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9/11 & American Empire: Intellectuals Speak Out

Excellent piece of skeptical analysis of 9/11 events. At its core, a refutation of the ad hominem claim that only kooks and crackpots are skeptical of the official and popular version of events. … [Read more...]

Tiny Non-Twain PDF Scanner to Digitize My Office?

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The [Scansnap] promises to be my key to digitizing the part of my life that's piles and piles of paper. File cabinets full, piles of notes, notebooks full of stuff. I've been scanning for years with my HP, but it's very time consuming. I dig [Pixily] and [Shoeboxed], but the volume I have to scan is enormous. It's a room full. And I'm looking for economy, too, so I figure if I scan a couple of … [Read more...]

Vancouver

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How many wonderful things can I say about Vancouver. It's a bit like Seattle, but I like it a lot better. Why? The trains. They just built a new line, so unmanned subway trains are in lots of great places. The West End was my favorite. I got myself out of the tourist district by the water. That was awful. Lots of overpriced ... tourist stuff. But the West End was superb - Korean and Japanese … [Read more...]