Chris, I was struck by the fact that federal spending went up by a factor of 20, while general inflation rose by only a factor of about 6.4.* Social Security and Medicare spending went up by a factor of close to 50! Defense spending went up by a factor of …
How to make a bad presentation, from the front lines of the RHGUD conference: Fill your slide deck with words. The more, the better. The smaller, the better. Avoid negative space. Use color schemes that make your words hard to read, or better yet, invisible in some places. Giving your …
Tomorrow I’ll be at the Red Hat Government Users & Developers Conference. If you’re a Fedoran who happens to frequent those kinds of things, look for me. I should be sporting some kind of Fedora logo, either a cap or just a laptop sticker. I have no idea whether the …
Both Tim Waugh and I are apparently big Justin Currie fans. My copy of his new solo album just showed up and HOLY HELL is it good. I was glad to see a bunch of the Dels play bit parts here and there, and Justin dedicates the record to longtime …
This is just too cool not to share. And to keep on topic, umm… awoooooo! Werewolf.
Verbatim, from a note sent home in Evie’s “Poetry Folder”: Every Friday your child will bring home their Poetry Folder to share with you. We will be learning a special poem each week. Please have each person that your child reads their poem to initial the page and return it …
Not sure whether to laugh or cry at this one, from Evolution in Rawhide: So tell me, Evo developers, if top posting isn’t recommended, why is it that when I start a reply, my cursor opens a blank line at the beginning of the message and positions itself there?
I wanted to jot myself some notes about last night’s gig, and a good way to stay honest about it is to do it here. Song by song breakdown: Helicopter’s Rope – I think I missed one note when Arch was coming out of his solo, but caught up fine …
My life this week could be summed up with plusses and minuses. For instance, I just got back from Seattle, where: + Everything was lush and green because they ACTUALLY HAVE RAIN in Seattle – There was a pretty boring conference I had to sit through + There was wifi …