easily searched, sorted, and archived for later use. It's one of those oddities of life that the delivery medium impacts the usefulness of the thing.

I've merged all of the old posts from the Wordpress site into a single page here. Hopefully this is somewhat helpful to people (including me) who are looking for something that was lost in the great database deletion of 2008.

The formatting was lost in the transfer so I'd recommend just using your browser search feature (Ctrl-F) on this page, which is also way to long to easily read.

Micah
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Posted by Micah Tapman on March 2nd, 2008 filed in Gear Reviews, Misc, Reviews, Tech Reviews, Technology