alexch's almanac

but first some Batman: Arkham Asylum

Aug 31st

bleagh sick zzzz

Aug 31st

Burritos speeding through the tunnel fight a constant battle...

Aug 31st

Tribal headdresses dancing to drums in Dolores

Aug 31st

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Towards the end of the show, after scrawling on a variety of boards and pieces of paper, Beck...

Aug 29th

Although commonly known as the Tasmanian Tiger or Tasmanian...

Aug 29th

weather.com FAIL: http://alexch.tumblr.com/post/174197758

Aug 29th

melting

Aug 29th

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Sam Harris on Real Time with Bill Maher (via Candleblog and coximus) Two leading atheists talk...

Aug 29th

weather.com FAIL (It’s an oven out there.)

Aug 29th

diagrammr - Create and share diagrams by writing sentences!...

Aug 27th

“We have a parasite in our brain that is trying to get...”
— Cat Parasite Affects...

Aug 27th

“trying to reading dhh’s articles on himself, but his website...”
— @_why’s (why the lucky...

Aug 27th

RT @ultrasaurus class was so much fun. With Test-first teaching, we could really focus on important...

Aug 27th

The Longest Poem in the World

Aug 27th

Puppy update: 300% larger, 100% as cute (after 8 weeks)

Aug 26th

Superman supports health care and welfare! - ComicMix news...

Aug 26th

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‘I want to go up to strangers on the street and give them hugs.  Because this reflects the...

Aug 26th

KeyCastr: Easy Keystroke Visualizer...

Aug 25th

SSRN-Trust and Credit by Jefferson Duarte,...

Aug 25th

My 10 Favorite Things About the Ruby Language...

Aug 25th

PostgreSQL: An ultimate strategy for full...

Aug 24th

“A backlash in the progressive base — which pushed President...”
— Paul Krugman - Op-Ed Columnist...

Aug 24th

“Look, the reformers put the public plan in place as a cost...”
— digby, Hullabaloo

Aug 24th

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Hurl Overview on Vimeo (via Vimeo)

Aug 24th

Mexico Legalizes Drug Possession -...

Aug 24th

“That’s why there’s such fervent demands for a...”
— The Beltway consensus: the...

Aug 24th

“Krugman contends that while “the fight over the public...”
— Has Obama lost the trust of...

Aug 24th

Op-Ed Columnist - Obama’s Trust Problem -...

Aug 24th

“When people find out that I do this beyond just a hobby they...”
—  Chasing Dust: A Memoir of a...

Aug 23rd

The Spotless Mind (from How Much of Your...

Aug 23rd

How Much of Your Memory Is True? | Mind...

Aug 23rd

Walking my little hot dog to food fest

Aug 23rd

“The new species [Otocinclus batmani] is distinguished...

Aug 22nd

“Gregory: Tom Obama’s plan will bankrupt us won’t it? ...”
— The Bobblespeak Translations:...

Aug 21st

I just signed a petition to the House to keep the pledge on the public option. Click here to sign:...

Aug 21st

RT @obie obieHoly crap! Just heard Heroku hosts over 30k ruby apps and is one of Amazon’s...

Aug 21st

Screenr - Create screencasts and screen...

Aug 20th

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(D) Rep Barney Frank SLAMS Women Comparing Obama To Hitler At Town Hall (via News1News) via Slog

Aug 20th

“If a defendant were convicted, after a constitutionally...”
— Alan M. Dershowitz ...

Aug 20th

“What I think people were hoping for is that Obama would,...”
— FiveThirtyEight: Grand Unified...

Aug 18th

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Ricky Jay - The Cups and Balls (via PrestyGomez)

Aug 18th

FiveThirtyEight: Life After the Death of the...

Aug 18th

Pivotal Labs CSS Devcenter

Aug 18th

“I believe that political parties should do penance for their...”
— Bruce Bartlett, via The...

Aug 18th

“The President does seem like he’s moving away from the...”
— Anthony Weiner: No Public...

Aug 17th

“Good thing our leaders weren’t so cowardly in 1964, or...”
— Rick Perlstein, in the...

Aug 16th

Highlight of last night: @baconandbeer http://bacon-beer.com/

Aug 15th

Epeus' epigone: How Twitter works in theory

Aug 15th

RT @cheatapp Cheat is FREE for the weekend! If it hits #1 free reference it will stay FREE FOREVER!...

Aug 15th

Tamale Lady says she gets her husks from Mexico, that’s why she can’t franchise.

Aug 15th

i saw Zeitgeist, now having a beer in District 9. No wait, scratch that. Reverse it. (via @alexch)

Aug 15th

Tamale Lady!!!!!!!!!

Aug 15th

Who wants to see District 9 at 2:50 at AMC Van Ness?

Aug 15th

Corrib Moving: We’re Very Enthusiastic! Twitpic -...

Aug 14th

http://alexch.github.com/ now with random Alex pix! Reload for more me!

Aug 14th

Guide to the “Ages” of Comic Books - Bookmark...

Aug 13th

Archaeologists have discovered what they believe is...

Aug 13th

Beware of Blue Dogs… (via jar)

Aug 13th

Puppy vs. puppy vs. puppy in Dolores Park. Lots of bared fangs and falling down.

Aug 13th

Fraser Speirs – On the Flickr support in...

Aug 13th

“There’s a lot of stuff we don’t know about how the genome...”
— Charlie Stross, from Krugman...

Aug 13th

Four Concentric Circles (No, Really) via the whole Internet

Aug 12th

Four Concentric Circles (No, Really) via the whole Internet

Aug 12th

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Designing for Social Traction (slide deck) - Bokardo

Aug 11th

Yes, the torrential kisser was Abby. Dude was very surprised for about a minute, then laughed, then...

Aug 11th

Drunk guy passed out in park just got woken up by a torrent of puppy kisses

Aug 11th

To all who wished me happy birthday: thanks! Only difference is that now I get Facebook ads for...

Aug 11th

“My central argument is that if you believe that every...”
— Why you should make it easy...

Aug 11th

“Gregory: should I condemn Obama for breaking his promise not...”
— The Bobblespeak Translations:...

Aug 11th

List of Cognitive Distortions

Aug 10th

“you might as well take a full step, because a half step is...”
— speaker on KQED Forum,...

Aug 10th

On 1 December 2008, four teddy bears were lifted to 30,085m...

Aug 10th

هفت

Aug 10th

The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan

Aug 10th

“No democracy has fallen to communism, without an army; many...”
— Henry Fairlie via The Daily...

Aug 10th

Dear David Axelrod

I’m not at all motivated to personally “fight the smears” or whatever because...

Aug 10th

World RPS Society - How to beat anyone at...

Aug 9th

turning 40

Aug 9th

PostgreSQL Tips and Tricks | gtuhl: startup...

Aug 8th

“Although Whedon is dedicated to “Dollhouse,” he...”
— Studio Fought Hard To Bring...

Aug 8th

Former French President says Bush invaded...

Aug 8th

A small group of urban planners, economists, and community...

Aug 8th

Watchmen was a pretty good flick, made better by the presence of pizza, popcorn, 6 friends, and a...

Aug 8th

rewatching the watchmen. Realizing the movie’s main problem is the soundtrack. Dialogue does...

Aug 7th

featuring the Fierce Urgency of Maybe Someday This Modern...

Aug 7th

“Compared to Apple, Amazon is an anarchist collective....”
— Making Light: Do you own your...

Aug 7th

Ok!

Aug 6th

“Right now, Detroit is as close as any city in America to...”
— Guernica / Food Among the...

Aug 5th

“Not eating for 12-16 hours can help people quickly reset...”
— How to Naturally Reset Your...

Aug 4th

“The Mount Toba incident, although unprecedented in...”
— Get Smarter - The Atlantic...

Aug 3rd

Dog walking tip: people waiting on line at Bi-Rite Creamery = very high hugs and kisses density...

Aug 3rd

#psfr chat is silently disconnecting me — my posts go into a void and I hear no new posts

Aug 3rd

Thanks to @ladyfox14 for puppysitting yesterday while I spent the day with Ruby-larnin’...

Aug 3rd

What happens when your puppy finds your glasses before you do: http://twitpic.com/cjvz8

Aug 3rd

“Jumpers tend to idealize what will happen after they step...”
— Letter from California:...

Aug 2nd

“I instantly realized that everything in my life that I’d...”
— Ken Baldwin, a rare GGB...

Aug 2nd

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Homeopathy & Nutritionists vs Real Science! (via hadr0n)

Aug 2nd

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Anthony Weiner Rips the “Republic Party” (via cspanjunkie07)

Aug 2nd

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Weiner Challenges the Republicans to Put-Up or Shut-Up on Healthcare (via AskAnthonyWeiner)

Aug 2nd

“Nänni confirmed my theory: “You are absolutely right. A...”
— Realizations of Rounded...

Aug 2nd

teaching Ruby to a whole bunch of amazing women

Aug 2nd