Kirkland Carnage
Cyclist Bradley Nakatani was killed in Kirkland yesterday, less than five months after a John Przychodzen was killed on Juanita Drive. I’ve been reading about Bradley Nakatani and he sounds…
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Á la carte done right
Here’s an explanation how how á la carte television can and will work. After some discussion of this on Yglesias, it is clear to me know that people aren’t thinking…
High quality movies from Matlab
Here’s a quick recipe for producing relatively high quality movies from Matlab. 1. Output a series of high resolution images to a folder. Check out this sample code for how to do…
Reykajavik Calling show at Neumos
Went to the Reykajavik Calling show at Neumos last night and had a great time. This was sort of a last minute deal because we ended up with a babysitter…
Wealth distribution versus time
I’m mesmerized by this wonderful graph at the NYTimes showing the share of the nation’s income earned by the top 1 percent. The most obvious feature is that the current…
Siri is an iPhone feature, not a Mac feature
It’s interesting to note that Siri, Apple’s new AI/voice recognition software, came to the iPhone first, and not the Mac. If you think about it, most features that came to…
Supermajority democracy
If a NYTimes headline reads Obama’s Jobs Bill Fails in Senate in First Legislative Test, it would be reasonable to assume that the bill failed to get a majority of votes.…
Stunning time lapse video
A friend sent me a Gizmodo link to an incredible time lapse video by Dustin Farrell that I absolutely recommend watching. It’s just incredible.
Steve Jobs is dead
I’m absolutely crushed to hear that Steve Jobs died today. He was truly inspirational and I believe that the world is a better place because of him. I know it…
Max and match stamp calculator
Here’s the scenario: you have a large collection of various small value stamps, $0.01, $0.04, $0.24, $0.41, and so on. Now you need to pay some postage on a package…