April 20, 2006 Newsletter
April 20, 2006 Newsletter with news relating to music, science-fiction and photography.
Orangebox Breaks Some Custom Maps
After Valve updated Counter-Strike Source to Orangebox, many custom maps have missing textures. Even worse, some maps now even crash CS. Here is what I did to fix de_tension.
Information Overload
An Over-Abundance of Information in the Information Age
An essay on the trends on the Internet that cause an explosion of information that is often antithetical to the ideals of democracy and progress. This essay cautions parents, teachers and community leaders to be wary of every emerging media outlet.
A Call for Reason
An essay rebutting infantile attitudes of the anti-science movement.
Homestar Runner Wordsearch
A wordsearch about Homestar Runner.
Software Activation, Licensing and Piracy
The problem with software activation systems in the Internet Age and the inflated claims that piracy costs billions of dollars a year.
Renaissance Man
An essay on the extinction of the Renaissance Man or polymath in human history.
