I've finally gotten around to documenting my own trick, called The Psychic Pickpocket. Perhaps it's been done before, or there are variants, but I haven't seen them. However, my experience is rather limited, so I wouldn't be surprised if this was already done. I'm just satisfied with myself that this is an original trick. Effect…
CraigsList Spam and How do we fight spam?
Techdirt: Inside Craigslist's Increasingly Complicated Battle Against Spammers I haven't gone on CL for the longest time specifically due to spam. The personals are just full of shit. I'm usually pretty good at spotting spam, but it got to the point where the effort it took to spot non-spammer outweighed the benefits. I'm not going…
Angry Young Men – TIME
Angry Young Men - TIME It's a well organized and brief piece on adolescent anger. The article provides great insight into the brooding teenager who doesn't seem to listen. One section caught my attention. So yelling at their teenagers doesn't generally help. But what about the broader idea of parents getting tough? Some parents take…
How to feel like an awesome hi-tech guy for (close to) nothing
I'm sure there are articles out there already about free services that help you organize and all sorts of cool shit. But as usual, my writings are more for myself than anything else. I just finished setting up my BlackBerry Curve. I thought I'd just take the BlackBerry leap before I get to using the…
Johnny Cash – The Losing Kind (The Man In Black 1952-1962)
Lost my job, I lost my money I turn my back and lost my honey Lord I guess I'm just the losing kind Lost my license 'cause I drove to fast Got in a game and I lost my cash Lord I guess I'm just the losing kind Some day the cops are gonna come…
