The Real Immigration Problem
I don’t talk about the whole “illegal immigration” thing here much, mostly because I think it’s a tad bit silly. But now I’ve got my own immigration story. 800 miles ($100 in fuel and two days of driving) to Memphis and back $400 (paid before the price was increased) fee to fill out a lot [...]
WordPress 2.5 Release Candidate
I am very crunched for time today, but tonight I’ll be installing the WordPress 2.5 release candidate on one of my development blogs and give a full report here–probably posted sometime very early Wednesday morning. From the looks of it, the “Write” section of the dashboard is going to be much improved, which is an [...]
I Can Take a Hint
Either I’m off the radar or my blog design is average at best, which isn’t good enough. Either way, I’d rather make this list than not. I’ve got work to do on both fronts. I’m a little behind on some other stuff right now, but hope to improve on both fronts by the end of [...]
Time For SNL To Get Beat Down By the Hansons
A couple of weeks ago I watched Saturday Night Live for the first time in a long time. It was the first show after the writers’ strike ended, and Tina Fey was hosting. It was one of the best episodes I’ve ever seen. I didn’t get to see last week’s episode, but I started watching [...]
Speech to Text Software
We’ve been contemplating buying the Dragon NaturallySpeaking software so that The Missus can “write” content for our new project while holding a baby. Â It would also be a lot easier for her to dictate everything–she’s an excellent speaker–as fast as she want to go. Â I can go back in later and edit if needed, but [...]
Homeschooling Ruled Illegal in California–Seriously
Last month I posted about a proposal in Nebraska that would mandate testing to homeschooling families. Today, thanks to Reason, I read an article in the LA Times stating that homeschooling has been ruled illegal by a California appellate court. “Parents do not have a constitutional right to home school their children,” wrote Justice H. [...]
Dream Ticket? Whose Dream Is This?
When MLK said that he had a dream that little black boys and little white girls would one day hold hands run on a presidential ticket together, is this what he had in mind? If so, we should stop referring to him as a civil rights leader and change his title to Republican strategist. Hillary [...]
Sort The Viewers, Not The Movies
My buddy IB sent this article to me…very interesting. Netflix is running a contest for data crunchers and offering $1M to anyone (or any team) that can beat their current recommendation system by 10%. One of the leaders is a psychologist working by himself who is looking less at raw data and more at human [...]
Me a Social Entrepreneur? Well, Kinda Sorta
This weekend we took advantage of my newly found unemployment opportunity for real advancement by traveling over to the midstate to visit some friends and my parents. I seldom read the Tennessean (much improved site), but I saw this article at my folks’ house this morning, and it almost describes something The Missus and I [...]
Miami Drivers Unite!
Quick! Take the opportunity this power outage has provided you to prove to the world once and for all that you are the biggest collection of jackasses alive. We were just watching Fox News here at work and they’re showing a busy intersection (79th and 10th I think) where the stoplights are out. People are [...]
