January 2012
108 posts
“When gasoline prices are high, you may hear more discussion about introducing...”
– How many gallons of gasoline would it take to charge an iPhone? | ExxonMobil’s Perspectives Blog
December 2011
124 posts
Stop whining and start hiring remote workers -... →
Paying for Parking — Marginal Revolution →
This is really fascinating, especially the part about using networked parking meters to create a “market” for parking fees, and splitting the proceeds with the residents of neighborhoods where side-street parking is popular.
Something like that could work well in Portland, OR, although I’d miss the free side-street parking.
Godaddy domains: I RELEASE YOU!
Namecheap, please don’t become the bad guy.
I cleaned and organized my office last night. Things always seem a bit more do-able in a clean office.
Trying to write an outline for a white paper, but feeling like a year-old tube of caulk. Squeeeeeeze!
“You were given life; it is your duty to find something beautiful within life, no...”
– Elizabeth Gilbert (via laceofpearls)
I’m transferring domains away from Godaddy. Sayonara chumps!
I wish it was always this easy to dump businesses that don’t have my best interest at heart.
livin' the dream: A Step-by-Step Guide to Transfer... →
jeffepstein:
Follow these step-by-step directions to transfer all of your domains from GoDaddy to NameCheap.
I’m Boycotting GoDaddy because they are pro-SOPA.
[edit: apparently GoDaddy changed their stance according to TechCrunch]
Step 1: Login to GoDaddy and get to the domain manager.
Step 2:…
“Where I think these guys would be very energized, they get almost...”
– The CIO’s lament: 20-something techies who quit after 1 year
“Under an agreement with labour representatives, staff at Europe’s biggest...”
– VW agrees to kick the Crackberry habit | Reuters
Choose the sword, and you join me.
Choose the ball, and you join your mother in death.
“The entire ethos of modern Wall Street, on the other hand, is complete...”
– Politics: A Christmas Message From America’s Rich — m.rollingstone.com — Readability
“The top seven highest-grossing movies of 2011 were all sequels, many of which...”
– SHIT!!! This is like giving a lifetime supply of heroine to a heroine addict. People, stop rewarding Hollywood for making crappy films. Just stop!
Best Films Of 2011: 11 Great Films You May Have Missed
Brainy Bibs et al. →
Awesome! I like the Homunculus one…
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Advertising on Facebook →
This appeared at the top of my Facebook page today. Kudos to Facebook for trying to help Facebook users understand that they are the product and advertisers are the customer, but do note that Facebook glosses over some details about how they run their business.
Trials and Errors: Why Science Is Failing Us |... →
People, causality is fucking complex. Not at the level of Newtonian physics, but when dealing with complex systems like human beings, planets, and cultures, causality is complex!
With some questions, there are tools to help arrive at answers, but with the more complex questions I believe the available tools are still inadequate.
“while it may be a good idea to reduce the corporate tax rate as part of a tax...”
– What is the real rate of corporate taxation in the United States? — Marginal Revolution
“Behind Door #1 are people of extraordinary ability: scientists, artists,...”
– The No Brainer Policy of the Year — Marginal Revolution
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“Question the arbitrary.”
– Philip Morgan
The Spielberg Face on Devour.com →
Just great! Steven Spielberg has earned my ire by just ruining some potentially good sci-fi shows this year (Terra Nova and Falling Skies), but this is an interesting exploration of his signature move.
Military given go-ahead to detain US terrorist... →
I always thought that Brave New World was the more accurate dystopia, but I’ve revised that. The domination approaches of Brave New World were the first to manifest, and they had to manifest first so that the more awful ones described in 1984 could be implemented with less resistance.
“Home is not where you live but where they understand you.”
– Christian Morgenstern - Wikiquote
Study confirms many of us go online for no reason →
snopes.com: Mayor's sashes →
I always wondered whether Mayors really wear Mayor Quimbly-style sashes. Probably not…
Seal pup wanders into New Zealand house, snuggles... →
“The object that is given carries the identity of the giver, and hence the...”
– Marcel Mauss
As I’m writing some text for a large corporation on the subject of gifts/bribery, I’m reminded that gift giving has both a light, fun, loving side, and a more potentially sinister side that can be used to influence the recipient and comprimise their objectivity.
