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Solution for blocking telemarketers 22 Apr 2013 | 02:27 am
I'm wondering about solutions available to block incoming telemarketer calls, particularly technology solutions. I am currently a Comcast residential subscriber (phone/internet/cable) receiving at le...
Synthesizer Guidance 18 Apr 2013 | 04:54 am
What would those of you with interest in this area recommend for me? I have a couple of MIDI keyboard controllers, one as part of an M-Audio Venom. What I need now are some more sampled sounds--string...
Calling Out 27 Mar 2013 | 06:37 am
My middle daughter, Sydney, age 7, was being bullied in her new class. She responded by writing a song called Believe In Yourself. She wrote the lyrics and melody all by herself. I found it catchy en...
Gun Control 27 Feb 2013 | 09:27 pm
Let's get some good ole barnson.org discussion going! Let's discuss gun control. I know Matt & Ben have strong, differing views on this, so we should be able to get some good discourse going.... My v...
Armed Citizens Don't Count 9 Jan 2013 | 11:19 pm
Recently, Mother Jones published a widely-circulated study suggesting that armed citizens have never stopped any mass shootings in the USA. It's important to know how these things are counted, though....
Sometimes People Miss The Point 9 Jan 2013 | 10:47 pm
Support: "Why didn't you escalate this issue earlier?" Me: "I don't actually care if it's fixed. The two points of my ticket submitted over three months ago were: "One: To demonstrate the workaround...
Support Good Government 8 Jan 2013 | 11:57 pm
Friends, Several bills assaulting your right to keep and bear arms were introduced to Congress on Monday, January 7, 2013. Among other things, these bills seek to register semi-automatic firearms. No...
How to recognize a conspiracy theory 17 Nov 2012 | 10:37 pm
In this age when conspiracy theories abound and you can find entire communities devoted to group-think, finding dragons in the clouds and believing them to be real, I think it's a great idea to revisi...
Colloquialisms: Canary in a Coal Mine 16 Nov 2012 | 10:41 pm
Conversation with my staff over the phone in India today. I love colloquialisms. Me: "In this case, our application is just the canary in the coal mine. " Them: "A what?" Me: "A canary in a coal mi...
Who are the Secessionists? 15 Nov 2012 | 08:44 pm
Comment thread: https://www.facebook.com/ihenpecked/posts/10151254231702458?comment_id=2... This morning, I decided to sit down and analyze some statistics, and from them I arrived at a hypothesis th...
