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The other day I caught Max typing furiously on my iPhone. I said, “Max, you know you aren’t supposed to touch daddy’s phone.” He looked up, gave me a determined stare, and said, “Hold on! I’m writing you a message!” He wasn’t kidding. This is the text message that was in the buffer:
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Missiles for Jesus
This just found in the “Is she still talking?” file: Palin had some harsh, folksy words for Obama about national defense:
Reducing Alaska’s defense readiness in these perilous times is a show of weakness, it is not a sign of strength. Washington thinks it’s best now to actually cut defense spending in Alaska by hundreds of [...]
Classic programming quotes
We should forget about small efficiencies, say, about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil.
– C. A. R. Hoare
It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter’s Law.
– Hofstadter’s Law
Some people, when confronted with a problem, think “I know, I’ll use regular expressions.” Now they [...]
Hydrogen car bites the dust
I have made no secret of my disdain for hydrogen-powered cars (see here and here). In short, hydrogen fuel cells are a great technology for stationary applications like powering and heating buildings, but they make absolutely no sense in automobiles.
Steven Chu, the new U.S. Secretary of Energy, agrees. His department is cutting all funding for [...]
A small mystery
Today I found a suspicious photo on my camera, one that I definitely did not take myself:
With hours of CSI rerun training under my belt, I felt more than adequately prepared to hunt down the identity of this camera-molesting hooligan.
The pint-size finger print I lifted from the camera lens at the crime scene quickly [...]
Screwed by Ticketmaster
Not long ago I tried to score Leonard Cohen tickets at the Beacon Theater, which recently reopened after an extensive restoration. With the Beacon’s box office still closed due to construction, the only way to purchase tickets was through that filthy whore Ticketmaster. I know bitching about Ticketmaster is as original as taking a stand [...]
Be destitute and multiply
There is controversy brewing in the Philippines surrounding whether the government should provide contraception to the country’s 90 million people, a third of whom live in poverty. The notion that family planing can reduce the high incidence of illegal abortions and raise the overall standard of living carries little significance with the powerful and oppressive [...]
Why I hate FOX News
FOX “News” is running what passes for a story over there that exaggerates an minor interaction between Obama and a jackass reporter to make it seem like Obama lost his cool. The title, “Obama Becomes Irritated, ‘Stares Down’ Reporter During Press Corps Visit,” sets the tone:
According to reports, when Politico’s Jonathan Martin asked the president [...]
Seriously?
Eric Cantor, Republican Whip and member of the House Ways and Means Committee, has written an editorial on CNN in which he stresses the risks of Obama’s stimulus plan and the dangers of a rising deficit. The punchline: he calls for transparency and accountability in government spending.
[We Republicans] want to keep the stimulus bill — [...]