04 Feb 2007

tomayko.com   21:09

18 Aug 2009

How to Save A Life

Aaron Swartz with a classic mindfuck. Reader beware: this same basic set of stories was told to me by a friend a few years ago and bothers me to this day.

aaronsw.com   16:47

13 Sep 2008

App disqualified from App Store because it 'duplicates iTunes functionality'

“An iPhone developer who created an app that manages and plays podcasts says the app was disqualified from the App Store because ‘it duplicates the functionality of the Podcast section of iTunes.’ That’s right, iTunes for the desktop.”

And the overwhelming majority of comments are actually in support of Apple’s decision, change the subject, or attack the author. Amazing.

tuaw.com   02:21

23 Jun 2008

Dead media strike again

Rafe on Bruce Sterling’s Dead Media Project: “… a catalog of media formats that are no longer in use. In many cases, media stored in these dead formats can no longer be read because readers are no longer available for them.”

rc3.org   08:56

04 May 2008

Kent State Massacre

This was the first year in a long time that I didn’t make it over to Kent to see the memorial and pay my respects. Growing up a few miles from where all this went down is still one of the most sobering experiences of my life.

youtube.com   22:52

17 Mar 2008

Scientists fight to save the last Java gibbons

I thought this was a computer programming related article … buh-zing!

cnn.com   15:04

05 Feb 2008

The Pound and The Dollar

Squeal! Squeal like a pig, boy.

strategyunit.blogsome.com   19:50

08 Jan 2008

The End of an Era - 6.001 is dead

Gerry Sussman is teaching this year’s 6.001 SICP class – the last time the class will be offered at MIT. It sounds like Scheme is being phased out of MIT’s CS program completely. What a sad day.

mitadmissions.org   22:43

31 Dec 2007

depressing

“maybe try coding something in c”

bash.org   01:23

01 Dec 2007

Am I a bad person because I basically hate everyone?

“Watching the unfolding train wreck that is the 2008 preznidential campaign, I’ve come to the depressing conclusion that every major candidate makes me want to throw up [in my mouth and then swallow it] at least a little bit.”

sadlyno.com   04:49

11 Sep 2007

LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE! [youtube.com]

I just had this exact conversation with my wife. No one understands…

youtube.com   19:45

My baby's so sweet :-)

My sister and her daughter—whom I’ve seen very little of in the past three years due to her husband’s multiple Iraq deployments—singing a beautiful song. An interesting contrast to the deeply upsetting Patraeus report videos I’ve been watching all day.

ntjtkgj.blogspot.com   11:59

08 Sep 2007

Go away Ruby [bill.burkecentral.com]

Bill Burke is an idiot. Wow. And then, after being an idiot, he actually calls someone “gay” in the comments when they dare suggest that Ruby is a strongly typed language. Huh? I thought Red Hat had better taste.

bill.burkecentral.com   19:06

17 Apr 2007

John R. Tomayko

My only hero.

legacy.com   10:25

01 Feb 2007

I don't know how I will tell my wife

“I know that there are those out there who would have me go AWOL or refuse to deploy. I cannot do that. I have a family to feed, and soldiers to take care of. I can do neither from prison.”

dailykos.com   06:20

21 Oct 2006

After Pat's Birthday

Editor’s note: Kevin Tillman joined the Army with his brother Pat in 2002, and they served together in Iraq and Afghanistan. Pat was killed in Afghanistan on April 22, 2004. Kevin, who was discharged in 2005, has written a powerful, must-read document.

veteransforamerica.org   04:57

14 Jun 2005

Public Broadcasting Targeted By House

This is just horrible. How about you assholes hold back on a tank or two and leave Big Bird alone!

washingtonpost.com   12:15

18 Jan 2005

MSFT refuses to give 15 XP licenses for tsunami relief related work

I almost puked when I read this. I hope there’s just been a mix up or something.

lug.lk   18:42