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I’ve virtually abandoned Facebook in favor of Twitter. I’ve been thinking about it a little bit lately, and I think there are two things that have caused that, one of which is technological and one of which is philosophical. Neither has anything to do with privacy. I’ve more or less accepted that I live in an age where traditional notions of privacy have been thrown away as part of an agreement with web companies: they give us spectacular online services, and in exchange we give them the information they need to market virtually anything to us. I don’t have a problem with that. What I have a problem with is that as the Facebook platform has grown, it and I have grown apart.

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So please, do not make me subject to your wrath, mighty readers. I know that I said that I’d be blogging about both Frank Zappa and Doctor Who, and I still intend to do so. I’ll get my review of “Absolutely Free” up as soon as possible and continue from there. Who will have to wait a bit – I mailed my Doctor Who DVDs to my girlfriend while she’s interning abroad so that she would have some entertainment when she needs it. So that’s on hold for a bit. But coming.

My schedule has been horribly thrown off these last few weeks following the GMAT. I’m getting it back together – my writing, at least, seems to be back on track – but certain things like blogging have been neglected. I’ll get back to it regularly after the holiday.

Additionally, I am curious about what you readers think about the current look/feel of the site. Do you like the minimalism, or do the people demand their sidebars?

Coming soon: review of “Absolutely Free,” review of Stranger in a Strange Land, commentary on trends in computing and consumption, and possibly a piece on politics. (Yes, n00bs, this was once a fiercely political blog – that is, before I started working in politics.) Stay tuned.