Alt + Ctrl + 0 I’ve been hesitant about calling people for Obama. Currently my dislike of calling people is out weighing my want of Obama to be president. How sad is that? Any way here is a good 101 video of how to phonebank for Obama. I still need more encouragement but it’s a start.
Archive for September, 2008
Great roundup of HTML 5 features that are just around the corner. Many work in IE7 (or 8 can’t tell) as well.
confused about the bailout? Didn’t read the 110 page document released this Sunday? Here’s a great break down of what we are getting our selves into. It seems better then the original 1 page document that simply had the phrase “money please” on it.
This is my guess for the 2008 presidential election. Many will say it’s overly optimistic but to say I have high hopes would be understating it. You can make your own map here.
For reference here is what the state by state markets say on intrade:
More academics need to have a sense of humor like this.
Holy Shit! TCNJ‘s SFB just aproved CUB‘s $125,000 bid for Rihanna. I know they uped the Student Activies Fund but that’s a lot of money. For reference four years ago when I put on my concert for TCNJ it was around $40,000 which was big money in the day but too little to get an artist anyone wanted to see (I had Kevin Little (who? exactly.)).
Even back then there were talks about getting rid of the concert completly since we did not have the money to fund a real one. Clearly there is a new effort to get the job done and it looks like it will suceed.
I’m not a big fan of NPR and This American Life. I find them over produced and oftain about fluff that I don’t care about. Recently they had an episode about the morgage crisis call The Giant Pool of Money that actually worked for thier over produced ways. If you want to know about this mess of money it’s a great hour long show to listen to.
What it costs to sack a worker after 20 years. Spoiler: nothing. Unless you are in some other wealthy country like Zimbabwe.
Somehow I missed that you can now submit your own stories to buzzfeed. Squee!
More and more I find it fascinating how world views can keep your from talking about something in a way that makes sense. It can be so hard to see through your own biases.
Republicans have no good language for discussing recent events. They’re not allowed to say anything that sounds like “showing sympathy for Wall Street,” so they have to find someone else to show sympathy for but they can’t turn to traditional Democratic rhetoric about how an unregulated capitalist economy is failing us.
Kind of in love with the idea behind BandCamp. Going to go all the bands I like to join. Myspace has been my default way to find new music and probably also the reason I don’t find as much as I would like to.
Bandcamp Screencast from Ethan Diamond on Vimeo.
From Cringely on the difference betten leadership and management:
Most start-ups are fractal in their nature, especially those that have exciting visions and get everyone on the same page with collective purpose, goals, and objectives. Most investors, however, are bought into the conventional org chart; when the company devolves into top-down, the turnover begins.