October 2008
43 posts
“If there’s a problem with FOX News polls, it’s not that...”
– FiveThirtyEight.com: Electoral Projections Done Right: Today’s Polls, 10/30
Why attribute to malice anything that can be just as easily attributed to plain incompetence?
Four days to go, and I’m trying to avoid talking about the election at all. After Gore, then Kerry, I don’t...
“I do not wish to treat friendships daintily, but with roughest courage. When...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Self Reliance”
Thank you, Matt.
Twitter Updates Are Dead; Long Live Twitter...
*sigh*
So yeah, I got tired of Tumblr importing all my Tweets in the wrong order. So, I’ve stopped updating my site with my Tweets. Instead, I plopped the little Twitter doober on the right side of the page.
If you want to use Twitter directly, you can always just click this link here and follow me. Or, if you want to find me on the Facebooks, Twitter updates that, too.
This whole...
The Technology Chronicles : Apple donates... →
Apple just has a short statement on their Hot News page, which you can’t permalink to. So, here’s an article (thanks, Gruber) on sfgate talking about Apple’s donation to fight California’s Prop 8.
Just one more reason I like Apple.
Dave Matthews: “Father up above, why in all this anger do you fill me up with love?” Let me know when you find out, Dave. I’d like to know.
Salon.com Books | Stephen King's God trip →
Interview with Stephen King, nominally about “The Stand” (one of the Best. Books. Ever.) but about politics and God and all sorts of things.
Beautiful Examples of Moleskine Art | Inspiration... →
Wow.
I wish I had some moderate artistic talent.
Sadly, all I can do is go “Ooooooh. Pretty.”
“To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight...”
– Shouts & Murmurs: Undecided: Humor: The New Yorker
I think David Sedaris is hilarious anyway; this time, though, he’s amazingly accurate.
NPR: “The Phillies are the worst team in baseball.” Bitter Mets fan? Hell yeah.
I hate listening to NPR fund drives for stations I’ll never join.
Why is it that the hotels with crap rooms have good, free breakfasts, and the hotels with nice rooms charge you $20 for a crappy buffet?
Throwing paper airplanes with the girls. A few pennies worth of paper and some imagination = an hour of fun.
Girls sleeping, listening to them breathe. Most comforting thing. Emma: “I’m glad we get to sleep with you tonight, Daddy.” Me, too.
Watching “Nim’s Island”, after a rousing presentation of “The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything.” Popcorn, chips, orange drink. Good evening.
Holy shit. Shared checkouts and Auto Merge are actually working. Paint me shocked and awed.
To coin a phrase Matt loves, I’m now trying to un-fuck the database for the application that needs to go live tonight.
Trying first real auto-merge in TFS. Actually holding my breath, but given speed of server, maybe not such a good idea.
Holy shit. I just “discovered” Mint. Um, wow.
Talking Points Memo | My God is Bigger Than Your... →
And wow. The nutjobs are coming out now, in full force.
“Wouldn’t it be great to have a president who tells us the truth again?...”
–
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
(October 13, 2008) - The Fiscal Conservative
Well said, and good speech.
What an absolutely gorgeous evening in Williamsburg.
Wal-Mart punts industrial strength feminine... →
Ha-ha!
Content management systems are fun, especially when they break.
It’s 1:30, and the house is empty save me. Is this what the bachelor’s life is like? I’m too old for this.
And, I still just want to go home. I’m tired, and I miss her.
That was fun. Still think I like Alpengeist more. Only one way to find out!
In line for Griffon. Looks like an awesome ride.
Standing in line to get into Busch Gardens. Busy night tonight, but looking forward to riding Griffon!
I got towels, but made sure they matched the towels at home, just in case I get to go back. How sad is that?
Going to sleep. Good night, Twitterverse.
Sir Paul McCartney's Electric Arguments
... →
Well, damn.
First, scroll to the middle of the article and download the track from the album.
That’s Paul McCartney.
13 tracks in 13 days, all improvised.
If the rest of the album is anything like this, Sir Paul has a really good chance of displacing “Flowers in the Dirt” as my favorite Paul McCartney album.
“Bonds’ defense team appears to be using the same tact employed by the...”
– Bonds’ attorneys question definition of steroids in motion
When your crack defense team decides to use a tact that got the person in the first steroid case involving BALCO convicted, methinks you need to start looking for a new defense team.
Apple Without Jobs: At Least One Analyst Gets It |... →
The idea of Apple without Dear Leader? Of course Apple could find people to take over his responsibilities. And I think that the original article and this blog post both state that same basic assertion.
My concern is that Steve brought something to Apple that Scully and Amelio and teams of other great managers couldn’t - a fanatical devotion to perfection.
I think Apple’s problem...
Talk radio hosts accuse Magic Johnson of faking... →
Um, what? There are some things that just don’t make sense, and the idea that Magic faked AIDS - for what end? - is just one of those things that, even as a once-over idea, doesn’t make any damn sense.
At the post office, getting a post office box, again.
Next Chapter
Last night, I moved out.
There are so many things I want to say, about our relationship, about how I feel, but I want to keep this about me.
I’m falling apart.
Matt and I have talked, mostly I’ve cried, to be honest. We’ve been talking about how I define myself in the eyes of other people, especially the eyes of the person I’m in a relationship with. When they see...
Official Gmail Blog: New in Labs: Stop sending... →
Brilliant, and thanks to Matt for pointing this out to me.
“Her face so bright, my heart just stopped
Hello my dear, I fear I’m not...”
– The Airborne Toxic Event: Missy
“The Cubs were outscored 20-6. They might as well have been waving rhythmic...”
– ESPN - Cubs’ latest failure is worse than ever - Columnist
Ouch. Sorry, Matt.
