my eclectic attention span

"happiness equals reality divided by expectations."

-- Alden Cass

This is from a very excellent article on burnout, which if you've gotten it, have it, or are worried about getting it, you need to read:

http://nymag.com/news/features/24757/index1.html


There's going to be a Firefly Massively Multiplayer Online Game:

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72263-0.html

And, as I previously mentioned, the DHS Passenger database is, if not unconstitutional, at least illegal in the face of limits Congress placed on them:

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72250-0.html?tw=wn_index_1


Which brings us to a very appropriate quote that I snagged from a slashdot sig on posted in discussion about the above story:

During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a
revolutionary act - George Orwell