Gordon's Notes

Popular pages

• Gordon's Notes: Head still exploding: The AT&T mobile phone rebate card scam

  Gordon's Notes Monday, March 24, 2008 After I wrote this post I wondered if I was over-reacting: Ok, so I knew when I did the deal with Satan's pond-sucking scum that I should expect a shaft or two, b...

• Gordon's Notes: Reengineering the Corporation: A summary

  A personal blog of diverse opinions.

• Gordon's Notes: Lead poisoning from Christmas Lights: California, China, and the GOP

  Gordon's Notes Sunday, November 26, 2006 A small inquiry leads, as usual, to a bigger story. Our outdoor christmas tree lights (Bethlehem Lighting commercial grade tangle-free lights) carry a warnin...

• Gordon's Notes: Fermi resolved

  "… Resolution passed. What’s next?” “We have a confirmed candidate. Spiral arm, water planet, 27 stage II civilizations within 1000 light cycles. They are 55 standard cycles post phase II physics.” “W...

• Gordon's Notes: What are the neanderthal diseases?

  … Neanderthal DNA is slightly toxic to modern humans… Perhaps Neanderthal DNA was more useful during the ice age, but is less useful now. Or perhaps it was never that handy — though hybrids were not r...

• Gordon's Notes: What killed inline skating? A new suspect.

  Gordon's Notes Sunday, May 22, 2016 What killed inline skating? A new suspect. I like inline skating. I started in the 90s a year or so before it peaked, and I’ve watched it decline since. I still s...