The San Francisco Chronicle has posted a story about the Kansas BTK killings that brings to light the privacy issues with family-wide medical records. [Detectives] learned that Rader had a daughter who had attended Kansas State University, and they reasoned that at some point she must have used the medical clinic, said Wichita police Lt. … Continue reading Using your medical records to convict your family
The BBC tells a story today of a computer that survived a huge number of porn sites before being infected: A council investigation found that he viewed more than 750,000 pornographic websites in nine months. His habit reached its peak last July when he surfed for porn more than 177,000 times during office hours. That … Continue reading Japanese computer (almost) survives pornography
A story called Diesel misconceptions is deceptively extolling the virtues of diesel. Negative marketing? Consider the following analysis, for example: Diesel engines power half the passenger vehicles sold in Europe but almost none here. Stricter U.S. clean air regulations have meant that – until recently – they were simply too dirty to be sold in … Continue reading Diesel is cool; too cool to be hot
I have a bottle sitting on my shelf. It was a novelty gift from Prague. My favorite part is the label. Now I hear that a local distiller will be selling bottles and offering authentic samples in their tasting room. The SF Gate has written a fascinating story that touches on why this relates to … Continue reading Absinthe legal in the US again