Entries from September 2009

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Seasteading ’09 – day one

What a great conference! Seasteading attracts such interesting people. Yesterday I drove the author of “How to Start Your Own Country” from the airport to the hotel. Last night, I scarfed sushi and bacon soup in the penthouse suite of a billionaire. Today, I had ribs with a guy who travels the world–with no home, [...]

Sunday, September 27th, 2009

Brief touchdown

Just got back from a family vacation up near Hayden Lake. Had a great time–waterskiing, playing with nieces and nephews, biking in the mountains, (too much) good food. Will be leaving for Seasteading ’09/Ephemerisle tomorrow. Brenner on the boat

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

On vacation

I’m leaving for a family reunion in Spokane today, and will be back on Sunday night. The following week I’ll be at the Seasteading ’09 conference and Ephemerisle. So email contact may be sporadic.

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

QOTD: On the futility of playing card persuasion

“[S]uppose I give you a deck of cards, face down, and tell you I’ll give you five dollars for every ace you find in the next two minutes. And suppose the first card you turn up is a six. How much time would you spend trying to convince the six that it’s an ace?” –Jacques [...]

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

Pulse Choker – first prototype Very cool!

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

Why men won’t dance

Via Why Men Won’t Dance If what I have written is all true, then surely men would love dancing, as it is an opportunity to show off to the ladies, and attract mates. No. In any population of men, half the men will be above average at dancing, half will be below average. There is [...]

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

Burning Man 2009: In the waffle hut

Brian Hill Prabath (?) Alexi (?) Dave Adele Wendy and Steve Maren Connary has a really cool DNA helix scarification on her back Alvis Birgis Pete builds amazing art cars Patri Friedman Danielle Strachtman, waffle-master Jessica Scorpio smooching her boyfriend Debra McPherson Phil Steele

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Burning Man 2009: Corporate Scum

These two called themselves “Corporate Scum”. They rode around on a motorized boardroom table and yelled at the hippies to “Get a job!”

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Burning Man 2009: In line for the Raygun Gothic Rocketship

While waiting to go inside the Raygun Gothic Rocketship, I took pictures of the other people standing in line. I talked to “Ninjaparamedic” for a long time. He’s a paramedic by day, and offered to give me a few extra pairs of scrubs. An alien guard for the Raygun Gothic Rocketship? He stood in front [...]

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

So my Mom just got on Facebook. Turns out she didn’t know what “NSFW” stands for…Sorry, Mom!