The saddest and best NPR story of the day I’ve heard in a long time.

http://www.npr.org/v2/?i=136711748&m=136800410&t=audio

Lexi’s Saga: A Lost Childhood Leaves Emotional Scars : NPR.

What you want is immaterial to what your problem wants.

“the taste buds of society” –K

Product placement in computer programs?

The word of the day is trdilbrtinh. Was trying to type resilvering. Guess I should occasionally look at the keyboard.

The Book of Mormon is exactly what you would expect it to be. Stone and Parker (South Park) teamed up with Lopez (Avenue Q) and made an old fashioned musical with modern irreverence. At least that’s what the critics and marketing say.

Some people try to be as helpful as they can. I try to be as obfuscating as I can’t.

I highly highly recommend this to anyone who uses a Google account. Yes, it is a minor inconvenience when you first get started, but so many of my friends and family have gotten their email accounts hacked that it is definitely worth it. If you value your Google account and anything that is attached to it – emails, pictures, any online banking or bill paying you may do – please strongly consider turning on two-step authentication for your account.

Official Google Blog: Advanced sign-in security for your Google account.