October 2010
1 post
“Matt: “What are you doing?”
Me: “Just reading”
Matt:...”
August 2010
1 post
Robert Reich: America's Biggest Jobs Program --... →
America’s biggest — and only major — jobs program is the U.S. military.
Over 1,400,000 Americans are now on active duty; another 833,000 are in the reserves, many full time. Another 1,600,000 Americans work in companies that supply the military with everything from weapons to utensils. (I’m not…
June 2010
2 posts
“We’re wiping out whatever wealth blacks have accumulated — it assures racial...”
– http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/31/business/economy/31memphis.html?pagewanted=2&ref=homepage&src=me
So sad and maddening to undo the good things started since MLK in this city.
May 2010
4 posts
“I agree with David. This is exactly like a plane crash, what with the possibly...”
– Comment from: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/26/oil-rigs-and-reality/?src=un&feedurl=http://json8.nytimes.com/pages/opinion/index.jsonp
“One of the most important things you learn from the internet is that there is no...”
– -Douglas Adams (first appeared in the News Review section of The Sunday Times on August 29th 1999)
http://www.douglasadams.com/dna/19990901-00-a.html
“While the conversation has shifted, the energy reality has not,” Gerard...”
– Jack Gerard, president of the American Petroleum Institute
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/04/AR2010050404118.html?nav=rss_email/components
No, the reality is that Gulf of Mexico is flooded with oil.
March 2010
8 posts
“Rep. Stupak spoke with CNN Sunday night about the decision of the Susan B....”
– http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/21/stupak-award-rescinded/?fbid=25VFbQwC9yu
“That testimony is worth reading in its entirety. But here is what editors refer...”
– http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090525/nichols about David Simon’s contribution to excellent Senate discussion from last year.
“They fought for civil rights, not imagining the masses were innocent and would...”
– Comment on David Brook’s argument that the Tea Party and the 60s left are more similar than different.
“Moreover, the whole idea behind the “health care as consumer”...”
– From here
February 2010
10 posts
“The most ideologically devoted elements in both parties must accept that not...”
– Evan Bayh
Feature checklist dysfunction
marco:
The tech press loves checklist comparisons. Let’s evaluate the iPhone to see whether it’s a good product:
Sounds like a terrible product. I bet it will fail.
Remember the MacBook Air’s launch?
Sounds like there’s no reason to buy one. (Like nearly everyone else, I complained about all of this when the Air launched. We all do it sometimes.) But it’s been very successful,...
“Starting tomorrow until Valentine’s Day I’m going to post a series of makeout...”
– http://mattpayton.tumblr.com
“[Cronkite was] the most trusted man in America. But here’s the thing, that title...”
– Barack Obama (via mattpayton)
“What matters is if this interpretation of already existing technologies fit well...”
– Redis developer Salvatore Sanfilippo http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1098184
“It’s not. The Real Work is not formatting the margins, installing the...”
– http://speirs.org/blog/2010/1/29/future-shock.html on the iPad.
January 2010
9 posts
“New Worlders have no reason to be gun-shy about loading up their device with...”
– http://stevenf.tumblr.com/post/359224392/i-need-to-talk-to-you-about-computers-ive-been about the iPad.
“The government likes to tout the number of jobs that have been created or saved...”
– Opinion piece by Ron Paul at http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/01/25/paul.stimulus.waste/index.html?hpt=C2
This review of the economy seems sane. However, I would like to hear some debate from other economists.
“It’s a new car with a couple bells and whistles, but it’s still...”
– Mattman on his new Windows installation.
1 tag
Rails link_on with prompt
Early this morning I was working on the http://thealpinetrainingcenter.com website, something I love to do because it is used by real users.
One of the things I do on this Rails based website is allow the owner, my friend Connie, to administer pages with a secret key. This is an easy way for her to change content on the website. I needed a way for her to delete records with a link but I...
My new software manifesto
My friend Matt-man recently got angry and posted something like the following which I am re-writing as my software usability manifesto:
Attention retarded assholes who make software:
If you don’t particularly like people and/or are extremely shitty at explaining things to people then for love of Christ do not take a job where you make software for real users. That is all. Now go back to your...
December 2009
1 post
November 2009
1 post
October 2009
3 posts
“Would you put a convicted felon on a parole board absent evidence that...”
– Comment in response to this stupid point from the author:
“Axelrod & Co. go too far — way too far —by insisting that banks and other financial institutions that accepted government money should not have a voice in shaping future regulatory reform.”
...
“Canada violence is 10 times less than in US
Canada has quality health care for...”
– -Comments
http://community.nytimes.com/comments/www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/opinion/18bono.html
September 2009
1 post
Focus on the Family Forums - Fiance Watches Porn →
Fiance needs some purging before marriage…
August 2009
4 posts
“Follow the trail to its start and you often find an obscure congressional or...”
– Robert Reich Beware Authoritative “Inside Washington” Sources Who Say The Public Option is Dead
Leadville 100
Renee and I went to the Leadville 100 this weekend to soak up the race atmosphere and to get some friend time in with a few new and old friends.
This was my second time to get up close with Leadville or any ultra. A couple of years ago I had the privilege of pacing a 9 time finisher in from Fish Hatchery to a 26 hour finish at 6am. That man, named Bill (I forgot his last name), taught me a lot...
“I respect the president and still hold out hope, but he does have to realize...”
– From the comments: Nina, Denver, CO
http://community.nytimes.com/comments/www.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/opinion/21krugman.html?sort=recommended
“Women’s issues are being framed by this administration in terms of realpolitik:...”
– http://warner.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/hillary-fights-a-tide-of-trivialization/?hp
July 2009
6 posts
