First I have to go back to the Gold Standard because of runaway inflation. Now I have to go back to the Gold Standard because the dangers of deflation. Seems to me if the volatility in the value of fiat currency is the problem, then these people should be putting money where their mouth is […]
(A draft of this article appeared on Wednesday because I hit the wrong button on WordPress. I apologize for the confusion it may have caused. What can I say except, “Freedom is messy.”) This morning Andrei sent me an article from David Heinemeier Hansson titled, “Mr. Moore gets to punt on sharding.” Since Andrei and […]
Sometimes I think that people write this stuff because they know I have a vanity feed: Found here. If someone can explain this thread, I’d appreciate it. IIRC, Mac Hall hasn’t been publishing for years. Happy 2009!
On the flight from my old home (San Diego) to my new one (San Francisco), the captain announced that the San Diego Chargers had beaten the Indianapolis Colts in overtime to set up a playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. John Cole reminds me that it’s been 14 years since their last infamous playoff matchup. […]
I read a while ago that the LIFE photography archive was on Google, but I didn’t really think about it until I stumbled across it while checking out the new version of CoolIris, which I’ve mentioned before. On a whim, I tried looking for the famous cover photo of the LIFE article on the Lindy […]
Original article posted to PHP Advent 2008. Happy Christmas! Take a simple PHP trick and follow it on a huge tangent to the philosophy of good web architecture. It’s an honor to be asked to share my ideas with the PHP community. When Chris and Sean asked me to write an entry for the Advent […]
I went to a prep school starting in middle school. It was the sort of place out of Dead Poets Society. East coast, jacket and tie required, all boys. The only way you could loosen your tie was if the teacher gave you permission to, and if you got caught with it that way between […]
Eric Shinseki, a former chief of staff of the Army, Japanese-American and first Asian American four-star general, Hawaiian and wounded Vietnam Veteran, has been appointed to head the Veterans’ Administration on National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Here is what he said to Congress just before the Iraq War: Sen. CARL LEVIN (D), Michigan: General Shinseki, […]
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.
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 thought, What’s the big deal? John already has a polaroid framer and the […]