Daily Archives: May 15, 2002

Homelessness feedback

Posted on May 15, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

My dad, who spent 14 years as a judge in New York City, sent me the following feedback on my post about Houston’s proposed anti-panhandling ordinance: I think that stats will verify that most [homeless people] are substance abusers or … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Ten thousand!

Posted on May 15, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Woo hoo! I’ve reached 10,000 hits, in a bit more than three months. That may be chump change to some bloggers, but I’m pretty happy about it. Number 10,000 was a Roadrunner-NYC user, according to my referral log and Sam … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Ted’s back!

Posted on May 15, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

In case you hadn’t noticed, Ted Barlow is back, and he’s full of renewed vigor. You had us worried for awhile there, Ted. We may never know the meaning of croatan, but at least it doesn’t appear to have meant … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Patch Adams and the Folk Song Army Fallacy

Posted on May 15, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

From Greg Hlatky comes this article about Patch Adams and the “Dialogue for Democracy” which took place at the University of Pittsburgh. Patch, the subject of an incredibly sappy feel-good movie, is apparently a bit confused about current events: “I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Where the future is being made today

Posted on May 15, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Shoppers can now pay for groceries at some area Kroger stores with a new point-of-sale system that uses fingerprints to associate a customer with an account. This came out of a since-abandoned pilot program in Texas to use fingerprint identification … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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