Via Scalzi, Patrick Nielsen Hayden explains why he voted for Obama in the primary, capturing my critical thought perfectly:
I’m for Obama knowing perfectly well that, as Bill Clinton suggested, it’s a “roll of the dice”. A roll of the dice for Democrats, for progressives, for those of us who’ve fought so hard against the [...]
Category Archives: personal
Yes, we can.
05-Feb-08Hope - Obama (Shepard Fairey poster) by Steve Rhodes. License:
Today is a unique day in my lifetime; a primary day where almost 1/2 of states are voting, but where the outcome is still very much in doubt. If you’re in one of those states, whether or not you agree with me about Obama, find [...]
Hipster PDA and GTD notes, tighter crop by Teo. License:
So, this was an all-too-common pattern in my life, prior to about 18 months ago:
get busy
lose some or all track of what is on my plate
feel guilty about not understanding what was on my plate; and never say no to more projects, in part because [...]
worst kind of draining…
25-Jan-08… food poisoning, or something a lot like it. And today was supposed to be a fun-ish friday… blah.
only in new york
12-Dec-07NYPD @ Times Square, by Web Phenomenon Joi Ito, used under CC-BY
Had a drink with a friend after my patents exam today. There was a van with a loudspeaker outside.
The goal of the van and loudspeaker were to remind everyone that a murder had taken place there the weekend before, and that if they had [...]
if the mountain will not come…
06-Dec-07[Today was the last day of classes- so after this I crawl into my exam hole for two weeks.]
The more mobile startups get, the harder it would be to start new silicon valleys. If startups are mobile, the best local talent will go to the real Silicon Valley…
–Paul Graham
I love New York, [...]
deblois swinging through cali
24-Oct-07My sister Deblois will be swinging through California through early November, including stops in Modesto, Fairfax, San Francisco, and (gulp) San Diego. full calendar here. Her shows tend to be low-key but fun little events; I highly recommend if you want an entertaining and enjoyable evening. And she’ll gush if you tell her I sent [...]
sad
24-Oct-07It is sad that my immediate reaction to this article was ‘at least Colbert is being up front about which corporations own his campaign.’ Overwhelmed, indeed.
SFLC legal summit
09-Oct-07I’ll be there. Drop me a note if you’ll be there and would like to meet up.
Radiohead is experimenting with allowing you to pay whatever you want for the new Radiohead album, apparently on the theory that you’ll download it anyway, of which they get zero, or buy a CD from a label, of which they get very little.
My friend Iain waiting patiently for a Radiohead concert a long time ago [...]