May 2010
7 posts
Random TFA Thoughts →
I’m at the May Site Visit, a combination of training and networking with our district schools. They put us up in a sweet hotel near SFO, and we’re going in the city tomorrow to do district…
Undercover at a Christian Gay-to-Straight... →
Long Form, a repository of journalism “too long and too interesting to be read on a web browser” is my new favorite blog. One of today’s stories, a weekend undercover at a homosexuality ‘reform’…
If I Were Able to Live My Life Anew →
“If I were able to live my life anew, in the next I would try to commit more errors. I would not try to be so perfect, I would relax more. I would be more foolish than I’ve been, in fact, I…
The Mounting Case Against Shoes →
The barefoot running movement has been building momentum for a while, but this is the first mainstream media condemnation I’ve seen of all modern footwear: Try this test: Take off your…
Teach for America Update: Goodbye PDX, Hello... →
I’ve been tentatively placed in the San Francisco Unified School District for the next two years. Not sure about the specific school yet, but it’s nice to be heading back to a city I love.
Our Funny-Ass President →
Obama at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner: hilarious.
Always a Woman to Me →
via www.dailymail.co.uk A six-million-pound ad that’s making a splash in Britain.
February 2010
10 posts
Text Messages are Disgustingly Overpriced →
From CNN Money:
The messages are such a tiny piece of data that they cost carriers only about one-third of a cent to deliver, according to computer scientist Srinivasan Keshav, who testified…
Repealing DADT is a Social Experiment...Like... →
The Economist brutally fisks Bill Kristol’s attack on the repealing of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell:
The advocates of repeal say, it’s a matter of basic rights. No, it’s not. Leave aside the…
No One Knows Why Gay Marriage is Bad →
Hilarious-if-it-wasn’t-so-sad transcript from the Prop 8 court challenge:
THE COURT: All right. Let me throw in a question here. Assume I agree with you that the state’s interest in marriage…
Adventures in Sous Vide →
My Christmas present to myself this year was an Auber PID controller, which I used to build myself a little home sous vide setup. Sous vide, French for “under vacuum,” is a style of cooking in…
Bill Watterson on Knowing When to Quit →
“It’s always better to leave the party early. If I had rolled along with the strip’s popularity and repeated myself for another five, 10 or 20 years, the people now “grieving” for…
Pocahontas vs Avatar →
via img31.imageshack.us via www.cutesexyfunnyawful.com
Strip Iterated Prisoner's Dilemna, Anyone? →
Let’s see if we can get some spontaneous cooperation going…
Strip Iterated Prisoner's Dilemna, Anyone? →
Let’s see if we can get some spontaneous cooperation going…
Fifty Dangerous Things (you should let your... →
via www.kk.org “The idea of this thin book is that danger is something kids need to learn to handle by experience. The 50 small experiments in this book can potentially cause a minor injury…
Han Solo is off to coruscant for a night out with... →
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January 2010
5 posts
Fifty Dangerous Things (you should let your... →
via www.kk.org “The idea of this thin book is that danger is something kids need to learn to handle by experience. The 50 small experiments in this book can potentially cause a minor…
Han Solo is off to coruscant for a night out with... →
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Donate to Wikileaks! →
Wikileaks has suspended operations due to lack of funds: We have received hundreds of thousands of pages from corrupt banks, the US detainee system, the Iraq war, China, the UN and many others…
Jam Session 2.0 →
Cool concept, great production values. Not live, I’m assuming.
Microcosmic Champion →
A buddy of mine wrote this for a college lit magazine in Toronto. I think it’s awesome:
Microcosmic Champion
It is possible that I have never been successful, but I was powerful, once. A child…
October 2009
3 posts
Obama is Friggin Adorable →
via www.flickr.com I love the White House photostream. What a photogenic man.
Noam Chomsky at the San Francisco UU Church →
Sunday, October 4, 2009 - 1:00 to 2:30 pm First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco 1187 Franklin Street, corner Geary, San Francisco Doors open at 12:30 pm Professor Noam Chomsky, noted…
Noam Chomsky at the San Francisco UU Church →
Sunday, October 4, 2009 - 1:00 to 2:30 pm First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco 1187 Franklin Street, corner Geary, San Francisco Doors open at 12:30 pm Professor Noam…
September 2009
10 posts
Japan's 74-Year-Old Bodybuilder →
(via 不良外人)
English, Wonderfully Remixed →
This is a little off-topic for Arudou Debito, the outspoken Japanese foreigner-rights advocate, but it’s wonderful nonetheless. My fave? “sarchasm,” for sure. Not only does it describe…
Katie Couric Wins My Heart →
This is such a delicious piece of video. I wish words would come around and bite the punditocracy more often.
The Best Explanation of Survivorship Bias I've... →
Get a list of email addresses of people interested in sports betting. Say you have 32,000. Email 16,000 of them to say that the home team will win this week’s big team, and 16,000 to say the home…
Speakeasy Blues House Party →
Dancers know how to party. A few of the big people in Portland’s burgeoning blues dance scene moved into a new house with nice, big hardwood floors, and decided to make their housewarming an…
College Cooking →
The last month has easily been the longest I’ve ever cooked for myself, and it’s been great. Being free of the overpriced college cafeteria has given me a lot of leeway to make good food. A few…
Celebrating Portland's New TriMet Line →
Portland had a big party Saturday in Pioneer Square, celebrating the new TriMet Green Line. They had a great music lineup, including a better-than-expected trip-hop girl (first video), and rocking…
Help a Wounded Soldier Get Through the Day →
I just got a mail from a friend, forwarding an email from some soldiers at a hospital somewhere in central Asia. Here’s the basic jist of it: I was talking to our docs about conditions for our…
Microshack →
I’ve discovered that there are some things too long or content-ful for twitter, but too undeveloped or random for this blog. These are going to live over at micro.dshack.net, where I’m testing…
August 2009
19 posts
Saturday Market →
Saturday market is a wonderful mashup of food, music, and art, more chaotic than Pike Place in Seattle, and larger than the street fairs in San Francisco. The Setagaya street fair in Tokyo was a…
New House →
No student deserves a house this nice. It was a long, giri-giri, drama-filled journey to get here, but we’ve arrived, and life is good. Apologies for the bragging, but I’m stoked. We’re about 300…
Before Summersonic →
Right before I left Japan, I got a chance to do a little promo with Naked Communications at Summersonic, a huge music festival right outside Tokyo. One of the perks (other than the free tickets and…
New House →
No student deserves a house this nice. It was a long, giri-giri, drama-filled journey to get here, but we’ve arrived, and life is good. Apologies for the bragging, but I’m stoked. We’re about 300…
Before Summersonic →
Right before I left Japan, I got a chance to do a little promo with Naked Communications at Summersonic, a huge music festival right outside Tokyo. One of the perks (other than the free tickets…
Jewish Grandparents and Shiny Electronics →
I’m down in San Diego dropping my sister off at school and visiting my awesome super-Jewish grandmother. We showed her an iPhone and an iPod, and besides disparaging our playlists, I think she…
Jewish Grandparents and Shiny Electronics →
I’m down in San Diego dropping my sister off at school and visiting my awesome super-Jewish grandmother. We showed her an iPhone and an iPod, and besides disparaging our playlists, I think she…
Awesome Cheap Headphones →
Got some new headphones for my iPhone, the NuForce NE-7M (why don’t they give these things cooler names? If I made headphones, I’d sell them as the “head-pounding beat ninjas”). They’re made by a…
The Problem With a Creative Customer Base →
Their creativity doesn’t stop when they get angry. I love my iPhone, but god, AT&T sucks in the city. The reception was pretty good when I was with them in Portland, though, so I’m staying hopeful….
Awesome Cheap Headphones →
Got some new headphones for my iPhone, the NuForce NE-7M (why don’t they give these things cooler names? If I made headphones, I’d sell them as the “head-pounding beat ninjas”). They’re made by…
The Problem With a Creative Customer Base →
Their creativity doesn’t stop when they get angry. I love my iPhone, but god, AT&T sucks in the city. The reception was pretty good when I was with them in Portland, though,…
Daisy: The Funniest (NSFW) Blogger at Six Apart →
I was curled up on the couch late last night, my cashmere blanket tucked around my feet, a glass of Sauvignon Blanc in hand, nibbling on yogurt-covered pretzels and watching “Sex & the City: The…
Attention, Radio Shack →
You were already a crappy store, with incompetent staff, overpriced crap, and no value proposition. And “Our Friends Call Us The Shack” as a new slogan? Radioshack is not a local coffee joint….
Attention, Radio Shack →
You were already a crappy store, with incompetent staff, overpriced crap, and no value proposition. And “Our Friends Call Us The Shack” as a new slogan? Radioshack is not a local…
Daisy: The Funniest (NSFW) Blogger at Six Apart →
I was curled up on the couch late last night, my cashmere blanket tucked around my feet, a glass of Sauvignon Blanc in hand, nibbling on yogurt-covered pretzels and watching “Sex & the City: The…
Shack No Longer In Japan →
I’m home. I left Tokyo at 4pm yesterday, arrived in San Francisco 9am the same day, and promptly raked in buttloads of cash from my lotto and raceway winnings. Living in the future pays off…