July 2010
4 posts
“Americans in 1776 did have British accents in that American accents and British...”
– Nick Patrick - Did Americans in 1776 have British accents?
“How did this captain know – from fifty feet away – what the father couldn’t...”
– Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Hack →
Political reporting is founded on very dysfunctional relationships. You need them and they need you, but on some level they hate and distrust you (and on some level you, too, hate and distrust them)…
Mini-Microsoft: The KIN-fusing KIN-clusion to KIN,... →
It’s unimaginable how thoroughly Microsoft squandered the Danger acquisition. This could be a case study in how not to run a business. Needless to say, I have my doubts about Microsoft’s ability to regroup and launch Windows Phone 7.
June 2010
4 posts
Washington's I.T. Guy →
One man’s quest to liberate all government information — with or without the government’s help.
(I’d love to work with this man.)
“Energy companies have developed breathtaking technology to drill deeper into the...”
– Boom
This is an amazing first look at how it all went down. Devastating and heartbreaking. This can never be allowed to happen again.
“Remember, don’t drink and drive. Don’t drink. You are fine just the...”
– Dr. Frazee is retiring after 16 years as principal at Midland High School. A lot has changed at MHS since I graduated in 2003 — most notably, the building’s exterior — but one very important tradition has remained: Friday announcements.
Every week, Dr. Frazee closed his Friday...
May 2010
3 posts
Great moments in journalism →
Classy.
“Originally, however, speech recognition was going to lead to artificial...”
– Rest in Peas: The Unrecognized Death of Speech Recognition - robertfortner’s posterous
“There is a wonderful rigor in free-market economics when you have to prove the...”
– Tim O’Reilly: The Oracle of Silicon Valley
April 2010
2 posts
What a stolen iPhone has to do with journalism
I thought I was over the whole Gizmodo/iPhone debacle, but it turns out the potential for a felony — not to mention the inevitable trial — could be about much more than leaked next-generation iPhone photos. At the risk of sounding over dramatic, Gizmodo’s attempted defense, hinging entirely on shield laws designed to protect journalists, calls into question the definition of a...
I still have a web site
One of these days I will update my blog on a regular basis.
January 2010
1 post
December 2009
3 posts
November 2009
3 posts
September 2009
1 post
“You see, our predecessors understood that government could not, and should not,...”
– President Barack Obama, addressing a special joint session of Congress last night.
I think this quote should be included in every government textbook. It’s practical, realistic, and reaffirms my belief that I voted for the right candidate in November.
That being said, I enjoyed seeing John...
November 2007
2 posts
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