Author: Will Truman

Since people are talking about self-driving cars in the previous Linky Friday thread, I thought I would share a post I wrote from a couple years ago that explores a potential future and the tradeoffs: I have a hypothetical scenario… Continue Reading →

Fun fact: 32 is one of the most popular jersey numbers in sports… Shelter: [S1] Here’s a cool interactive map where you can watch housing prices rise and fall. [S2] Floating buildings! I dig it. Technology: [T1] According to some,… Continue Reading →

I had to write a check for $166.34 for Lain’s latest visit to the hospital for her hip dysplasia treatment. The $166.34 itself doesn’t bother me as much as the fact that our insurance provider apparently does not believe that… Continue Reading →

I end up reading a lot of reviews for new smartphones because I am a geek and that is the sort of thing that interests me despite the fact that I am not really in the market for a new… Continue Reading →

Dave Schuler makes the following observation about violent crime in Chicago: What there is is more like internecine warfare. I know that some believe that the underlying problem is the War on Drugs but my own view is that the… Continue Reading →

Progress: [P1] Neuroscientific manipulation may be able to cure you of whatever thoughts society thinks ails you. Psychatric treatments may change personalities. [P2] Android is a good operating system on phones and tablets, but I think its limitations would start… Continue Reading →

As y’all know, we’re headed east. Not to say where in the east, other than “Queenland” (not to be confused with Real-life Queensland, Australia), but I am roughly equidistant from Washington DC and another major metropolitan area. Due to the… Continue Reading →

Ed Zitron has a fantastic idea: Google 16GB Nexus 7 retails for $200. Cheap Android tablets are rapidly racing toward the $50 range – though one can’t guarantee quality at $64.99 – and I see no reason why Google hasn’t… Continue Reading →