Odds and Ends

A page for interests about which I don't have enough to say to fission them into separate pages.

• Do you happen to like… books?
  • Project Gutenberg contains the reading for many lifetimes, all for free!
  • Prefer hardcopy? AddAll and CheapBooks search through a bunch of bookstores, finding you the best price.
• The dating site Match.com is vastly popular but I have not found it terribly useful. I spent some time thinking about how I’d design such a site, but then found out that the good folks down at OkCupid had already implemented one of my better ideas.
• alt.polyamory FAQ. Humans are not monogamous, which leads to all sorts of trouble. The popular solution—acting monogamous to a greater or lesser extent—works for some people, some of the time, in a way. This FAQ presents a different attempt at a solution. It seems at least worthy of consideration.
• Harris Shapiro’s excellent poetry.
• One of the principal stated aims of many martial arts schools is “The Perfection of Character.” Why, then, do so many martial artists have so much trouble using the apostrophe? Please add punctuation training to your workout.
• Join the fight!
• Gnu Privacy Guard—in case you don't happen to want Bush to be able to read your email. Or you could just use big words, I guess…
• Fuck For Forest sells donated porn and tries to give all proceeds to environmental charities. Apparently, the WWF and others have repeatedly refused their attempted donations because sex is filthy and evil.