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How to write an automated job rejection letter

Don’t say “we regret to inform you.” Don’t say “unfortunately.” Here’s how to do it right.

Category: Everyday etiquette On the job Tags: hiring, job hunting

The easiest way in the world to save lives has been inside you all along

Be an organ donor. Donate blood or platelets. Register as a stem-cell donor. Be a clinical trial subject. Save lives. Be the change you want to see in the world.

Category: Social Activism Tags: Be The Change, clinical trials, donating blood, donating platelets, organ donation, stem-cell donation

If you’re upset about the “Hachette” decision, blame the Internet Archive for overstepping

The Internet Archive couldn’t leave well enough alone, and now we’re all going to pay the price.

Category: Computers Consumer activism Government activism Internet Law Social Activism Web Tags: capitalism, CDL, DRM, Hachette v. Internet Archive

“Dry Bones” removed from comics aggregator

When someone tells me that they’re OK with fascism, I listen.

Category: Barack Obama Comics Aggregator Israel Politics Tags: Dry Bones, fascism

New comic “Mazetoons” added to comics aggregator

Brought to you via Comics Kingdom.

Category: Comics Aggregator Tags: Comics Kingdom, Mazetoons

Comics aggregator is now significantly faster for some items

I fixed a couple of bugs, and now the aggregator should nearly always be loading pages in less than a second.

Category: Comics Aggregator

Three more late-breaking improvements to the comics aggregator

I’ve squeezed in another few improvements to the comics aggregator today:

Category: Comics Aggregator

Many exciting improvements to the comics aggregator

Many improvements have been made to the aggregator, the most significant of which is that user accounts which remember your comics selections are now supported.

Category: Comics Aggregator

“This Modern World” added to comics aggregator

By way of penance for not removing JumpStart from my comics aggregator much sooner, I have added Tom Tomorrow’s This Modern World. It comes out early Tuesday mornings. There’s also a “(1-day delay)” version in case you like to read your comics in the middle of the night and don’t want to miss it. Quoting… Read More »

Category: Comics Aggregator Social Activism Tags: Dan Perkins, This Modern World, Tom Tomorrow

Copaganda comic strip JumpStart removed from comics aggregator

With its advocacy of “community policing” and “broken windows policing,” JumpStart crosses my line, from a wrong but tolerable portrayal of American policing, to outright copaganda. I will no longer facilitate its dissemination.

Category: Comics Aggregator Social Activism Tags: ACAB, copaganda, JumpStart, policing
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