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The best 20 books I read in 2011 (and the worst)
Last year I blogged about the 21 best books I read during the year. Unlike some other lists of this type, not all the books were published that year; most were, but it was a list of my favorite books....
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The rich are not like you and me…
Pity The Billionaire by Thomas Frank Thomas Frank spends this book doing what he does best – analyzing why, in spite of historic trends which say otherwise – much of the politically active population...
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How to distribute the golden ticket
The system worked…kind of WWDC sold out in 2 hours, which was completely expected and shouldn’t have been a surprise to anyone. You almost certainly got a ticket if you met both of these conditions:...
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Obama vs Romney: Who wins the presidential spam race
I recently signed up to get a free Obama bumper sticker. All good and well, but after doing so, I started to get daily campaign spam from the Obama campaign. Well, technically not spam; after all, I...
View ArticleA quick rant
It’s been a while since I really let loose, but some really rude idiot was talking sh*t to my mom (on Facebook) because she posted a pro-Obama story, so I responded with this. I think it was one of my...
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Mythbusters: Sports fandom edition
I am a sports fan. My husband’s not. He puts up with me graciously. He is happy for me when my team wins, and graciously will leave me alone when they lose. I was thinking today about some of the...
View ArticleThere’s some things remote control just can’t do
I go this evening to remote-control my computer at work using Timbuktu, and I notice something very weird. I can’t move the mouse – I can type just fine, but my mouse movements aren’t being...
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Signs and portents
Imagine you care very deeply about a particular football game. You really want your team to win, but you can’t watch the game. You can’t even check on the score. You are close enough to the stadium...
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My favorite reads from 2012
It’s that time of year, bibliophiles – my list of the best books I have read during the past year. In case you are curious, here are my lists from 2011, 2010, and 2009. Anyway, onward to 2013, and...
View ArticlePeople are people
I read a lot of science fiction (currently finishing Alastair Reynolds’ amazing Blue Remembered Earth) as well as trying to get more into historical fiction. One thing both genres have in common is...
View ArticleSeven random pieces of advice for app developers
1. Don’t make me create a new account for your app or service. Seriously, I got enough of these damn things. Let me use my Google or Facebook or Twitter account to log in with OAuth. Or, at least make...
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Mike’s favorite books of 2013
Following the tradition I started in 2009, and continued in 2010, 2011 and 2012 I present my annual list of my favorite books I read during the past year. As always, the lists tends towards history,...
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My Cataract Canyon trip journal
Jim, Mike, Don, and Robbie, the four who tamed the rapids and conquered Everest (plus or minus 50% truth in the above claims) For Robbie’s Bar Mitzvah my dad, Don, myself and Robbie went on a 3.5 day...
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Memos from the apocalypse
A very generic corporate memo was sent out to folks recently, with information about the Ebola virus, because apparently people are worried about something that they have less likelyhood of catching...
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Notes from a large island
Having just returned from my first ever trip to the UK, I wanted to share a few interesting observations about life that we noticed as visitors from abroad. This isn’t mean to be a catalog of all the...
View ArticleI went to Antarctica
A year and a half ago I went to Antartica. Here’s a link to watch a video I made. Mostly posting this so (a) I have an easy link to give people and (b) to make sure this blog even still works. Anyway,...
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