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I remember reading Anil Dash’s article, Anil Dash: privacy through identity control many years ago. As a result, I purchased the JasonWall.net, JasonWall.org, and the .net and .org versions of walljm.com. Though I had other reasons, that article was influential in motivating me. In keeping with the idea that if…
Jason Kottke is getting married to Meg Hourihan, finally, after six years, sometime in the next week or so. He announced it on the SXSW 2006 keynote discussion with Heather Armstrong. Congratualtions!
Flash Photo Retouching Breakdown from Metropolitan Magazine. As a social commentary it is useful, but as a guide for how to do photo retouching, its also very useful. Either way it’s informative. Give it a look!
Urban Saint Louis, a website that keeps track of developments happening in the city I live in, looks useful. I’m a pretty bad when it comes to civic minded stuff. Its nice to have a well designed and interesting looking site to keep me informed. Score one for the lazy…
From an article in the LA Times this little excerpt nearly bowled me over:Sarah, 23, says it never occurred to her to use birth control, though she has been sexually active for six years. When she became pregnant this fall, Sarah, who works in real estate, was in the midst…
The thing to do is google "Your Name needs" and see what google thinks you should add to your life. Here is what google told me:Jason needs a PismoJason needs your micro-cashJason needs to SHUT UPJason needs your helpJason needs to diet because he has become too fatJason needs a…
Remember during the election when some guy posted a study that said abortion rates had gone up under the Bush administration? Well, it isn’t true. According to a factcheck.org article, abortion rates have continued to drop under the Bush Administration, though at a smaller rate than in previous years.