Blur Circle http://www.quicktopic.com/blog/ Steve Yost's weblog en-us Stumbling onstage Wait, am I blogging again? No, really, I was just about to throw away those 3x5 cards on which I... http://www.quicktopic.com/blog/archives/000436.html Dawn scrawl Why is it so hard to get up in the morning? My head feels like sludge poured through concrete. The... http://www.quicktopic.com/blog/archives/000435.html Chris Dave, amazing drummer Been wanting to post this for several months but never got around to it. If you ever get the chance... http://www.quicktopic.com/blog/archives/000394.html Dangerous Ideas Dangerous ideas at Edge.org. Via A&L Daily.... http://www.quicktopic.com/blog/archives/000393.html U.S. hovers close to its debt ceiling (again) Once again it's time to raise the national debt ceiling to avoid a crisis. Truly scary stuff. What's an average... http://www.quicktopic.com/blog/archives/000392.html shoulda It seems that languages must evolve to conform to optimal Shannon information-theory configurations. Even complex things, if commonly expressed, are... http://www.quicktopic.com/blog/archives/000385.html Center of the U.S. According to Google Maps, the Coffeyville Country Club in Kansas is at the very center of the United States. Just... http://www.quicktopic.com/blog/archives/000384.html ATT Wireless refill: down or out? Ever since ATT Wireless merged with Cingular, their page for adding minutes to a prepaid phone has said "The AT&T... http://www.quicktopic.com/blog/archives/000383.html Library books I love old library books. Marked up in pen and pencil by ten different people, one sitting in his underwear... http://www.quicktopic.com/blog/archives/000382.html Insidious Myhrvold? I was talking it over with a friend again recently, and I still have the same reaction I had when... http://www.quicktopic.com/blog/archives/000381.html Bugatti vs child Coincidentally as I was cleaning up old bookmarks I ran across Peter Singer's (is it necessary to say "controversial philosopher... http://www.quicktopic.com/blog/archives/000380.html Donations It's the time of year for donations and I'm finding CharityNavigator helpful as usual (without letting their star ratings overshadow... http://www.quicktopic.com/blog/archives/000379.html Year in Ideas Hey, cool. The NYT Magazine's Year In Ideas is here again. That oughta hold you over until the next post... http://www.quicktopic.com/blog/archives/000378.html the difference between democracy and a tyrant After reading Bush's badly misguided "we'll hold their feet to the fire" quote from the Blair/Bush news conference in so... http://www.quicktopic.com/blog/archives/000377.html Less Drat. My little corner of the web just got less interesting. But I understand. I had a dream the other... http://www.quicktopic.com/blog/archives/000376.html