Miniver Cheevy

Mostly from the internet, a bunch of good vocabulary for thinking about how people communicate and work together. Five Geek Social...

I am too old now for much street political action except when it helps to have a lot of bodies on the street, but I realized that I kee...

I am reminded that it would be convenient to keep an index of some of my favorite resources about systems thinking. Systems Thinking F...

Want to buy nice consumer products from providers I like? Here are unsolicited endorsements of some of my favorite Stuff, and places to...

The start of a linkpile of useful online resources The Citizen's Handbook Practical assistance for public citizens A t...

I was recently reminded of some classics about patterns in groups and institutons which are abusive and dysfunctional. Sick systems: H...

If you want to buy things, I like these resources for finding good things to buy: Wirecutter has exceedingly in-depth reviews explain...

A friend of mine is plotting a long work trip where they will be hopping from city to city for about a month. They know that I have done ...

For future reference: I've found a clear, succinct description of the thesis that the US economy is based on “printing money” but th...

Written for an old friend. The one thing you can count on is that time moves forward one day per day, and all of this will be replaced...

I must remember not to use this power for evil.

This is just an index of links, so I don't lose them, pending a later real post on the subject. Post-Christianity, Political Solid...

I most often use Adobe's little Kuler tool because it lets you easily work with CIE L * a * b * color values. It's often handy ...

Research & facts Law, politics, and history Culture When I originally created this post, I started it by saying “gi...