Monthly Archives: December 2009

What Typewriter Do You Use – Part 19

By Jens Haas | Published: December 29, 2009
Running a blog on open source software (in my case: Wordpress) can sometimes feel like flying an airplane through a moonless night, without instruments: you cannot help but think that, maybe, in the next second, you’ll hit a mountain. Not good. And whatever happens, your host most likely will not be of any help. Perhaps the [...]
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Season’s Greetings

By Dr. Hare | Published: December 24, 2009
Dear Dr. Hare, thanks so much for your reply. I just noted that you did not send me a season’s greetings card, and that you actually never do that. I still get cards from people I met in the distant past, before I decided to do only things I like, with people I like. That was [...]
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Rites Of Competition

By Dr. Hare | Published: December 23, 2009
Dear Dr. Hare, it strikes me that Americans have raised competition to an art form. I don’t mean that Americans are more competitive than other people. It’s more about the idea of winning, and an interesting readiness to accept a complete lack of skill (I’m thinking of a TV show about people climbing Mount Everest – [...]
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