July 2009
Save California, repeal Prop 13. Get your free sticker here today. http://bit.ly/gjgwL
“A government run insurance option that the President’s insisted on is going to...”
– Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN). Video at Daily Kos: State of the Nation
The worst part of this is not his blatant hypocrisy, it’s Andrea Mitchell saying “OK” instead of calling him on his contradiction.
Pro Git →
Pro Git book, written by Scott Chacon and published by Apress. Here you can find the full content of the book, a blog with tips and updates about Git and the book and open source projects related to Git or referenced in the book. CC licensed.
“Programming such a computer is no easy task, however. The researchers coded a...”
– Bacterial computers can crack mathematical problems | Science | guardian.co.uk
“Just imagine if “progressives” had been setting the stage for the...”
– Obama admits: Media and “progressive” blackout of single payer continues | Corrente
“He gets at least as many complaints from people who want a so-called...”
– Obama admits: Media and “progressive” blackout of single payer continues | Corrente
“Telling me you can choose between plans tells me you have to make decisions you...”
– The Sideshow July 2009 Archive
“LanguageKit has supported just-in-time (JIT) compiling for a while, but in my...”
– Étoilé
via Hacker News(paper)
I hear the WoW movie will be 88 minutes of the hero leveling his mining skill, then a raid party attacks a boss and wipes. Roll credits.
about to go to dog park for Wonder Dog reunion… then hustling back to listen to #psfr http://poliscifiradio.com
RT @homelessguyindolorespark Well then what are you doing in my mouth?
“On requesting to recover the password, Gmail informed him that an email had been...”
– The Anatomy Of The Twitter Attack
“It’s not magic. There is no magic involved. It’s just, if you never...”
– Giles Bowkett, humble as always, from Do You Believe In Magic?
PeteSearch: How to easily pull avatars from... →
Try http://overtar.appspot.com/alexch (or fill in your own handle)
“According to Reagan, Medicare would lead federal officials to dictate where...”
– The Washington Monthly
Using the Like button - Google Reader Help →
Using the Like button
Print By clicking the Like button underneath an item, everyone who sees that item will see your name above the item listed along with everyone else who likes the item. Your name will be clickable and will lead to your Google Profile if you chose to share your items publicly.
You can use the Like button to show your support for an item without necessarily adding a comment....
“Scientists who study distracted driving say they understand the frustrations of...”
– Driven to Distraction - Dismissing the Risks of a Deadly Habit - Multitasking on the Road - Series - NYTimes.com
WatchZe Frank: That Makes Me Think of…
Ugly Dogs and Al Franken
scie.nti.st » Hosting Git repositories, The Easy... →
Sitting through 20 minutes of TV ads in the movie theater. Cinemas are killing themselves even quicker than newspapers, it seems.
“First person to sue Jamba Juice on my behalf CAN KEEP ALL THE MONEY. All I care...”
– www.mnftiu.cc » Blog Archive » No Justice, Part II: Boycott Jamba Juice!
loving twitter’s “replying to a direct message that looks like an SMS posts it to your public feed” feature
i’m doin’ it!
10 Minute Mail →
“She wasn’t thoughtful enough to know she wasn’t thoughtful enough.”
– Peggy Noonan on Sarah Palin
A Farewell to Harms - WSJ.com
Lot No: 167 MAN'S FIRST CELESTIAL MEASUREMENTS... →
Lot No: 167 MAN’S FIRST CELESTIAL MEASUREMENTS MADE WHILE ON THE MOON.
Flown Apollo 11 Lunar Surface Star Chart, a circular device, 9 inches in diameter. Consists of 2 thin plastic discs rotating around a central rivet. The lower disc shows the Earth, sun, planets and star patterns against a black background. The upper disc is a semi-transparent overlay. The back of the chart has a square...
BBQ in T minus 1 hour and counting
Anyone who’s in the vicinity of Dolores Park is invited to my BBQ. Puppies, pizza, plus it seems we may even have a live band!
Puppy is at home, probably in my bed. I wonder if I’ll have the stamina to sit through all of Bruno without her.
“New York’s attorney general says that Tagged.com stole the identities of...”
– 60 million stung in social networking rip-off - News, Gadgets & Tech - The Independent
So, was this an Outlook exploit?
“For serious UI geeks, one way to see an intelligent control interface is as a...”
– Unqualified Reservations: Wolfram Alpha and hubristic user interfaces
“if I ever had to tell someone I binged their mother, I’d feel a little...”
– Why Bing Is the Wrong Name - Coding the Wheel
WatchASCIIpOrtal (via Offworld)
funny how the only people who use the prefix “cyber” for anything any more are government terror cops
Rob's Transformers 2 F.A.Q.s! (Topless Robot) →
There’s a slutty Decepticon? Yeah, she’s a real ho. The Decepticons apparently have an incredibly powerful slut-making program, because she has it down, man. Anyways— Didn’t Sam touch the shard and get the symbols stuck in his head on his first day of college? Yes. So the Decepticons made a slutty robot to attend his college and enrolled her in classes and put her in...
dog time in the sun
“Many who talk about “the Internet of Things” assume that what will...”
– Web Squared: Web 2.0 Five Years On: Web 2.0 Summit 2009 - Co-produced by TechWeb & O’Reilly Conferences, October 20 - 22, 2009, San Francisco, CA
