Monthly Archives: November 2008

Heavenly bound, earthly good

Posted on 17 November 2008 by tychay

Quote from the comments on an article on pro-Gay backlash on Proposition 8:
“Some people are so heavenly bound, they’re no earthly good.”
Quotes on Sanctimony.

Posted in quotes, religion and politics | 1 Comment

Poladroid

Posted on 14 November 2008 by tychay

On Josh Spear’s suggestion, I decided to try out Poladroid. In a nutshell, it turns your digital images into crappy Polaroids.

A photo I took last night of Hubert of übergizmo and Brian of Gizmodo at the uber10 party

At first I … Continue reading →

Posted in Macintosh, photography, photos | 2 Comments

Love is a fallacy

Posted on 7 November 2008 by tychay

One of my favorite short stories.

Posted in humor | 2 Comments

Terry the bully

Posted on 7 November 2008 by tychay

Am I an intellectual bully?

The two faces of PHP
District Bar, South of Market, San Francisco, California
Nikon D3, Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G
f/2.8 at 1/50 sec, iso 12800, 45mm (45mm)

Certainly some of the comments expand on that by attributing all manner of atrocities … Continue reading →

Posted in about me, PHP, web development | 3 Comments

My friend and colleague, Paul M. Jones, calls me out as a bully. Apparently from the way interviewees complain to their headhunter about me, I am.
Like W after 2004, and fully intend to use this new capital accumulated by my … Continue reading →

Posted in PHP, web development | 9 Comments

Challenges and Choices (Making Frameworks Suck Less Part 2)

Posted on 6 November 2008 by tychay

As promised, as the election is over, I will get back to blogging non-political things.
And hey, I haven’t posted a continuation of my web frameworks presentation yet!
Good thing too because, if you don’t know, I’m giving a talk on that … Continue reading →

Posted in PHP, PHP BLX, presentation, web development | 8 Comments

Elane Photography

Posted on 5 November 2008 by tychay

A friend of mine, a colleague and excellent photographer who happens to be a defense-of-marriage person posted a status update that erupted into a firestorm of comments on Facebook. His claim was that people like me are “intolerant” of his … Continue reading →

Posted in business and economics, photography, religion and politics | 10 Comments

Voting in America

Posted on 4 November 2008 by tychay

California is the swingiest of swing states. In recent memory, two Republican presidents were governors here. Now it is bluer than the balls of all those fratboys voting for Sarah Palin. Even though the Presidential election in this state is … Continue reading →