November 2008
36 posts
“Truly smart software shows me some respect by letting me tackle the task at hand...”
– Nick Bradbury: Smart Software Should Get Out of Your Way
South Boulder Loop
My run today was this loop in South Boulder. It had some really nice little segments:
My house to the Marshall Mesa Trailhead (2.8 miles) - this run alongside broadway and involves some road running. It’s not my favorite part but it takes me to the Marshall Mesa trailhead without me having to drive.
The Marshall Mesa Trailhead to the South Mesa Trailhead via Doudy Draw (2.5 miles) - I...
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Estimating how long it takes to do something
David Allen emphasizes in his GTD system to break down projects into manageable actions by doing a little bit of thinking all at once so you don’t have to do it later and can just do. Part of becoming a GTD jedi is to be able to quickly face an onslaught of new information, ignore everything that isn’t applicable to you, filter the rest into actions that are in places where you will...
“Bearman and Brückner have also identified a peculiar dilemma: in some schools,...”
– Sounds fun. I took this pledge once. Embarrassingly I kept it.
Dept. of Disputation: Red Sex, Blue Sex: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker
WatchWatch this because it’s very smart and funny at the same time. My friend Matt asks “how do they keep up this quality.” One of the best creative peer review processes in the business or something like that, but we all benefit, that’s all I know.
Book Memery
def addlinkref(self, urlFrom, urlTo, linkText):
via Collective Intelligence by Toby Segaran
Grab the nearest book.
Open it to page 56.
Find the fifth sentence.
Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
Don’t dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.
Quote Of The Day
mattpayton:
“…a broad coalition is emerging, where none existed a year ago, in favor of New Deal-style expenditures on roads, bridges, broadband lines, alternative energy, and the like, to support economic recovery and future growth. Such investment could strengthen the economy for a generation, as Eisenhower’s Interstate Highway System did.”
-The Test
Funny, I was just having a conversation...
Go Jacob!
My uncle from Texas: Congrats to all you Obama voters. I hope you enjoy this administration and the extreme left turn our country is about to take..
and so it begins..
Report - Hamas says its officials met Obama aides before U.S. election
My brother Jacob: What's wrong with left? It is sure better than right!
One could very easily accuse Jesus and the prophets of Israel of being left-leaning, bleeding heart liberals who attacked the wealthy, but no has ever accused them of being from the right. The right is where fascists like Hitler and Mussolini stood.
And by the way, the right-leaning direction of idiots like Bush got us into a bigger mess than the US has probably ever been in.
Is Texas still in denial?
Watch
“and I just went to yr blog to see it and JOHN get that pic off now MOM said”
– Claudette Wright
“gotcha is a Sarah Palin phrase, JOHN”
– Claudette Wright
Corrupting the youth
Yesterday I went out for dinner by myself to one of those “Sun” hippy restaurants that only take cash. When their ATM was broken for my $10 tab I went across the street to the ATM and was accosted by a kid wanting me to buy him beer at the corner liquor store. So that solved my $10 cash need.
“We’re not at sea almost ever, as a writer on ‘The Daily Show,’” Mr. Ross said....”
– Deep Secrets of ‘The Daily Show’ - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com
“The sort of myth, the romance of his story and persona, is sort of undermined by...”
– Re: Obama. His strength is definitely not in his ideas but in his general idealism and in his style of leadership.
Deep Secrets of ‘The Daily Show’ - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com
“Lilibet mentioned that Hagel had just returned from his trip with Obama and Reed...”
– This article is getting better and better.
The Political Scene: Odd Man Out: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker
“Hagel said, “You can’t walk around—you’ve got flak jackets, helmets on all the...”
– Hagel is a special American politician.
The Political Scene: Odd Man Out: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker
“Rule one: Never allow a crisis to go to waste,” Mr. Emanuel said in an interview...”
– Obama Weighs Quick Undoing of Bush Policy - NYTimes.com
I finally have an audio file. This is an...
“But for all that we consider ourselves more politically savvy these days, the...”
– Aaron Hicklin: Gay marriage is still an electoral liability | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
“Apple is publicly opposing Proposition 8 and making a donation of $100,000 to...”
– Apple - Hot News - All
“With humility and with pride, we here in Hawaii know in our hearts that what we...”
– And Then They Wept - By the Numbers Blog - NYTimes.com
Hawaii is a national treasure and also full of smart people, what a great combination.
“But there also may have been something of a “Buffett effect” that countered the...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - Finishing Our Work - NYTimes.com
One person I know did exactly did this. You know who you are.
“Today Americans have grudgingly taken a giant leap forward,” Williams...”
– Nation Finally Shitty Enough To Make Social Progress | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
Editorial - So Little Time, So Much Damage -... →
Put this on the should read list. Not must read but pretty close.
“He later returned home to Chicago play basketball, his election-day ritual.”
– Obama Wins Election - NYTimes.com
A man after my own heart.
Down, Up, Found, Looking
My valuations after today’s reading:
Down - my stock in these is falling:
CouchDB seems a bit over-engineered. It’s just an impression I have but it just seems to be doing to much and I just don’t feel I could trust it as a reliable and easy to maintain server. I got this impression while reading this http://jchris.mfdz.com/code/2008/10/standalone_applications_with_co. ...
“We are up to the activity.
We are able to concentrate on the activity.
The...”
– Welcome to Flow in Games
“Erlang is a concurrent programming language – this means that parallel...”
– The Erlang Book, Chapter 1 by Joe Armstrong.
Not provided in the host operating system?
Awesome!