alexch's almanac

2009

December 15
November 42
October 38
September 67
August 102
July 86
June 115
May 157
April 91
March 77
February 128
January 77

2008

December 80
November 183
October 231
September 284
August 103
July 34
June 65
May 35
April 20
March 8
February
January
Warch Watch
jar: Molecular Visualizations of DNA (via Tristimulus99)
Feb 1st
Warch Watch
Batman gets pwned (via barelypolitical)
Jan 31st
pictures for sad children
Jan 31st
sconover: List of missing torture memos
Jan 31st
I’d been weaning off the pain meds but my leg chose today to remind me who’s boss. At...
Jan 30th
air mouse + 24” monitor / stuck in bed with a broken leg = big win (http://tinyurl.com/bapoty)
Jan 30th
“I wish I had the balls to first spend six long years madly...”
— Taibbi - Flat N All That (via...
Jan 29th
OMG burrito nom nom nom
Jan 29th
“Told ya so.”
— Tim Burke, chairman of the...
Jan 29th
I welcome the immanent apocalypse! My mom is on Twitter! (Hi @marychaffee!)
Jan 29th
“John Mica (R-FL), ranking member of the Tranportation...”
— Nadler transit amendment...
Jan 29th
“Advocates for greater investment in public works projects...”
— U.S. Infrastructure Is in Dire...
Jan 28th
“There’s one morning call that gives new meaning to talking...”
— ‘Washington’s Longest-Running...
Jan 28th
4bidden Fruit
Jan 28th
playing Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe — great silly fun
Jan 28th
VINCENT AMALVY: O.K., this picture of Bush is very famous,...
Jan 28th
Other than “Rear Window,” what movies should I rent for an “I broke my leg”...
Jan 28th
“Reflecting the vast diversity of our national media, Richard...”
— Richard Cohen fulfills the...
Jan 28th
uploading more broken leg pix to http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexchaffee/sets/72157612841983653/...
Jan 28th
Warch Watch
Where’s the infrastructure? (Rachel Maddow)
Jan 27th
Less than 1/5 of the stimulus package is in infrastructure....
Jan 27th
Doesn’t stick | The Ephemerist
Jan 27th
Sitting outside! At Dolores cafe! Crutches and all. Nice to feel the sun on my unwashed hair.
Jan 27th
“Kendell said that all the leaders of the No on 8 campaign...”
— Wockner: No on 8: ‘We...
Jan 27th
“This is William Kristol’s last column.” http://bit.ly/13x1F
Jan 26th
“This is William Kristol’s last column.”
— The Washington Monthly
Jan 26th
Happy New Year(s)
Jan 25th
Susie The Republican - Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Jan 25th
Atheist Hell - Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Jan 25th
The cheap CMOS sensor of an iPhone does not expose the whole...
Jan 25th
“Psychometricians have known since the end of the 19th...”
— Why men are more intelligent...
Jan 25th
“It would appear, then, that one cannot be coherently...”
— Jerry Coyne Pharyngula: Coyne...
Jan 25th
President Obama: Living Proof that Family Values Without...
Jan 24th
Warch Watch
Black Dynamite
Jan 24th
“Just as vinyl records gave rise to scratching and skipping,...”
— Say Goodbye to Analog TV -...
Jan 24th
“I Got 99 Problems But a Bush Ain’t One.”
— Jay-Z, performing at the DC...
Jan 24th
“We are now in a world in which endorsing gay marriage can...”
— TPMDC | Talking Points Memo |...
Jan 24th
“The president has a BlackBerry through a compromise that...”
— Obama Keeps His Blackberry in...
Jan 24th
2 cyborg surgeries: titanium rod in tibia (4 screws), steel...
Jan 23rd
closed oblique fracture of the tibia, spiral fracture of the...
Jan 23rd
“How could a famous stickler for grammar have bungled that...”
— Steven Pinker - Oaf of Office...
Jan 22nd
Finally a valid "Dog Bites Man" story
Jan 22nd
“We’re going to try to seat Al Franken.”
— Sen. Harry Reid
Jan 22nd
i made this. you play this. we are enemies
Jan 22nd
“And it all leads me to wonder what it would be like to write...”
—  ads without products
Jan 22nd
pictures for sad children
Jan 21st
Thanks for all the get well @’s! Yes, slipping in the bathroom is an embarrassingly aged way...
Jan 21st
Final 4 of morphine on board; now awaiting ride to fill percocet script. Who says the health care...
Jan 21st
Finally tweeting: I slipped and fractured my leg in the bathroom this morning. By this afternoon...
Jan 20th
Bionic leg update: 2 operations, titanium rod, steel ankle plate, 9 screws. Heading home in slow...
Jan 20th
Advice to hospital guests:if you want a good nights’ sleep, bring (or request) earplugs.
Jan 20th
Cyborg conversion successful
Jan 18th
Slipped and fell in the bathroom this morning and fractured my leg. By this afternoon I’ll be...
Jan 17th
At Zeitgeist, appreciating the short lines since half the city is watching BSG.
Jan 17th
“When reflecting on his two terms, in other words,...”
— Steve Benen
Jan 16th
“Manhandling the mace is considered gross misconduct.”
— Third Runway Approved for...
Jan 16th
Just ordered tix for [JoCo show|http://tinyurl.com/97kj89] in SF this Sunday. Code monkey like live...
Jan 16th
“It’s [Greek] to me” graph for 30...
Jan 16th
“American 587 was the last fatal crash on U.S. shores...”
— Steven Johnson For once, news...
Jan 16th
How To Sync One iPod/iPhone With Two...
Jan 16th
“I agree with you, Mr. Chairman. Waterboarding is torture.”
— Eric Holder
Jan 15th
Enjoying sun, skin, and wifi at Dolores park
Jan 15th
“In only eight days, if I wake up, turn on the radio and hear...”
—  Jon DeVore
Jan 14th
hacking once again, finally
Jan 14th
Warch Watch
The Moustache Song (Optional Accessory) (for the Bushman Ukulele Contest) (via ukulelezo)
Jan 8th
“Desperate to hold on to something, to gain some purchase,...”
— A Neurologist’s Notebook: The...
Jan 8th
Ben & Jerry’s - Yes Pecan!
Jan 8th
“The pressures and allegedly selfless motivations being cited...”
— Committing war crimes for the...
Jan 7th
Warch Watch
The Real West Wing, Year 1 (via grapesofwraith1066)
Jan 7th
“OLC must be prepared to say no to the President. For OLC...”
— Dawn Johnsen (via The...
Jan 6th
“I want to second Dahlia’s frustration with those who...”
— Dawn Johnsen, the new head of...
Jan 6th
Warch Watch
The Distinguished Gentleman From Minnesota - SOLID GOLD - Al Franken & Tom Davis - The Rolling...
Jan 5th
“A few months ago, in a cafe in St. Louis, I met a man named...”
— Creature Comforts - Assistance...
Jan 5th
Thinking syncing.
Jan 5th
“In a posting today, the law professor Frank Pasquale takes...”
— Rough Type: Nicholas Carr’s...
Jan 5th
Hugh Glass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jan 3rd
“Really, who cares about Mickey Mouse,” Lessig told me...”
— Mr. Lessig Goes to Washington...
Jan 1st