Monthly Archives: January 2007

YAHOO! BBAuth + OpenID = idproxy.net

Posted on January 31, 2007 by Josh Peters

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 →

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The Power of Abstraction

Posted on January 31, 2007 by Josh Peters

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 →

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The Toyota Way

Posted on January 31, 2007 by Josh Peters

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 →

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Senators Obama, Clinton and a reason for the jumpstart?

Posted on January 31, 2007 by Josh Peters

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 →

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I thought it wasn’t a choice?

Posted on January 24, 2007 by Josh Peters

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 →

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Is C# becoming a functional language?

Posted on January 24, 2007 by Josh Peters

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?

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Seeing leads to believing

Posted on January 23, 2007 by Josh Peters

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 →

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Andy Griffith versus The US PATRIOT Act

Posted on January 22, 2007 by Josh Peters
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LazyWeb request for community-based popularity websites

Posted on January 22, 2007 by Josh Peters

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 →

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Thank God for Inducing Labor

Posted on January 22, 2007 by Josh Peters

Otherwise more kids may end up being named Rex.

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