January 2012
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Why Not Delaware?
Every four years, the political ritual starts up again. Presidential hopefuls start thronging into Iowa during the summer, giving stump speeches from corn fields and county fairs. They keep campaigning there through the fall, weighing in on ethanol subsidies and coastal elites. Finally, in January the state holds a usually orderly caucus, where a clear front-runner is announced and the entire...
December 2011
4 posts
daniel sinker: I'm starting to think Lego is evil →
sinker:
Well, maybe not evil, but “highly problematic.”
First, let’s remove what we all *think* Lego is (i.e. our own nostalgic memories, our aspirational beliefs, or $250 robot sets), and instead concentrate on what Lego today is, for the most part: It’s movie-tie-in model sets marketed pretty much…
November 2011
9 posts
DashBuddy: A call to the Tumblr team →
david:
This is an open comment to Tumblr dev/community staff - and I’m posting this on my Tumblr blog too.
I understand that you guys are hugely busy, and that in the grand scheme of things API support for community programmers is hardly a priority. We’re all devs here, I don’t think anyone expects constant interaction.
You’re absolutely right — we’ve been letting down our developer...
“Don’t nitpick, don’t try to Jew them down.”
– Texas state Sen. Larry Taylor, a Republican, in a hearing discussing the efficient delivery of payments to windstorm victims. “That’s probably a bad term,” he said, and moved on.
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“Here, in the pointless arrest of Ms. Zucker, is a crime that is not even on the...”
– Dismal Tale of Arrest for Tiniest of Crimes
October 2011
17 posts
“With all the opulence and splendor of this city, there is very little good...”
– John Adams about NYC in 1774, Were New Yorkers Always Seen as Fast-Talking and Rude?
WatchWhere Occupy Wall Street Headlines Come From - Jest Video
“If anybody on Facebook sends me a message with a little smiley-frowny face or a...”
– Emoticons Move to the Business World
“Now you can read an article or enjoy multimedia on your favorite websites...”
– New Decoy Website Launched To Lure Away All Moronic Internet Commenters
Which States Ban Atheists from Holding Public... →
Unclear to me if this is Constitutional or not, since it involves state offices and not federal ones; also unclear if this has ever been tested in a court of law. Still…
underpaidgenius:
North Carolina, Article 6, Section 8:
The following persons shall be disqualified for office:
First, any person who shall deny the being of Almighty God.
Arkansas, Article 19, Section 1:
Atheists...
“Washington, D.C., has always been two cities. Washington spills out of downtown...”
– A City Divided
Rubyists Already Use Monadic Patterns →
therealadam:
An idiomatic demonstration of the Maybe monad, in Ruby. Swoon!
“Creative people are basically this 50-50 blend of ego and insecurity. From an...”
– Lee Clow (via macdiva)
September 2011
16 posts
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“Hello there, little doggy. I and my fellow Space Nazis would love to know where...”
– How I imagine my dog’s loyalty evaporates when peanut butter is involved.
“The dispute has focused on Section 215 of the Patriot Act. It allows a secret...”
– Justice Dept. Is Accused of Misleading Public on Patriot Act
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A Random Tumblr API Suggestion
This is an idea for the Tumblr API that occurred to me last night. Despite it likely being a solution to a problem only I am interested in, I figure people might be interested enough in the proposal to share it. I would love to use Tumblr as a general-purpose liveblogging backend.
If you look at something like our recent liveblogging of the CNN/Tea Party debate, the resemblence to Tumblr is no...
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August 2011
6 posts
