October 2008
101 posts
House of Representatives' Web site overwhelmed →
September 2008
158 posts
FDIC-insured: The safest your money can be →
WatchIf your elementary school textbooks could talk (NSFW). Thanks to Paul for showing me this!
The Dow drops 600, the bailout plan fails at the...
VP|bofh: if we pool our resources we can probably buy a bank before the day is over
VP|bofh: I'll go to the car to look for lost quarters in the seats
CoolGui: good plan
CoolGui: I have some cans I can recycle
rambonie: damn i saw a quarter on the ground yesterday and i didnt pick it up, where was that ?
VP|bofh: do you need financing to cover your part of the bailout?
rambonie: i am going to borrow against my part
jQuery, Microsoft, and Nokia →
Microsoft is adding jQuery, as is, to the VS.net family. They are reportedly going to use it as-is, with the original license, and will submit patches through the current pipeline
This should be good news, until Microsoft decides to put, say, 25 or so programmers to do nothing but write patches, then overwhelm the current reviewers.
This is on top of the work they have disclosed, they do say...
SpaceX Did It -- Falcon 1 Made it to Space →
Chavez interested in nuclear help from Russia →
Meanwhile the Russians are doing the math on how much trouble they can get into, and us, by humoring Hugo Chavez.
Even more interesting is what is going to happen in neighboring Colombia if Venezuela goes commie.
How Does the Black Community Handle an Obama Loss? →
I see whar you did there.
Pilot completes jetpack challenge →
Chinese astronaut makes nation's first spacewalk →
I should be in bed right now.
Spam Karma goes GPL →
One more reason why Wordpress sucks. The maker of the most critical plugin for the platform decides to GPL the plugin and move on (in part) because Wordpress has grown too bloated.
10 Highways That Should Be Razed Now →
And of course, no mention of the god damn Washington DC beltway. They should bury the whole damn thing and convert the area into a protected green park so nobody can develop on it.
From above the metro area would look like it is surrounded by a green donut. You could divide it into 48 slices, one for each state except New Jersey and Delaware.
Dave's Thoughts About the Economy →
Google patents tech that could overturn telcos →
OK, this got my attention.
Money quote:
“The idea is that rather than being tied to a single phone company or ISP plan, your cellphone and automatically pick-and-mix from the cheapest connection options as you move around.”
Delicious. Suddenly it makes sense why Google is working so hard to offer a free phone operating system, so people get used to it while they build their own...
What's at stake for the economy →
Article summary:
“We are screwed, and we are about to get even worse, regardless of the bailouts.”
Nice, responsible reporting going there, CNN.
The two most important reasons to not freak out:
1. As long as you have $100,000 or less in your FDIC insured bank account, your money is safe. It is insured by the government.The government has never, in 75 years, failed to honor this...
U.S., Pakistan exchange shots at volatile border →
The mouse that roared?
Shipping containers could be 'dream' homes for... →
This is part of a much bigger trend. These containers are very strong, so they are being used as lego blocks to put up all sorts of residential dwellings and commercial structures.
To see a dramatic example of the genre, check out the Zigloo project, which is an actual residence that started as a bunch of cargo containers. The interiors are just incredible.
Another amazing example is the Diement...
All We Wanna Do Is Eat Your Brains →
Fantastic review of the new HEROES season opener.
Android Welcomes App Store's Rejects With Arms... →
And so it starts.
Here’s my prediction: in 90 days or less, we are going to see a revision of both the Apple iPhone developer NDAs, and the criteria for posting applications to the Apple App Store. The problem is that we programmers are a loud bunch, so the Android people are going to make a hell of a lot of nois about this while Apple regroups.
The end result? Apple will still be ahead,...
Biden, Obama helped keep 'Bridge to Nowhere' alive →
They should just get everyone at the top of the two campaigns on the Jerry Springer show. It would be awesome.
Free, Legal and Online: Why Hulu Is the New Way to... →
I have been watching shows and movies off Hulu for about a week or so, so far I am impressed. I really didn’t expect it to run so well but in reality it is a very very nice deal.
I have heard a grand total of one person bitching about the ads. Everyone else seems to love it. I couldn’t care less about the ads, since the advertisers are the ones paying for the stupid show so it is...
Yes, I am awake. Yes, it’s 3:52 in the frickin morning. The blog is called the frickin Insomniac Coder, get it?
Google phone to cost $179, debut Oct. 22 →
Great news, it means increased competition against Apple’s iPhone.
Competition is great, it will force Apple to stay on the edge instead of complacent. Even better, the development platform is completely open, unless Apple’s which has all sorts of ramifications, like having your product pulled from the App store simply because it competes against Apple’s own functionality.
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$33 for an iPod Game →
Like we say here in Virginia, “tough shit.”
McCain, Obama avoid same-sex marriage →
Cindy, Michelle heave sigh of relief.
"Nickelsville," a homeless camp in Seattle is... →
Amber Alert: Watch for missing Hamilton child →
Delinquent auto loan payments on the rise →
As it is now usual, this is blamed on the mortgage loan crisis.
The mobile Internet you'll be using in 10 years →
And then there were three
My old blog is now in archival mode, PedroVera.com is now a Tumblr Blog. This makes it much easier for me to keep posting to the three sites, plus of course Tumblr is more flexible to my needs than Blogspot.
Russian Navy ships head to Venezuela →
Yup, long week it is. All we need now is for either Raul Castro to throw a fit because the Russians won’t stop by Havana to say hi to Zombie Fidel, or the North Koreans are going to do something stupid because nobody is paying attention to them.
How We Became the United States of France →
This is going to be a long week.
Yankee Stadium going, going, gone after 85 years →
Credit Default Swaps For Dummies →
This explanation of what happened to AIG is brilliant in its simplicity.
Dots
With my most sincere apologies to Paul, the devil made me do it!
Paul: did you get the email i sent from my touch re. youtube
Pedro: I was reading til just now
Paul: kk i tried to 'share' a youtube vid using the touch Aim on the touch test
Pedro: .
Paul: Got it
Pedro: .
Paul: Well,I'm getting . As your reply is that correct
Pedro: .
Paul: Hold a sec
Pedro: .
Paul: back on the pc
Pedro: what were you trying to send me?
Paul: i was only getting a period as your replies
Pedro: I kept getting dots
Paul: shit the aim client for the touch is fuxed
Pedro: is it?
Paul: well i was typing all kinds of atuff
Pedro: have you tried it against a different machine?
Paul: and all i was getting from you was .
Pedro: maybe the problem is here
Amazing Lego model of Aircraft Carrier CVN-75,... →
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