Another vote for "Fragmented" - An awesome article quotation from Elf. I agree with this, and struggle with finding a healthy balance for myself. I enjoy having a smartphone, but still consider it a luxury item (i.e., not necessary to my existence or even my happiness). I ...

Alas, a blog » Blog Archive » Fragments of Evolving Manhood: Do You Like Your Body 3 (Preliminary Notes On the Expendability of the Foreskin) - In summary: I'm not a huge fan of circumcision. (Very long article.) MetaFilter Saved My Pals From Sex Traffickers—Exclusive Interview | Mother Jones - ...

The Tiny Life , Archive » Julie’s Cozy House - This little house -- although not terribly little at 410 sq ft, I think -- is so pretty. Purple! UX Myths - Great list of user experience myths, with evidence and references. Buttersafe – Family Road Trip - Incredibly cute. Falsehoods Programmers ...

Windows 7: PHP can't connect to localhost for mySQL - An issue that I have good reason to suspect has tied up a dev or two for many hours. Windows 7 needs to have a certain entry in the hosts file uncommented to allow PHP to connect to localhost. Why ...

Wal-Mart Discrimination Scandal - Why am I unsurprised to hear that Wal-Mart supposedly discriminates against its female employees? All sorts of subtle errors creep in when you forget race is a proxy for socioeconomic status | Prometheus 6 - "Nationwide, black women were twice as likely to be obese when compared ...