Herbert Hoover, redux
Quote of the day: I’m not an economist, but we’ve got five applicants for every single job opening. If you tell me that the best… Read More »Herbert Hoover, redux
June 2010
The week's twitterings – 2010-06-27
I was hoping for a decent vCloud vs. AWS discussion. Instead we get this piece of self-serving non$en$e from BlueLock: http://bit.ly/dd19Dw # How Rackspace's API… Read More »The week's twitterings – 2010-06-27
So here I am again….
I arrived at SFO this morning, looked up at the flight information screens, and saw that my flight was shown as “Scheduled 1:20PM, Actual 1:10PM”.… Read More »So here I am again….
Who would have thought that flying to China would become routine?
I’m heading off again tomorrow – SFO-HKG, then the ferry to Shekou, and a taxi to the Huawei campus in Shenzhen. I’m trying to pack… Read More »Who would have thought that flying to China would become routine?
Unambiguous
Via Michael Cohen, here’s the part of Article 88 of the Uniform Code which deals with insubordination: Any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against… Read More »Unambiguous
The week's twitterings – 2010-06-20
Long-winded but ultimately persuasive: the Tea Party as disillusioned nihilism: NYTimes: The Very Angry Tea Party http://nyti.ms/chZ2jq # Great lunch and discussion with @adrianco, @geoffarnold,… Read More »The week's twitterings – 2010-06-20
Clear evidence of a nation that has gone stark staring mad
Via Andrew, this graph shows the US Incarceration Rate from 1880 to 2008: As the CEPR report cited in the original post points out, the… Read More »Clear evidence of a nation that has gone stark staring mad
A weekend in Sacramento
On Friday night we drove up to Sacramento for the weekend. My son Chris was being ordained as an Episcopal Deacon on Saturday, and we… Read More »A weekend in Sacramento
The week's twitterings – 2010-06-13
Celebrating at the Fault Line http://twitpic.com/1v58vt # Powered by Twitter Tools.
Street rods and classic cars in Pomona, CA
On Saturday morning we drove the 382 miles down to Pomona, CA, to take Hannah back to school. When we arrived at our hotel in… Read More »Street rods and classic cars in Pomona, CA