October 2008
37 posts
Google - Circa 2001 →
Should I Work On This Project?
Here is version 1 of a work project questionnaire I am working on to better evaluate projects and companies I get involved with. Your feedback is welcomed, if it’s good. :) Also, credit for the ideas behind the checklist include but are not limited to: Getting Things Done by David Allen, The 4 Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferris, Facebook, the NYT, articles I have read about Goldman Sachs,...
September 2008
35 posts
“As recently as Tuesday he had not yet even read the two-and-a-half-page bailout...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - McCain’s Suspension Bridge to Nowhere - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com
“But even President Bush has, in the twilight of his administration, turned to...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - The 3 A.M. Call - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com
I have been thinking of this same point.
“It was all a house of cards, and now it is collapsing. Between the financing of...”
– OK, we are a banana republic - Paul Krugman - Op-Ed Columnist - New York Times Blog
“Only the US could have a system where 120% mortgages taken by self-certified...”
– OK, we are a banana republic - Paul Krugman - Op-Ed Columnist - New York Times Blog
“The real constraint is not a bookkeeping one,” he said. “It is a sense of faith...”
– Treasury and Fed Have Options Despite House Vote - NYTimes.com
“Maybe if we make the government the buyer of last resort of homes, we will...”
– Everybody’s Business - In Financial Food Chains, Little Guys Can’t Win - NYTimes.com
Ben Stein, a lot better than the last time I heard him.
“This is why the Treasury bailout, however necessary, should merely be a prelude...”
– Bailing Upward
“No solution to a problem can be more elegant than the problem itself. We are...”
– Breakthrough Reached in Negotiations on Bailout - NYTimes.com
This is the damn limited thinking that pervades most of our leaders today. We are fucked so the best we can do is try to bear the fucking.
Letterman - Top 10 Questions People Are Asking the...
The Top Ten Questions People are Asking The John McCain Campaign
#10 “I just contributed to your campaign – how do I get a refund?”
#9 “It’s Sarah Palin –- does this mean I’m pars’dent?”
#8 “Can’t you solve this by selling some of your houses?”
#7 “This is Clay Aiken. Is McCain single?”
#6 “Do you still think the fundamentals of our economy are strong, Genius?”
#5 “Are you doing all of...
“Some are suspicious of Mr. Paulson’s characterizations, finding in his warnings...”
– News Analysis - Experts See a Need for Punitive Action in Bailout - News Analysis - NYTimes.com
Gmail is my private micro-journal too as well as...
I keep thinking of alternate uses for Gmail. The combinations of tags, stars, archiving, threaded conversation, filter rules, and the power of email makes it perfect for me to use as my GTD system. But I am increasingly using gmail for something else, my micro-journal. I love the idea of micro-journaling little thoughts and ideas related to multiple threads always running in my life. I...
BON method: index normal →
“It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than to have 10...”
– Clojure » rationale
Although I have done very little functional programming, this makes some intuitive sense to me.
“That some punk 17 year old who has never had the nerve to stick his trembling...”
– What to Expect When You’re Aborting - Let’s get some cocktails and De-brief, Shall we? Part one of many about Abortion Day, 2008
Imogene 2008 Race Report
I woke up feeling very relaxed, perhaps too relaxed, almost lethargic. We rode the bus from Telluride to Ouray and on the way we laughed and cracked jokes, in contrast to the mostly sleepy and quiet bus. I think we were annoying. It helped to control my nerves. I hit the restrooms early and was ready well before race time. As the gun went off I was in the state of mind to simply climb to the...
“In our market, it’s context (not content) that’s king.”
– Wellcome to Online Video for Real Estate - Interview with WellcomeMat
I might want to work for this company, based out of Boulder. Anybody know a way in?
“The LHC is a discovery machine,” said CERN Director General Robert Aymar, “its...”
– CERN Press Release – First beam in the LHC - accelerating science
“Confirming an idea is always gratifying. But finding what you don’t expect opens...”
– Op-Ed Contributor - The Origins of the Universe - A Crash Course - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com
Why I Am Voting For Obama
The following is from my dad, Terry Wright. He is an evangelical Christian who is a former Baptist preacher but now attends a Dutch Reformed church in Boise and runs his own food marketing business out of his house. He is the father of my 5 sisters and 2 brothers, and has been married to my mom for 40 years.
The 2008 US Presidential Election
We live in a time when the majority of Americans...
WatchWow, this is so good.
mattpayton:
Another Colbert hall-of-fame interview that aired during the Denver convention week. How shitty is it that the secular coaliton wasn’t let in? Anyway, this man should sing the national anthem at the World Series this year.
WatchErlang - The Movie
Need I say more?
“International evidence suggests that high-quality sex and relationship education...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - Let’s Talk About Sex - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com
“There are as many reasons for running as there are days in a year, years in my...”
– Facebook | Kate Rosenbarger
“Besides emphasizing the need to double the budgets for science research funding,...”
– Presidential Candidates Clarify Science Funding Stances | CSDiary
WatchJesus is my friend by “Sonseed” on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
He is my friend too.
Imogene up next
Saturday is the race I have been training for this summer, the old Imogene trail race in Telluride, CO. It is a 17.5 mile point-to-point race from the town of Ouray, over the 13,200 foot Imogene pass, to the town of Telluride. I will be running with, well hopefully fairly close to, the fast Naz Alvarez, my trail running friend. Imogene is an alpine mountain race like Pike’s Peak and so...
“it was Biden’s turn to be asked about the gathering storm. His answer was...”
– Obama and Biden’s Chemistry Test - TIME
I wouldn’t want to be in Obama’s shoes. I would just want to say: “shut up Joe”.
“Sarah Robertson, a mother of four from Kennebunk, Me., who was one of the few...”
– A New Twist in the Long-Running Debate on Mothers - NYTimes.com
Not mine either in the sense that I am sickened by the almost inhumanely extreme schedules that our crazy campaign schedule imposes upon candidates. We need shorter, saner, much more moderate and less self- important presidential...