Mistakes were made
Wow… it’s been… months since the last part of this. So what in the hell has been happening? Well, in short, a lot. I’d been doing some t...
Author: Kenneth Ballard
Honoring delivery instructions
Once again I have a beef with FedEx and their apparent inability to honor delivery instructions. Where UPS has MyChoice, FedEx has the Delivery Manager. Which y...
Legislating from the bench
Recently I got into an online argument — surprise, I know! — over the Controlled Substances Act and the extent of Congress’s interstate and in...
And again, not understanding how dress codes work
A high school student named Bree was recently cited for a dress code violation, despite wearing what she considered to be an “okay” shirt: please te...
Straw purchase Catch-22
Some months back, I was asked by a friend to comment on a situation that had developed in a small town East of Kansas City. Colby Sue Weathers had been trying t...
Virtue signaling for a participation trophy
I take thee to be my lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day onward, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, and, forsaking all other...
Rack 2U GPU compute node
For the last couple years, I’ve more or less tried to use older hardware to donate compute time to various research projects. To varying degrees of succes...
The biggest problem in health care NO ONE is discussing
With all the discussions about how to bring down the cost of health care in the United States, there is one I’m surprised few are discussing. Physician de...
You need a UPS
Last night, some strong thunderstorms came through the Kansas City area. The power flickered a lot, and momentarily went out. My wife’s computer (“A...
Arizona’s advice to armed drivers
Arizona recently took the step to update their driver licensing manual to include traffic stops where the driver is armed. Section 7 of the manual is titled sim...
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