XKCD Video

By , September 6, 2010 6:38 pm

This was so cool I had to repost it!

I Love xkcd from NoamR on Vimeo.

Now, if only Randall Munroe would respond to my emails and let me use a few comics in my textbook…

[UPDATE!] He said YES, so I’m reprinting his Map of the Internet in Elementary Information Security, assuming things progress as expected.

Pioneer Press Reneges

By , September 2, 2010 11:49 am

A couple of weeks ago, I was phoned by the St. Paul Pioneer Press. They offered me six weeks of the paper for free. All I had to do at the end of 6 weeks was write “Cancel” on the invoice.

I assume this was a last-gasp attempt to boost circulation at the end of the big Back-To-School advertising season. I’ve received this sort of offer from them in years past.

This morning my wife fielded a call from the Pioneer Press disavowing the offer. I also received an invoice in the mail TODAY, instead of receiving it in six weeks. Thus, my free offer has been aborted about five weeks early.

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