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'''Woozle's "external" page for general public consumption is [[Woozle|here]]'''.
'''Woozle's "external" page for general public consumption is [[Woozle|here]]'''.
==Practical Stuff==
==Practical Stuff==
* [[/help needed]]
* [[Woozle's Projects]]: outdated page
* [[Woozle's Projects]]: outdated page
** [[Woozle's audio projects|audio projects]], with lots of free downloads
** [[Woozle's audio projects|audio projects]], with lots of free downloads
* [[:category:woozle|Woozle]] category: writings, pictures, stuff, things.
* [[:category:woozle|Woozle]] category: writings, pictures, stuff, things.
* '''Résumé''': I don't think I believe in résumés anymore, but my family gives me a hard time whenever I try to reinvent the idea so as to be less painful.
===Pages to Keep Track of===
** [[Woozle's Official Glossy Brochure]]: I prefer this title, but...
* Scribunto stuff:
** [[Résumé - Nick Staddon]] is the same thing with a more standard title
** https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Scribunto
** [[/rez|actual page for editing]]
*** https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Scribunto/Lua_reference_manual
*** https://www.lua.org/docs.html
** [[Module:Blog]] - place where I was going to put the blogging code
** [[Module:Demo]] - sandbox
===Somewhat Esoteric Stuff===
===Somewhat Esoteric Stuff===
* [[Anna Nikola|The Anna Page]] for family consumption ([[:Category:Anna Nikola]] has all the pictures)
* [[Anna Nikola|The Anna Page]] for family consumption ([[:Category:Anna Nikola]] has all the pictures)
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* Apparently David Oates played one of my comedy bits on his WUGA radio show, [http://www.wuga.org/great_apes.html Great Apes]. Who knew.
* Apparently David Oates played one of my comedy bits on his WUGA radio show, [http://www.wuga.org/great_apes.html Great Apes]. Who knew.
* [[/tabdump]]: where I put links to web pages I don't have time to file properly
* [[/tabdump]]: where I put links to web pages I don't have time to file properly
===Somewhat Outdated Stuff===
===Somewhat Outdated Stuff===
* [[/notes]]: place to ditch stuff I don't want to delete
* [[/archive]]: stuff that's no longer current/needed but is being kept for reference
 
* [[/notes]]: place to ditch bits of text I don't want to delete
=== Other places to find me ===
=== Other places to find me ===
* [[htyp:User:Woozle|HTYP]]
* [[htyp:User:Woozle|HTYP]]
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* [[/2008]]
* [[/2008]]
===2009-03-21===
===2009-03-21===
* '''2003-06-29''' [http://www.apa.org/releases/driving_workload.html MORE COMPLICATED MENTAL TASKS INTERFERE WITH ABILITY TO DETECT AND DISCRIMINATE AMONG VISUAL TARGETS]
* '''2003-06-29''' [http://www.apa.org/releases/driving_workload.html MORE COMPLICATED MENTAL TASKS INTERFERE WITH DRIVERS' ABILITY TO DETECT AND DISCRIMINATE AMONG VISUAL TARGETS]
* '''2006-12-26'''
* '''2006-12-26'''
** [http://theopinionmill.wordpress.com/2006/12/26/the-blighted-bookshelf-or-the-ten-most-damaging-winger-books-of-all-time-6705/ The Blighted Bookshelf, or, The Ten Most Damaging Winger Books of All Time (6/7/05)]
** [http://theopinionmill.wordpress.com/2006/12/26/the-blighted-bookshelf-or-the-ten-most-damaging-winger-books-of-all-time-6705/ The Blighted Bookshelf, or, The Ten Most Damaging Winger Books of All Time (6/7/05)]
** [http://theopinionmill.wordpress.com/2006/12/26/united-scatinos-of-america-8205/ United Scatinos of America (8/2/05)]: I thought I already filed something which made a very similar argument... find it, and tie it together with this
** [http://theopinionmill.wordpress.com/2006/12/26/united-scatinos-of-america-8205/ United Scatinos of America (8/2/05)]: I thought I already filed something which made a very similar argument... find it, and tie it together with this
* '''2009-01-19''' [http://sensuouscurmudgeon.wordpress.com/2009/01/18/the-curmudgeons-amendment/ The Amendment]
* '''2009-01-19''' [http://sensuouscurmudgeon.wordpress.com/2009/01/18/the-curmudgeons-amendment/ The Curmudgeon's Amendment]
* '''2009-02-14''' [http://pajamasmedia.com/michaelledeen/2009/02/14/were-all-fascists-now-ii-american-tyranny/ All Fascists Now II: American Tyranny]: something JERS forwarded; try to figure out what its argument is. There was some email discussion.
* '''2009-02-14''' [http://pajamasmedia.com/michaelledeen/2009/02/14/were-all-fascists-now-ii-american-tyranny/ We're All Fascists Now II: American Tyranny]: something JERS forwarded; try to figure out what its argument is. There was some email discussion.
* '''2009-02-21''' [http://www.businessinsider.com/the-housing-chart-thats-worth-1000-words-2009-2 The Housing Chart That's Worth 1000 Words]: a history of home values
* '''2009-02-21''' [http://www.businessinsider.com/the-housing-chart-thats-worth-1000-words-2009-2 The Housing Chart That's Worth 1000 Words]: a history of home values
* '''2009-02-24''' [http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2009/02/house-prices-real-prices-price-to-rent.html House Prices: Real Prices, Price-to-Rent, and Price-to-Income]: blog may be worth following too
* '''2009-02-24''' [http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2009/02/house-prices-real-prices-price-to-rent.html House Prices: Real Prices, Price-to-Rent, and Price-to-Income]: blog may be worth following too
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** [http://entequilaesverdad.blogspot.com/2009/03/how-one-of-biggest-tax-cuts-in-history.html En Tequila] post has comment by me followed by WOWZOMGBBQ insanely long comment from Anonymous. Worth anything?
** [http://entequilaesverdad.blogspot.com/2009/03/how-one-of-biggest-tax-cuts-in-history.html En Tequila] post has comment by me followed by WOWZOMGBBQ insanely long comment from Anonymous. Worth anything?
* '''2009-03-16''' [http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2009/03/16/how-rich-countries-die/ How Rich Countries Die]
* '''2009-03-16''' [http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2009/03/16/how-rich-countries-die/ How Rich Countries Die]
* '''2009-03-18''' [http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/18/wilkerson-cheney-evil/ Colin former chief of staff: Cheney is ,his fearmongering is al Qaeda]
* '''2009-03-18''' [http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/18/wilkerson-cheney-evil/ Colin Powell's former chief of staff: Cheney is "evil", his fearmongering is "assisting" al Qaeda]
* '''2009-03-19'''
* '''2009-03-19'''
** [http://www.cnbc.com/id/29769858 What the Pros Say: US Is Now 'Bankrupt']
** [http://www.cnbc.com/id/29769858 What the Pros Say: US Is Now 'Bankrupt']
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** [http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/01/20/ben_stein_and_history/index.html Ben Stein: Please eat your hat]
** [http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/01/20/ben_stein_and_history/index.html Ben Stein: Please eat your hat]
*** Other articles on [http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/?last_story=/tech/htww/2009/01/20/ben_stein_and_history/ this page] may also be of interest
*** Other articles on [http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/?last_story=/tech/htww/2009/01/20/ben_stein_and_history/ this page] may also be of interest
*** [http://drm-removal.net drm removal], [http://drn-removal.net/drm-converter.html drm converter]
** [http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=9122 Barack Obama's Inaugural Address]: for an eventual collection of reactions to the address
** [http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=9122 Barack Obama's Inaugural Address]: for an eventual collection of reactions to the address
* '''2009-01-17''' [http://entequilaesverdad.blogspot.com/2009/01/eric-holder-does-not-believe-in-24.html Eric Holder Does Not Believe In 24. Neocon Heads Explode]: Holder confirmations, neocons still believing in torture, John Cornyn needs a dunce cap
* '''2009-01-17''' [http://entequilaesverdad.blogspot.com/2009/01/eric-holder-does-not-believe-in-24.html Eric Holder Does Not Believe In 24. Neocon Heads Explode]: Holder confirmations, neocons still believing in torture, John Cornyn needs a dunce cap

Latest revision as of 17:29, 5 January 2023

This is Woozle's "internal" page, for making notes on things; you are welcome to poke around in this area all you like, but most of it probably won't mean much to you.

Woozle's "external" page for general public consumption is here.

Practical Stuff

Pages to Keep Track of

Somewhat Esoteric Stuff

Somewhat Outdated Stuff

  • /archive: stuff that's no longer current/needed but is being kept for reference
  • /notes: place to ditch bits of text I don't want to delete

Other places to find me

Essays

See also Issuepedia, where I've written a lot of stuff, and the Woozle category.

Bookmarks

Most of my bookmarks get filed in HTYP or Issuepedia, but sometimes I just don't have time to file everything and I dump them here so I can close tabs in Firefox.

Media

already watched

Archives

2009-03-21

2009-02-13

2009-02-12

2009-01-22

Customization

see project:Configuration

Notes

Homeopathy

from when Tene asked for the theory behind homeopathy; there isn't really anything scientific, which may mean it's all bunk (and indeed that's the prevailing sentiment), but...

(02:33:22 PM) Woozle: Ok, theory...
(02:35:21 PM) Woozle: (And I'm not claiming this is scientific, just maybe a place to look.) Reality is generally more complicated than the models account for. We think of molecular movements in a gas or liquid as being "random", but there are probably patterns at some level.
(02:37:34 PM) Woozle: Things vibrate. Things have resonances. It seems maybe a little unlikely, but couldn't it be that the particular shapes of the molecules present would influence those patterns in some way? The deadly problem with that idea is that once the influence is removed, you'd think that the patterns would deteriorate back to the default pretty quickly.
(02:37:44 PM) Woozle: So maybe that doesn't work.
(02:38:49 PM) Woozle: The other area to look is in quantum theory, which new-agey people love to use as an explanation for everything -- so I'm hesitant to bring it up -- but it seems possible to me that there may be some kind of pattern-retaining effect there.
(02:41:25 PM) Woozle: The main thrust of my personal advocacy for homeopathics, though, is on two fronts... (1) it is kind of a "chew toy" (placebo, if you prefer -- though I *swear* I came across an article throwing serious doubt on the "placebo effect"... maybe I dreamed it, because I haven't been able to find it again) which prevents people from using our poorly-run healthcare system;
(02:41:40 PM) Woozle: (Well, not *prevents... I guess I mean "pre-empts")
(02:42:05 PM) Woozle: (except in emergencies, when it's really needed... thus applying the adage "if it ain't broke, don't fix it")
(02:43:41 PM) Woozle: (2) homeopathic doctors tend to be much more in it because they want to help people, rather than in it for the paycheck -- so even if 90% of the time they're giving you treatment which actually has no effect, it at least isn't the latest sample from Glaxo which might actually be harmful... and they're more likely to pay attention to what's going on, and direct you to conventional treatment *if needed*.
(02:46:14 PM) Woozle: (3) people should have the right to make their own mistakes. It seems to me that we do far too much protecting people from their own mistakes by "controlling" substances or outlawing them completely, when what we should be doing is educating and tracking. The big (mainstream) drug companies seem to want to make the situation worse; the homeopathy movement is fighting that tendency, even if it's actually making money off snake oil.
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