January 2008
24 posts
Poor Haitians Resort to Eating Dirt →
With food prices rising, Haiti’s poorest can’t afford even a daily plate of rice, and some take desperate measures to fill their bellies.
too many reddits →
tasers? porn AND xxx AND nsfw? oh geez…
Kucinich drops presidential bid →
Noooooo :(
“From the can to our mouths: Carbonation is crisp, lively and foamy on the palate...”
– The Dig on… Narragansett
“Just a quick post to note that RubyForge just went over the 5K project mark -...”
– Tom Copeland, via Johan Sørensen and Luke Crawford
Soft Validations for Rails →
Adds a warnings collection to an ActiveRecord object. Can be used to describe recommended state for data, as opposed to required state.
Casting Spells in Lisp →
“A chicken is a living thing, an animal with a life cycle, and we shouldn’t...”
– Jamie Oliver
Annals of Transport: There and Back Again →
Three years ago, two economists at the University of Zurich, Bruno Frey and Alois Stutzer, released a study called “Stress That Doesn’t Pay: The Commuting Paradox.” They found that, if your trip is an hour each way, you’d have to make forty per cent more in salary to be as “satisfied” with life as a noncommuter is.
Judge Grants Kucinich Entry to NV Debate →
Senior Clark County District Court Judge Charles Thompson said if Kucinich is excluded, he’ll issue an injunction stopping the televised debate.
MSNBC Uninvites Kucinich To Vegas Debate →
The original criteria for the debate called for the inclusion of the top four democratic candidates in national polling. With Bill Richardson dropping out of the race last week, that moved Kucinich to fourth place in polls. NBC decided to change the criteria, featuring the top three Dem. candidates: Sen. Hillary Clinton, John Edwards and Sen. Barack Obama.
“We live in a world where it is legal for a company to patent pigs, or any other...”
– The Pirate’s Dilemma | TorrentFreak
the { buckblogs :here }: Never. Ever. Cargo-cult. →
seven for 2007 | varnelis.net →