Archive for January, 2005

Unintended consequences

Monday, January 31st, 2005

Some of my libertarian friends have long argued for the legalization of prostitution. After all, sex is good, capitalism is good, so why wouldn’t paying for sex be double-plus good? Perhaps they should think a little harder about clashes between existing laws and programs and legalized prostitution. For example, if you’re on […]

Couple of Iraqi election links

Monday, January 31st, 2005

First, the brothers at Iraq the Model give their account of how the voting went:
I walked forward to my station, cast my vote and then headed to the box, where I wanted to stand as long as I could, then I moved to mark my finger with ink, I dipped it deep as if I […]

New photolog

Saturday, January 29th, 2005

Keir, Corey and I have talked about setting up a photolog for quite a while. The problem was I could never find any software I liked which supported multiple users. I kept threatening to write my own from scratch, but, due to general lazyness, never got very far.
After briefly flirting with Pictorialis, […]

New major offered

Friday, January 28th, 2005

Harvard announced on Wednesday that it will soon be offering a new major in Home Economics:
In an effort to “level the academic playing field,” Harvard University President Lawrence Summers announced today that the university would introduce a home economics major designed specifically for its female students.
“Starting in the fall, Harvard will offer home economics for […]

Hey, wait a minute!

Friday, January 28th, 2005

The N.Y. Times is reporting that President Bush said in a recent interview that American troops will pull out of Iraq if the newly elected Iraqi government asks us to.

He did not say who he expected would emerge victorious. But asked if, as a matter of principle, the United States would pull out […]

Razzie Nominations

Thursday, January 27th, 2005

“the Worst Actor field also features …several political figures garnering RAZZIE nods this year, President George W. Bush as himself in FAHRENHEIT 9/11, for which performance he is also nominating as Worst Screen Couple paired with either Condoleeza Rice and/or His Pet Goat. For their appearances in FAHRENHEIT, both Rice and Secretary of Defense Donald […]

Gulliver’s Travels

Tuesday, January 25th, 2005

I’m currently reading Gulliver’s Travels and thought I’d share a few quotes from the Land of Lilliput.
“I felt great Numbers of the People on my Left Side relaxing the Cords to such a Degree, that I was able to turn upon my Right, and to ease myself with making Water; which I very plentifully did, […]

MOB party

Sunday, January 23rd, 2005

I’ve been trying to post something about the mob party all day today, but I’ve been battling pretty hefty writer’s block. Unusual, I know. The main problem is, I’m hacking away on some photo-blogging software and so my mind is full of code. I could talk about that at length, but nobody […]

iTunes tip

Sunday, January 23rd, 2005

If you have tons of unrated songs, create a smart playlist with all of your unrated songs, and enable live updating. Then, (here’s the tip) use that playlist as a source for party shuffle. This way you can rate the songs as you hear them, and party shuffle won’t automatically quit playing your […]

Blogging from the blog party bloggity blog blog

Saturday, January 22nd, 2005

Heh. Okay, so I’m at Keegans. It’s very loud. And there’s tons of people here.
Here’s a picture of Gary Sanders from Around the World in 80 Days and Captain Ed from Captain’s Quarters.

Alright, I’m signing off and going to go mingle.
(Update: fixed link to Gary’s site.)