Healthcare.gov, why do you taunt me so?

The new healthcare.gov web site sure looks great. Under the hood, though, it's apparently implemented with Bronze Age web development technology :-(. I tried to sign up today. After dutifully filling out my name, state of residence, and email address, then choosing a username and password, then answering three required security questions, I got this error: That is: Important: Your account couldn't be created. Please wait a few moments and try again, keeping this in mind: The User ID you created may already be in use. Try using a different User ID. The email address you entered may be used with another account. If...
Continue reading

Offline.

I’m taking a vacation from email for a few weeks, so please don’t worry if you don’t get a response — just

Continue reading

Taking sides.

Every Fourth of July, the New York Times prints the entire Declaration of Independence of the United States on the

Continue reading