Markos Moulitsas makes the case that libertarians (with a lowercase l) should vote Democrat, both to "throw the rascals out" of the current administration, and also because the two's interests are truly aligned in their disdain for corruption, love of individiual liberty, and the like. It's an interesting read, and you should take the time to check it out.
One of my hopes for the coming Midterms is secretly that the Republicans would win yet another term in office; keep the House and the Senate. With all the scandals breaking throughout every level of the GOP and policies that the best defense is "the other side doesn't know how to fix it any better than we don't", a Democrat loss this cycle may finally be what pushes the party into irrelevancy. I believe in Duverget's Law as much as the next guy; and if the fall of a major political party is what's needed to get a true realignment, then I'd be all that much happier.
Besides, the last two years of this administration are going to be lame duck, anyway. And for pure political theater, Charlie Rangel as head of Ways and Means is just peanuts to what I've been expecting in my leaders in Washington.
Monday, October 02, 2006
Sunday, September 24, 2006
A purpose!
The more I think about it, the more I should have a website.
It seems obvious enough that a software engineer who used to love coding web pages more than any other medium would have a kickass webpage, or at least a page to play around with. I agree. ...with myself.
So I'm going to try to get back into the swing of things by posting on Blogger more often, eventually moving to my own blogging software on my own website.
The problem (as I've noted before) is that I don't really know the purpose of such a site. I know a few things I'd like to put on it (blog, resume, maybe a photo library), but beyond that, I'm as lost as I've ever been.
And then there's the problem of webpage design. It's not like I've ever been all that great at making web pages look good (hell, that's why I'm writing pure backend code at work), but I figure with external libraries and APIs like those provided by Yahoo and Google, I've at least got a head start. I just need to know what it looks like.
Of course, this will take some time. I just want to publish it somewhere so I can remind myself (and hopefully allow others to remind me) that I want to work on this.
It seems obvious enough that a software engineer who used to love coding web pages more than any other medium would have a kickass webpage, or at least a page to play around with. I agree. ...with myself.
So I'm going to try to get back into the swing of things by posting on Blogger more often, eventually moving to my own blogging software on my own website.
The problem (as I've noted before) is that I don't really know the purpose of such a site. I know a few things I'd like to put on it (blog, resume, maybe a photo library), but beyond that, I'm as lost as I've ever been.
And then there's the problem of webpage design. It's not like I've ever been all that great at making web pages look good (hell, that's why I'm writing pure backend code at work), but I figure with external libraries and APIs like those provided by Yahoo and Google, I've at least got a head start. I just need to know what it looks like.
Of course, this will take some time. I just want to publish it somewhere so I can remind myself (and hopefully allow others to remind me) that I want to work on this.
Apple Store Opening
Yes, I went to the Apple Store grand opening in Omaha this weekend.
Yes, I dragged my girlfriend to the event (she says she wanted to go, but in a contest between going or sleeping in, I know which would normally win).
Yes, I waited in line for almost an hour to get a free Apple t-shirt.
No, I did not camp out the night before to be one of the first people in the store.
That was for my good friend Foy to do. An extra billion nerd points to you.
Yes, I dragged my girlfriend to the event (she says she wanted to go, but in a contest between going or sleeping in, I know which would normally win).
Yes, I waited in line for almost an hour to get a free Apple t-shirt.
No, I did not camp out the night before to be one of the first people in the store.
That was for my good friend Foy to do. An extra billion nerd points to you.
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
why blog?
On another note, I still have no idea what I will use this blog for. My plan is to keep it around, but, at this point it's an exercise in nihlism.
test
One of the nice things about using an actual blog site instead of rolling your own is the ability to make use of cool little tools that you always wanted to write but didn't ever take the time to code, or didn't want to learn how to do.
One of these is the Dashboard widget. Which is where this post happens to be coming from.
One of these is the Dashboard widget. Which is where this post happens to be coming from.
Sunday, July 02, 2006
first post!
Since I'm not doing the college thing anymore, my new blog will be here. But you already knew that.
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