November 8 2006

links for 2006-11-09

• KevinFreitas.net ~ It’s always rainy in Tacoma
  “enthusiasm cools when it is admitted that it rains nearly every day” — nice quote from 1889.
  (tags: funny local tacoma)
• Technology troubles set off tantrums, tears and tirades – USATODAY.com
  “About 85% of those polled said they’ve become so flustered, they’ve ended up swearing, shouting, experiencing chest pains, crying or smashing things.” no comment.
  (tags: misc_tech society)
• Programmers Need To Learn Statistics Or I Will Kill Them All
  lovely ranting. I enjoyed looking over C’s shoulder while he was taking stats, and I’ve come to believe that they should be part of the standard math curriculum for everybody. way more useful than my 2 years of calculus.
  (tags: society misc_tech science funny)
• Simply Recipes: How to Make Corn Tortillas
  I can do flour tortillas, but my one attempt at corn was a DISASTER. this should help.
  (tags: recipes)
• tinywords: haiku for 8 November 2006 by Joel Josol
  lovely and modern
  (tags: writing)
• Google Maps Mania: Turn any image into a Google Map
  hmmmmmmm.
  (tags: gis google weird)
• Optimizing Page Load Time – die.net
  a bunch of stuff somewhat above my head, but interesting.
  (tags: web_dev linux to-read)
• You Have One Life
  “Work-Life Balance [is] a euphemism for ‘I don’t intend to let my job take over all aspects of my life’” heh.
  (tags: personal productivity society)
• Tote Bag to Messenger Conversion – a photoset on Flickr
  I might do that to the tote bag I got at the NCMPR conference…once I get a sewing machine.
  (tags: home design to-do)
• What books should be on my “personal CS degree” reading list? | Ask MetaFilter
  (tags: reference misc_tech to-read academia)
• Field notes from the underground – The Boston Globe
  “what an off-the-books mechanic can tell us about the health of our inner cities” — the author’s research is cited in Freakonomics.
  (tags: society)
• Soldiers of Christ (Harpers.org)
  “Inside America’s most powerful megachurch with Pastor Ted Haggard” — originally published May 2005. fascinating. scary.
  (tags: politics religion weird)

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