This one is really a no-brainer — just avoid “The Brain Stimulator Method” It’s the name of given to a slick e-mail based advertisement floating around the Net supposedly authored by a Dr. Richard Humphrey. The emails send you to an even slicker web site … Read more
A long, long time ago in a world not as far away as we’d like, people spent boatloads of gold and salt to find the fabled “Fountain of Youth”. The search for Youth spurred Jose Ponce de León to sail West in 1513 from Spain … Read more
Net Neutrality — it is the Internet policywonks’ battle cry for all that is fair and decent about the Internet. And now, in light of President Obama’s request that the FCC “implement the strongest possible rules to protect net neutrality” it has become a major … Read more
Political campaign finance laws in the U.S. are hurting our democracy; so much so as the US may not be any more democratic than Hong Kong or Iran, according to Harvard Law Professor Larry Lessig. While this sounds like a radical assessment, Lessig is one … Read more
If it is possible to have too much of a good thing, then the retail wine market could be a nominee for this dubious distinction. Walk into a wine store or, worse, browse an online wine sellers’ website and you’ll be overwhelmed by the choices … Read more