This is a continuation of my list for the first half of the 00’s. This list is by release year according to my iTunes library, not by the year I “discovered” the album, and are in no particular order. Let’s get right into it:\ h4. 2005 The Rosebuds – Birds Make Good Neighbors: Folk pop […]
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My Best Photos of 2009
Funny, there seems to be a theme here. Well, three out of four ain’t bad.
Building Whuffie – My Slides from Geekend 2009
Building Whuffie View more documents from Kevin Lawver. Max and I had a great time at Geekend, and I had a blast presenting some thoughts on building reputation systems. It was fun partly because I don’t have all the answers yet and there’s a lot way to go before I actually have a system I’m […]
An Introduction to Whuffie
This is my third blog post for The South. You can check it out over there, or just read it here. In Cory Doctorow’s Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, all the world’s shortages have been solved. There’s no need for money, because there’s no lack of supply. Even death has been conquered. In […]
A Boy and His Toys
I should be in bed, but the werewolf was sitting on my desk next to my camera. What was I supposed to do?
A Divinely Inspired Lack of Historical Perspective
“During my lifetime I have seen a significant deterioration in the respect accorded to religion in our public life, and I believe that the vitality of religious freedom is in danger of being weakened accordingly,” Oaks said. “Atheists and others would intimidate persons with religious-based points of view from influencing or making the laws of […]
We Were on Morning Edition!
We were on Morning Edition today! You can read the transcript or listen to the story on the site. It’s very exciting, and the story’s great too. I think the artist they interviewed has a pretty typical reaction when people first hear about what we do. The comments on the article, too, are fairly typical.\ […]
Max’s Karate Graduation
It’s a big weekend for Max. He got his yellow belt last night, and it’s his 10th birthday on Sunday! Check out all the pics in the set on Flickr\ Also, my first blog post for The South is up! They asked real nice, and I’ll be posting geeky bits there every couple of weeks.
No More Applications, Please
Everyone and their mother-in-law seems to be covering Beyonce’s Single Ladies these days, but you can all stop now. Really. No more. It’s over. I’ve found the best cover of the song, and I really don’t think anyone’s going to top it. See? \ By the extremely talented Pomplamoose Music. Check out the rest of […]
The Best of the Decade: 2000-2004
Some folks on twitter (I saw Mark Trammell and Corey Denis do it) have started posting their top albums from the 2000’s. Now that’s an idea I can get behind! So, here are my top albums from the 2000-2004. I’m going to try to do just three albums per year, but I love my music, […]