Dylan Tweney

On the political compass, I fall in the “lefty libertarian” quadrant — not far from the Dalai Lama. In AD&D terms, I think that means “chaotic good.” Economic Left/Right: -3.25 Social Libertarian/ Authoritarian: -6.15 Political Compass Questionnaire

I may be way off base here, but isn’t Ms. Dewey uncannily similar to Microsoft’s earlier pathetic attempt at humanizing the computer, Clippy? Sure, one is a babe, and the other is a cartoon paperclip. But work with me here: They both have a pretentious, officious manner. They both rap on the glass t

I’m Emperor Norton, it seems. Rum and Monkey: The Historical Lunatic Test

A small but growing collection of short, useful how-to videos from PC Magazine: PCMagCast Video

The solution to global warming? Nuclear winter! Climate scientists to discuss the chilling consequences of nuclear war

“The glorious thing about the Internet is that it allows us to aggregate the combined stupidity of literally millions of people:” Seven Habits of Highly Successful Websites (Aaron Swartz’s Raw Thought)

The first installment in a series of short (2-3 minute) how-to videos from PC Magazine and PCMagCast, starring yours truly. In this video, I show you how to get rid of that animated puppy that pops up when you’re searching for files on a Windows XP machine. PCMagCast Tech Tips Video: Search Smarter

“News is something someone wants to suppress. Everything else is advertising.” —Lord Northcliffe By that measure, there are mighty few true news reporters in tech publishing right now. Declan McCullough, certainly; Kim Zetter‘s coverage of e-voting machines also qualifies. Who else is uncovering new

First thing in the morning, even before checking email, spend an hour getting your most important task done. 10 tips for time management in a multitasking world » Brazen Careerist

Groups of people are uncannily accurate at guessing the number of beans in a jar, the weight of a steer, and the like. In fact, the bigger the group, the more accurate its collective guess — a principle known as the Condorcet Jury Theorem. There’s a significant limitation, though: This only works if

This interactive Google Maps mashup shows how much different parts of the world will get flooded by a 1-7 1-14 meter rise in sea level. Navigate to the part you’re interested in and tell the app how much to raise the ocean, and a blue overlay covers up the parts that will get inundated. Scary. […]

Most shocking thing I learned last weekend: A huge Antarctic ice shelf disintegrated over a 35-day period in 2002, much to the surprise of the scientists tracking it. This shelf, designated Larsen B, was about 700 feet thick and covered 3,500 square km — about the area of Rhode Island. The scientist