Daily Archives: April 24, 2006

The Bit Bucket…

By Frank Paynter | Published: April 24, 2006

I’ve been writing this blog in one form or another for maybe four and a half years. Some of that work has been worth rescuing from the bit bucket. The interviews certainly qualify, so I’m migrating them over from wherever I left them. The first one I’ve imported is from the Typepad blog: the interview [...]

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Bush Impeachment – Illinois Joint Resolution

By Frank Paynter | Published: April 24, 2006

HJ0125 LRB094 20306 RLC 58347 r 1 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 2 WHEREAS, Section 603 of Jefferson’s Manual of the Rules of 3 the United States House of Representatives allows federal 4 impeachment proceedings to be initiated by joint resolution of 5 a state legislature; and 6 WHEREAS, President Bush has publicly admitted to ordering 7 [...]

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Edit Me…

By Frank Paynter | Published: April 24, 2006

“Edit me” is a great phrase, evocative of the Fonzi-esque injuction: “Eat me…”, as well as the opportunity Alice in Wonderland was given when she found the bottle labeled “Drink me.” Relevance?  It’s a wiki thing… Jerry Michalski is interviewed by the Economist (Podcast here). Jerry thinks that we’re in the “Model T” era of [...]

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Web Cred

By Frank Paynter | Published: April 24, 2006

Are you a cynic when it comes to university research and the study of control?  I am, and B.J. Fogg’s value free approach to perceptual manipulation annoys the hell out of me.  On the other hand, he’s undoubtedly on to something.

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