May, 2010

Web(non)Sense: Stuff WebSense miscategorizes so it’s blocked at work

3 comments on this article Posted by aaronhelton in web filters on May 20th, 2010 .

I work for a government agency, a federal one. In the course of my work, and for admittedly personal reasons, I encounter a great number of different sites via news articles and Google Reader. Like so many others at federal agencies, I am often stopped dead in my tracks as I encounter the dreaded web [...]


5 Ingredients of an Agnostic

2 comments on this article Posted by aaronhelton in agnosticism on May 15th, 2010 , tagged with , .

Considering that atheists and agnostics comprise a fairly small percentage of the population, it was never inevitable that I would arrive at my current frame of mind. I am firmly agnostic (or, depending on the perspective, weakly atheist), the kind who doesn’t expressly believe in a god, and asserts that though we cannot know for [...]


To Thomas: A Fourth Birthday Letter

0 comments on this article Posted by aaronhelton in birthday on May 4th, 2010 .

OK, so your birthday was on April 24. I am still determined to publish this, however. Now you are four. And my, how you’ve progressed. And my, how your circumstances have changed since the last birthday letter. First, let’s look at what’s changed about those circumstances, and then we’ll look at your progression before moving [...]


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