Bohemian Rhapsody: As Song by the Muppets

Yes, I know everybody on the planet (as well as their unborn children) have seen this video; but I like it, and feel a responsibility to spread it around just a little bit more.

How the Govenment Makes Private Companies More Competitive

Heh, funny; but I would add that government services tend to be so incompetently run that people will actually pay more for private alternatives, keeping them in business. The existence of FedEx and UPS are the obvious examples of this; though the huge (and growing) medical travel industry is probably a better example.

On Avatar

I was so concentrated in my last post about debating on YouTube that I forgot to give you my preemptive and completely baseless opinions and assumptions about James Cameron’s Avatar.

First a disclaimer: I love animation and I love to animate. If you’re having a conversation with me and bring it up, I [...]

Why I hate YouTube Debates

I hate YouTube debates (as my title implies) they are anti-intellectual, pointless, and often embarrassing on all sides. But once in a while, for some reason I can’t define, I find myself replying to some silly statement. Most recently, I was watching the new Avatar international trailer, and I just happened to spot this [...]

On Intellectual Property

Properly defining the concepts that you are talking about is crucial when writing non-fiction; it is also especially important in public debate. Too often people are arguing past each other because of misunderstandings in the other’s argument  Such misunderstandings are rampant in talks about “Intellectual Property.”

As Sonia Arrison notes, the people talking about intellectual property [...]

PAC-MAN: The Way it Was Always Meant to be Played

Finally, somebody found a good use for those ROOMBAS!

Remembering the Victims of Communism

I like the idea of a museum that remembers the atrocities of a political movement that caused more death than any other in human history; the millions of people that died over the past hundred years deserve nothing less.

You Know How Snipers are Funny?

Remember those old Candid Camera segments? Those clever-little-harmless pranks on unsuspecting bystanders that where almost always good-natured. This is nothing like that.

Just further proof that Japanese television producers are dicks.

Europe and Health-Care Argued in 5-Minutes

Game-Theory and Economics Explained in 4-Minutes

Watch as Prof. David Zetland explains how to sell a dollar for more then a dollar: