January 14, 2009
“Of course, the biggest disappointment was Gore’s failure to handle Hurricane Katrina properly. Not only did the massive evacuation of New Orleans prove a costly and time-consuming overreaction, since the levees - fortified in 2003 - held up fine.”
A little bit of revisionist history from TA Frank at The Guardian in London, by way of Paul Buchheit at FriendFeed.
January 11, 2009
“Yes, it’s a frustrating job, where little details threaten to derail the entire project at every moment. Yes, you are surrounded by silly ass-hat clowns who don’t understand a thing about what you are trying to achieve.”
Give and Take in the Software Industry from secretgeek.net by way of Jeff Atwood
January 7, 2009
Other director's adaptations of board games

by way of Merlin Mann’s Most Days

December 3, 2008

Python syntax checking

python -m py_compile <file to test>
Yes I know I’m supposed to do unit tests. But for “quick” scripts, sometimes you just want to know that your spacing is right and you didn’t leave the colon off the end of an if statement.

November 22, 2008
Flickr: The The End Pool

Classic end title cards from old films and cartoons, by way of Laughing Squid.

November 5, 2008
“This shift in consciousness, including same-sex marriage, is a move towards the good. I affirm this from a spiritual, religious point of view. As a Christian, I view the trajectory of history as moving us towards global reconciliation and global justice.”
The Rt. Rev. Marc Andrus, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of California by way of Google News
The race would be a lot closer in my head &#8212; I love fries. By way of John Scalzi.

The race would be a lot closer in my head — I love fries. By way of John Scalzi.

October 27, 2008
George Ward Photography

An impressive landscape photographer.

October 25, 2008
Flickr Group: The Entrance to Hell
October 13, 2008
Using Biology, Not Religion, to Argue Against Same-Sex Marriage - NYTimes.com

So marriage is only to ensure the continuation of the human species?  What should we do to the many married couples that choose not to reproduce?  I guess all the arguments around this are slippery slope ones.