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Politics and Tribes

Summarizing my current view of politcs as a primarily tribal activity, which generates much heat and little light, and has very little to do with how we run our country/state/city.

2012 04 26 Sam Comments (0)

Moving Gaily Blogwards

Reviving the blog and moving the political posts there. Like this if you want to see less politics on FB!

2012 04 26 Sam Comments (0)

Progress: Bathroom Edition

I remember when I was a kid my family had these little plastic handles that fit on the end of toothpaste tubes to provide a better mechanical advantage when squeezing toothpaste out. These days toothpaste tubes are made out of soft plastic and even kids have no trouble squeezing them.

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2012 04 17 Sam Comments (0)

Sqlite ‘database table is locked’ error

Having even one query in-progress prevents you from dropping even a temp table in sqlite. Have a nice day.

2012 02 07 Sam Comments (0)

Vaguely Paranoid Musings

What if Kim Jong Il wanted to go out with a bang? Plus: how Obama could get another Peace Prize.

2011 03 24 Sam Comments (0)

Badge Care

Do not use for any other purpose other than for access control or identification. Do not leave in direct sun light, for example on the dash of your car. Do not expose to extreme heat or open flame. For example, clothes dryers or clothes irons. Do not expose to organic solvents, thinners, mineral spirits, etc. [...]

2011 03 15 Sam Comments (0)

Little-Known Fact

Before Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook (with the motto “move fast and break things”) he was involved in a previous venture. This startup — promoting Kellog’s All-Bran cereal — had the motto “breakfast and move things”.

2011 03 09 Sam Comments (0)

If We Took Michael Moore’s Advice

Michael Moore says the US is not broke: all “we the people” need to do is take the money back from the fat cat billionaires. What if we took this advice? Let’s imagine expropriating some of the wealth of the richest man in America, William Gates III. Forbes says he’s worth about $54 billion, of [...]

2011 03 09 Sam Comments (0)

Lent 2011

Let’s get Lenten! Woo! I’m pumped for self-denial! Yahoo!

2011 03 09 Sam Comments (0)

New Kinds of Taxes

Kling: “One point about the Great Substitution of leisure for work is that leisure escapes taxation. That raises all sorts of issues. ” Non-consumption tax. Video game tax. Sitting around tax. Doing nothing tax. Mental activity tax. Oh wait, that last one is basically thoughtcrime. What, did the US suddenly get Canada envy?

2011 03 04 Sam Comments (0)