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About Me :
I'm a grownup nerd living in the Boston burbs. I write computer programs for a living and plays for fun.
I'm married to a wonderful woman, and we share a nice little house with our daughter and our cats.
I'm a humanist, a technologist, an artist, and an idealist. I believe in reason, freedom, love, equality,
and democracy. (Did I mention that I'm
an idealist? I did, OK.)
I'm also a pragmatist and an empiricist. I reject ideology and dogma, especially when they conflict with
practical facts (i.e., pretty much always). I particularly hate willful ignorance, which tends to go hand-in-hand
with ideology and dogma.
Like the alignment of the planets, this blog gets updated as I have the time, inspiration, and inclination to do so.
Like the alignment of the planets, this blog gets updated as I have the time, inspiration, and inclination to do so.
Wednesday, September 15, 2004
Vote: The Machinery of Democracy
An online companion to the exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of American History, this site features an interesting look at the historical background of the machines we trust with our votes. Gives some perspective to the current electronic voting machine mess, but if it's supposed to make me feel better that the machines have always been a source of worry, it's not working.
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An online companion to the exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of American History, this site features an interesting look at the historical background of the machines we trust with our votes. Gives some perspective to the current electronic voting machine mess, but if it's supposed to make me feel better that the machines have always been a source of worry, it's not working.