Semaphore Corporation continues to canonicalize addresses wrong and refuses to admit it

Long-time followers of my advocacy may recall my story from years ago of attempting to get the Social Security Administration (SSA) to deal with the fact that they sent several of my kids’ social security cards to the wrong address because the software they were using to canonicalize mailing addresses was buggy. Some sleuthing on… Read More: Semaphore Corporation continues to canonicalize addresses wrong and refuses to… »

“Nation of Change”, who are you and why are you spamming me?

IMPORTANT UPDATE: As of August 12, 2011, it appears that Brave New Foundation had nothing to do with the spam reported below and in fact they are as much a victim as I am. Please see this posting for details. Dear Nation of Change (along with Brave New Foundation), Let me tell you about a little strategy I… Read More: “Nation of Change”, who are you and why are you… »

UPDATED: “Basic Instructions” added to comics aggregator

I’ve added “Basic Instructions” to my comics aggregator. Tip of that hat to Seth Gordon for pointing me at this fine comic! UPDATE: Because the author of “Basic Instructions” sometimes publishes his strip after people have already read their daily comics, I’ve also added “Basic Instructions (1-day delay)”, so you can use that one instead… Read More: UPDATED: “Basic Instructions” added to comics aggregator »

BPD: loud 2am parties no problem, loud 2PM parties shut ’em down!

Dear Mayor Menino, My wife and I have lived at [elided] in Brighton since 1997. At least a third of the residential units on our block are rental units, most of which are rented to a different set of Boston College students each year. Some years are good: the students are respectful of the neighborhood,… Read More: BPD: loud 2am parties no problem, loud 2PM parties shut… »

Peter Gelzinis and Casey Anthony

Mr. Gelzinis,  “Jury nullification” doesn’t mean what you seem to think it does. Please look it up before you make a fool of yourself again misusing the term in another column. I wonder if you were present for Casey Anthony’s entire trial, or watched the whole thing on video, or read the transcript. If not,… Read More: Peter Gelzinis and Casey Anthony »