All Blog Posts (Page 75)

Mar 31, 2006
Zoon Politikon

It' What Makes Us Better Than Them

Stodgy Seattle corporate law firm, Perkins Coie, is defending Osama Bin Laden’s former bodyguard and chauffeur. The rationale: Yes, they’re helping a suspected terrorist. But it’s not an example of “you’re with us or you’re with them.” It’s what m...

Mar 21, 2006
Zoon Politikon

Patriotism

“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serv...

Mar 18, 2006
Personal Life

Apartment Furnishings

The following is a list of things I still want to acquire for my apartment. This list exists for me, in order to allow me to easily track this stuff: Mirrors for behind couch Espresso-finished ottoman Media cabinet TV stand Speaker sta...

Feb 26, 2006
Personal Life

Elize and More Pictures

Elize got married yesterday in a very-sudden fashion. It was a small ceremony; not more than 15-20 people. I hadn’t seen a few of the people there in years, literally. It was great to see Elize’s parents again, along with NJ and Melissa. I posted...

Feb 25, 2006
Developer Tools

Stupid Issue with OCUnit

I hit an issue with OCUnit the other day when I was trying to get a project of mine working correctly with it. The issue was that using the macro STAssertEqualObjects anywhere would cause the following build error: error: parse error before ‘type...

Feb 23, 2006
Technology

Buying a Phone

So, first off, I just wanted to say that I’m incredibly psyched about the Origami Project, whatever it turns out to be ;-) I sent mail to Scoble earlier today after he hyped it on his blog to tell him how psyched I was. As the subject promised, t...

Feb 20, 2006
Personal Life

Throwing Up

“We would make people literally throw up if they had to listen to us.” You know you’ve crossed that certain irritating cuteness factor when…

Feb 20, 2006
Personal Life

I am a Terrible Friend

It took me over a month to figure out that a friend of mine (who I dated briefly last year) has been pissed at me enough for five weeks now to not be willing to speak to me anymore. Yeah, I’m a fuckhead. Yeah, I’ve been way too busy for my own hea...