January 2011
The first #scrabble game I ever won: http://yfrog.com/h3g1wdj
December 2010
“But I expected that even as he inevitably compromised, Obama, with his famously...”
– Kevin Drum, Losing Well | Mother Jones
Just completed Week 5 - Day 2 of #C25K with @c25kapp #c25kapp
Without a pair, even TDD can lead to major design bloat. (Back to the drawing board, again.)
“Arnold Schwarzenegger became the worst governor in California history through...”
– Worst Governor Ever
RT @flickrexport: FlickrExport 4.0.1 for iPhoto and Aperture is now available: http://gsfn.us/t/1yuzh
Just completed Week 5 - Day 1 of #C25K with @c25kapp #c25kapp
“Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates, one of the chief architects of...”
– Portugal’s drug policy pays off; US eyes lessons - Health AP - MiamiHerald.com
“According to the data, whenever a city doubles in size, every measure of...”
– A Physicist Turns the City Into an Equation - NYTimes.com
“Look, we all know that every city is unique. That’s all we talk about when we...”
– A Physicist Turns the City Into an Equation - NYTimes.com
Health Overhaul's Biggest Failing Could Be Lack Of... →
[Seriously. I’ve been saying this from the beginning. This is as good an example as any of how Democrats suck at messaging.]
Thanks for the Tax Cut! - (NYTimes.com - not The... →
Thanks for the Tax Cut!
By LARRY DAVID
Published: December 20, 2010
THERE is a God! It passed! The Bush tax cuts have been extended two years for the upper bracketeers, of which I am a proud member, thank you very much. I’m the last person in the world I’d want to be beside, but I am beside myself! This is a life changer, I tell you. A life changer!
To begin with, I was planning a trip to Cabo...
Rockin’ out to some streamin’ funk while waiting for http://poliscifiradio.com to start! #psfr
Just completed Week 3 - Day 3 of #C25K with @c25kapp #c25kapp
“The problem, however, is not Obama’s advisers. It is the man who appointed...”
– Robert Kuttner: What Now for the Democrats?
“Mr. Obama, having just cut a painful deal with Republicans intended to stimulate...”
– E.P.A. Delays Tougher Rules on Emissions - NYTimes.com
Obama caves again. As I see it, this is another case of the tail wagging the dog: Obama is simply unwilling (scared?) to make the political case for sane regulation, so he folds before the flop.
The “backlash” was not unmanageable;...
RT @wikileaks: Sarah Palin says Julian should be hunted down like Osama bin Laden—so he should be safe for at least a decade.
“Such was the frustration among the wonks [in the Obama administration] that,...”
– Barack Obama, Tax Cuts, 2012, And David Axelrod: Inside A Divided White House | The New Republic
Just posted my talk and slides for “Off The Rails” to https://github.com/alexch/Off-The-Rails #ruby #rails #sfruby
RT @dhh: Jan ‘10, US expresses support for tools to circumvent politically motivated censorship: http://bit.ly/gnUK5F — oh, only OTHER …
Just completed Week 3 - Day 1 of #C25K with @c25kapp #c25kapp
A rainy Week 2 - Day 3 of #C25K with @c25kapp #c25kapp
RT @mikemccaffrey: Check out Stupid People Saying Stupid Things, a tumblr based on the popular Poli-Sci-Fi Radio segment: http://is.gd/i …
Just completed Week 2 - Day 2 of #C25K with @c25kapp #c25kapp