In the Northern parts of Virginia and in Maryland in general the 17-year cicadas are in full force. While the talking heads on the local tv stations caution people about the cicadas flying into your hair and other hysteria-mongering (as is usual for tv-type news), they are in actuality a miracle …

The article about Dr. Rubin and evoting security made the New York Times! It seems that they cut out all the comments from the students and seemed to focus more on the controversy over the electronic voting machines with security problems.

They cut me out of the online photo (?!), but I am in …

So today during class, the New York Times article writer came and sat in. He took notes on his laptop, so during the project presentations there was a constant background click-clacking as he typed as fast as he could.

After class he asked me a couple of questions and wanted me to clarify some …