Bye, BoA!
So after two weeks of cleaning up deposits, bills and so on, I got to ditch BoA. They were remarkably polite about it and after I explained the problem (basically, if I bank somewhere for years and...
View ArticleSo, I'm a job creator now
Business has recently picked up for me, largely because I stopped doing pro bono work for NASA (as much as it was fun and looks good on a resume, not being paid for more than a year was really not...
View ArticleQuick heads-up on gay scouts
http://www.nytimes.com/... Not much to say here: the ban is "in line for elimination". Just a quick FYI if someone wants to do a proper diary (If this sort of pinging is inappropriate, I apologize and...
View ArticleZimmerman: The hero Florida deserves?
So, this just happened. George Zimmerman has come out from hiding and went out of his way to get some people out of a crashed truck.Good on him.
View ArticleIn the (video)game of surveillance
you win or you die, or at least get locked up in a small box for a very long period of time with little chance to do interesting work.I had a quick snippet of conversation on Skype with a friend (the...
View ArticleCelebrating the Last Milestone
Year drawing to a close, good time for looking backhttp://www.robots-everywhere.comhttp://tinyurl.com/...http://en.wikipedia.org/... and many others besidesHere I stand, I can do no other.
View ArticleUPS drone delivery
We've been doing this since 2011, but since Amazon has done something similar recently, I figured I'd make another video.Also, note the laser-cutter attachment to the 3D printer, I have just patented...
View ArticleMy last attempt at being an inventor
So, after years of inventing stuff and getting absolute bupkis for it (even the one time I scooped Google: all that got me was a lot of derision when I tell the story, and some commiseration when I...
View ArticleSalesforce CEO Marc Benioff proclaims 3rd political party of CEO's
"One thing that you're seeing is that there is a third [political] party emerging in this country, which is the party of CEOs," Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said.http://money.cnn.com/...
View ArticleBottoms up!
Dec 15, 2016 5:55pmDear Trump Voters: 1) You lost. Get over it. Your guy came in third behind "None of the above" and "Hillary Clinton". So it goes. 2) Even though you lost, you will most likely get to...
View ArticlePlanning ahead at the county level
Once you look at the percentages county by county, it's clear that "red states" and "blue states" is meaningless. Someone living in San Diego has more in common with someone living in Houston than they...
View ArticleJust my prediction
Trump will: * Move to Florida * Buy a house nearby Maralago as his official address to skirt residency restrictions on the club * Declare himself president in exile, or similar * Have some retired...
View ArticleYesterday was worse than 9/11/2001 on all metrics.
3964 people died of a disease exacerbated by insane policies. 4 people died during an attempt to storm the Capitol. 160 years later, the Confederate battle flag was waved in triumph inside the US...
View ArticleToday I turn 40. Not dealing with it well at all. Birthday wish in post.
if i can ask for something for my birthday: please write a little. it can be just a paragraph. doesn't have to be about any topic, can be about what you had for breakfast if you want. but it has to be...
View ArticleJudge Rules DACA Is Unlawful and Suspends Applications
The judge said President Barack Obama exceeded his authority when he created the program, but for now people protected under it will retain the ability to stay and work in the United...
View ArticleNH House seat flips from R to D after recount - by one vote
www.msn.com/… Don’t let anyone say that your vote doesn’t count.
View ArticleI am now a US citizen.
As of Monday, I am now a US citizen. It was hard, but it got done. This is a country worth believing in. I spent half my life on making that clear to its government, and it finally got it through its...
View ArticleA bit of fighting back on the memetic front, finally
imgur.com/… The White House has announced they are putting Biden’s name on hundreds of thousands of infrastructure project signs after Republicans started taking credit for projects they voted against....
View ArticleRIP Wagner
www.bbc.com/…Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia, with nine other people on board also dead. So that’s that.
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