This is good news. Now you can easily login to this blog via an existing YAHOO! account. http://idproxy.net/ acts as an openid server that lets one use YAHOO!’s browser-based authentication scheme and generate an openid with it. From there you … Continue reading
Throughout the last two months I’ve had the privilege to read two great books by Mario Puzo: The Godfather and The Last Don. Both are chock-full of subtle non-threat commands where characters know they don’t need to communicate directly, their … Continue reading
Today I read Elegant Solutions: Breakthrough Thinking the Toyota Way [pdf], by Matthew May. It’s an inspiring read that really challenges some notions of what should drive business. The most impressive part (and perhaps the most in need of pronoun … Continue reading
How many people think that Senators Obama and Clinton announced their candidacy online (and a year early) because of their minority status? My theory (and I’m sure it’s not a unique theory) is that by “seeding the clouds” of a … Continue reading
Gay activists apparent want to punish a bad-mouthing actor by making his character gay. Now, I understand the desire of the gay community wanting more role models in media, but isn’t this request somewhat hypocritical? Since homosexuality isn’t supposed to … Continue reading
Looks like C# 3.0 will have one of my favorite features of Python: named parameters! via The Mellow Musings of Dr. T : Is C# becoming a functional language?
From O’Reilly Radar: IBM announces ManyEyes, a site for sharing and commenting on visualizations. Visualization is among the most useful extensions of statistical research today (trend prediction is likely #1). ManyEyes is a place for sharing datasets and discussing them. … Continue reading
I’m a big fan of bookmarklets and here’s one I want for Digg.com, reddit.com, and/or Newsvine (I’ll use Digg.com for my example): A user is on a page and clicks a bookmarklet (say “Me likee”). Digg.com is queried for pages … Continue reading
Otherwise more kids may end up being named Rex.