alexch's almanac

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Jul 31st

“A government run insurance option that the President’s...”
— Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN). Video...

Jul 30th

Pro Git

Jul 27th

The Large Picture Blog: Solar Eclipses Viewed From Space

Jul 27th

“Programming such a computer is no easy task, however. The...”
—  Bacterial computers can crack...

Jul 27th

“Just imagine if “progressives” had been setting...”
— Obama admits: Media and...

Jul 27th

“He gets at least as many complaints from people who want a...”
— Obama admits: Media and...

Jul 27th

“Telling me you can choose between plans tells me you have to...”
— The Sideshow July 2009 Archive

Jul 27th

“LanguageKit has supported just-in-time (JIT) compiling for a...”
— Étoilé via Hacker News(paper)

Jul 27th

Why Planes Fly: What They Taught You In School Was Wrong |...

Jul 27th

I hear the WoW movie will be 88 minutes of the hero leveling his mining skill, then a raid party...

Jul 27th

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Single-Payer is the “Only Thing that Can Be Done” (via mmflint) MARCIA ANGELL, First...

Jul 26th

about to go to dog park for Wonder Dog reunion… then hustling back to listen to #psfr...

Jul 26th

RT @homelessguyindolorespark Well then what are you doing in my mouth?

Jul 26th

“On requesting to recover the password, Gmail informed him...”
—  The Anatomy Of The Twitter...

Jul 24th

via www.thecontrarianmedia.com

Jul 24th

Did you mean recursion? via img.skitch.com

Jul 23rd

“It’s not magic. There is no magic involved. It’s...”
— Giles Bowkett, humble as...

Jul 23rd

PeteSearch: How to easily pull avatars from...

Jul 22nd

New England’s now an island, cut off by the St....

Jul 22nd

So our grandchildren live in a world with C02 levels double...

Jul 22nd

“According to Reagan, Medicare would lead federal officials...”
— The Washington Monthly

Jul 22nd

Using the Like button - Google Reader Help

Jul 21st

“Open in TextMate” from Leopard Finder – The Pug...

Jul 21st

Enhanced Open Terminal Here, for Leopard at Maururu ...

Jul 21st

Announcing the NYT API Tool - Open Blog - NYTimes.com ...

Jul 21st

“Scientists who study distracted driving say they understand...”
— Driven to Distraction -...

Jul 21st

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Feynman ‘Fun to Imagine’ 4: Magnets (and ‘Why?’ questions…) (via...

Jul 20th

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Ze Frank: That Makes Me Think of… Ugly Dogs and Al Franken

Jul 19th

scie.nti.st » Hosting Git repositories, The...

Jul 19th

Sitting through 20 minutes of TV ads in the movie theater. Cinemas are killing themselves even...

Jul 19th

“First person to sue Jamba Juice on my behalf CAN KEEP ALL...”
— www.mnftiu.cc  » Blog...

Jul 18th

loving twitter’s “replying to a direct message that looks like an SMS posts it to your...

Jul 18th

i’m doin’ it!

Jul 18th

10 Minute Mail

Jul 17th

“She wasn’t thoughtful enough to know she wasn’t...”
— Peggy Noonan on Sarah Palin A...

Jul 14th

Lot No: 167 MAN'S FIRST CELESTIAL...

Jul 14th

Anyone who’s in the vicinity of Dolores Park is invited to my BBQ. Puppies, pizza, plus it...

Jul 13th

BBQ in T minus 1 hour and counting

Jul 13th

Puppy is at home, probably in my bed. I wonder if I’ll have the stamina to sit through all of...

Jul 11th

“New York’s attorney general says that Tagged.com stole...”
—  60 million stung in social...

Jul 10th

“For serious UI geeks, one way to see an intelligent control...”
— Unqualified Reservations:...

Jul 10th

“if I ever had to tell someone I binged their mother,...”
—  Why Bing Is the Wrong Name -...

Jul 10th

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ASCIIpOrtal (via Offworld)

Jul 9th

funny how the only people who use the prefix “cyber” for anything any more are...

Jul 9th

Rob's Transformers 2 F.A.Q.s! (Topless Robot)

Jul 9th

dog time in the sun

Jul 8th

“Many who talk about “the Internet of Things”...”
—  Web Squared: Web 2.0 Five...

Jul 8th

Bryan Killian says that he follows the Pastafarian religion,...

Jul 7th

The flag of equal marriage I want one where star #31...

Jul 7th

“Make no mistake about it, the president is for this...”
— Sen. Chuck Schumer ...

Jul 6th

This just in: puppies are cute

Jul 6th

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Engine Yard and Pivotal Labs (via engineyardvideo)

Jul 6th

More puppy pix on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexchaffee/sets/72157620836125793/

Jul 5th

“Stephanolpous: your stimulus package sucks Biden: oh but...”
— The Bobblespeak Translations:...

Jul 5th

Spinning the Web - P.R. in Silicon Valley -...

Jul 5th

rofl she turned on the roomba

Jul 5th

Two dogs sleeping at my feet while I watch TV — heaven.

Jul 5th

Got a puppy: http://yfrog.com/0g73pj

Jul 5th

“Gone are Hank Paulson and Neel Kashkari; in their place are...”
— Matt Taibbi The Great...

Jul 4th

“So I think, with all due respect to Max and his hard work,...”
— Bernie!!!

Jul 4th

“To the left, I think, she embodies a sort of comfort with...”
— Hot Air’s Allahpundit,...

Jul 4th

RT @incanus77: The fact that the headlines are now “Why Is Sarah Palin Resigning?” just...

Jul 4th

teaching Rails to some smart noobs

Jul 4th

RT @testobsessed Trying to test the depths of the code thru the UI is like peering through the...

Jul 3rd

“As it turns out, the way that the human brain goes about the...”
— Remembering the Past is Like...

Jul 3rd

“If your search discloses no trees or snow, the...”
— The Free Fall Research Page:...

Jul 3rd

“Alan Moore says “Stuff leaks in from the future.” Alan...”
— Michael Moorcock, Alan Moore,...

Jul 3rd

Just made cookies!!!!

Jul 3rd

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NASA | Sarychev Volcano Eruption from the International Space Station (via NASAexplorer) A...

Jul 3rd

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Bram’s Cube (via OskarPuzzle)

Jul 3rd

Want a few more followers? Make a gay marriage joke and many gay wedding planners will be fascinated...

Jul 2nd

Jackson 4 (via Mike Monteiro)

Jul 2nd

My ‘Find my iPhone’ message is better than...

Jul 2nd

Fun with a blank cardboard sign from Mike Monteiro and...

Jul 2nd

RT @scifri welcome our new ant overlords: http://is.gd/1lvy1 “single mega-colony of ants has...

Jul 2nd

89.3 KPCC | Calling a Spade a Spade: Use of...

Jul 2nd

“There are two sides and only two sides to every...”
— Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com

Jul 2nd

Modernizr

Jul 2nd

“This bill is not weak because its framers, Representatives...”
— Op-Ed Columnist - Just Do It -...

Jul 2nd

RT @chadfowlerThis could save our economy http://bit.ly/CYTLg #careersuccess

Jul 1st

Sick of hearing about Republican infighting. Where’s the MSNBC special on the spat between...

Jul 1st

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HowTo Install Radiant 0.8.0 in Heroku Screencast & Recipe !!! - Heroku | Google Groups

Jul 1st

Running RubyMine with jdk 1.6 (Apple Java for...

Jul 1st

“Shellac is a resin secreted by the female lac bug to form a...”
— Shellac - Wikipedia, the free...

Jul 1st

The Cafes » Why Pair Programming Works

Jul 1st