Ok, this won’t win me any points if some random web app developer happens across my page, but I have a request for anyone who’ll listen. Please, for the love of God, consider the actual user of your application. Let me explain where this comes from. I work on the development of a web app, […]
I’m addicted to mash-ups. Most of them suck, usually because someone is trying out a new technique or learning their way around a mixer (and, no, I shouldn’t be one to criticize because I couldn’t mix two tracks of static). But once in a while, a great one comes out, like the Grey Album or […]
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I don’t even know if that’s a word. But this story has all the elements of a classic West Michigan story; 2nd-tier University, Lowell, and rednecks. Raychel Swift was driving back to Lowell Friday afternoon when her pet boa constrictor, Mr. Cracker Basket Sassy Pants, sneaked out of a pillowcase and slithered its way into […]
I’m a conservative, that’s no secret. I support this administration when I can. I have issues with a few things they’re doing, but Ashcroft is out, so that’s one huge thing off my list. Until today. This has got to be the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. In the event of a terrorist attack, the […]
Doing some work at home, I stumbled across .gov sites with block- and tract- level maps of almost every county in the country. They’re FTP sites, but the PDF maps are current from 2001. Wonder how long before this gets pulled down to save us from “the terrorists”? Block maps (FTP)Tract maps (FTP)County voting districts […]
I wonder how long before they get sued over this. I have money down for three weeks. Blockbuster Video is implementing a plan on 1 January to allow you to keep your video an additional week beyond the due date without penalties. However, if you keep it beyond that week, they charge you for the […]
Well, it’s official; I’m a Wolverine. I think we’re actually required to say that as new employees of the University of Michigan. I’ll read through the hundred or so dead trees I was handed today during orientation. Nothing too spectacular today; your basic sign-here, date-here, smile, sign-here kind of day. And then I got to […]
For anyone who doesn’t live in Ann Arbor (A2 to the initiated), this town has one, ok two, huge problems. The first one is that residents (which around here means “non-students”) don’t like the University. Oh sure, they love football and being able to say they live in Ann Arbor, Home of The University of […]
I didn’t know this, but they have made a new version of the Merchant of Venice (trailer at apple.com). Stars Al Pacino as Shylock, Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes, and Lynn Collins. Opens 29 Dec 04. Official site (gratuitous use of Flash) It will be curious to see how the play gets treated in this ultra-sensitive, […]