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- "Only a savage or a philosopher may be content with, or rise to, the conception of a pluralistic universe." -- J.T. Adams ()
- @brynn my standard fare at 976 is the Orange Blossom Oolong. Nom. ()
- @nateritter: watch this: http://tinyurl.com/6hrna8 ()
- RT: sweet @mokolabs is in the Wall Street Journal (talking about watching TV online). http://tinyurl.com/4t9dv3 ()
- @gtwhitesides: congratulations on your appointment to Obama's transition team! It was a pleasure meeting you in San Diego: http://tr.im/1hp8 ()
- Chatted with one of the http://greenflashbrew.com/ brewers @hamiltons Saturday night. Apparently several SD brewers started out in software. ()
- Seriously people, there is no vast, browser-wing conspiracy. Get it through your thick, language-lawyer skulls. ()
- I'm @hamiltons w/@kirinqueen etc. for @valdelane's birthday. Yay! ()
- Relaxing @stoutsd with @kirinqueen. Happy Friday everyone. ()
- @kevinmarks: also, the snowclones database is compiled by @kirinqueen! :) ()
- @Adora: Jesse (http://fiftyfoot.com/) already had the domain. ()
- Introducing http://50ft.com/ - a blog about design, art, etc. from various San Diegans. Disclaimer: I'm a contributor. ()
- @eleddy: ooooh. @kirinqueen and I might be interested. ()
- I'm surprised @stpeter doesn't have `ism' in his wordie list: http://wordie.org/words/ism ()
- Saw "antihomonuptial" in the wild. Want to ism it. @kirinqueen and I are against antihomonuptialism. ()
- [San Diego] Free tonight? Like beer? (LiveJournal) ()
- Danger Abbey rules. Best stop of the night. ()
- @SodaYak: oh well. Soon though! It's been a long time. ()
- @SodaYak, think you can come out tonight? ()
- Plan for http://tinyurl.com/5uhqxt is to meet at Ritual at 6:30, followed by we-don't-know-yet. I'm curious about Danger Abbey. ()
- Is NASA's DTN just warmed-over UUCP? ()
- @SodaYak: there were a whole bunch of them after the 5.0 this morning: http://tinyurl.com/67sjuo ()
- Here come all the earthquake tweets! ()
- @kirinqueen: what sort of syntax highlighting do the files need? You could set the mode by adding this to top of file: # -*- python -*- ()
- Anyone up for http://tinyurl.com/5n6jca tonight? ()
- @SapphireSBN: @kirinqueen was referring to http://tinyurl.com/6gvgfn ()
- @Adora: I'll be sure to say if he does when I finish the book. Meanwhile, you might consider is colleague Robin Hanson's notion of futarchy. ()
- I couldn't resist any longer: I picked up http://tinyurl.com/6fc29y on my lunch break. ()
- @weex: I haven't looked at them. ()
- @timbray: no thanks, Emacs' python mode (specifically, Dave Love's) is the way to go! ()
- @joonspoon: I've been wondering, what's phocus08? ()
- @brynn: my friend Jing Jing's. ()
- Anathem ()
- I'm happy to announce the birth of Olivia Merlyn Lui Jiang Mendoza! Mother and daughter are healthy and happy. ()
- OH: Go ahead, OH that shit. ()
- @Canthros: it's 82°F here. ()
- Everything you wanted to know about the Mark Cuban insider trading case, but were afraid to ask: http://tr.im/16bp ()
- I'm FSF member #7019. ()
- It's @kirinqueen's birthday today! Happy Birthday, love! ()
- Theresa O'Connor shared a link. (Facebook) ()
- They didn't show the Star Trek trailer in front of QoS! grumble grumble ()
- @Adora, @brynn, @Madrox, and myself were just on a panel discussion of lifetracking @barcampsd. @nateritter did a great job moderating. ()
- Upgrading the Mini to Parallels 4, picking up laundry, and getting through some old email before heading to @barcampsd. ()
- @joebird's drumming session is about to start @barcampsd. Yay! ()
- I really wish many more people understood the basics of public choice theory. ()
- Knitter? At @barcampsd? Two things: 1. introduce yourself to @kirinqueen! 2. Join the BarCamp group on Ravelry: http://tr.im/14ka ()
- Enjoyed @jenniferaron's hula hoop lesson @barcampsd w/ @kirinqueen and @joebird. ()
- At barcampsd4 ()
- @shindotv, nice to meet you. See you @barcampsd tomorrow? ()
- After-after-after partys are hard. ()
- At the Sod for the sdtweetup after-after party. ()
- @ilovemypitbull: understandably. I don't really believe anybody is capable of disliking chocolate. ()
- @eleddy: couldn't agree more. ()
- Curious about the nature of @brianstorms' all-blackness. http://tr.im/13ky http://tr.im/13l2 ()
- Ooooh. Green Flash's 30th Street Festival sounds like a wonderful way to spend a Thursday: http://tr.im/13mq ()
- @nateritter: re: crisiswire. 1) it's awesome. 2) how wide do you expect my browser window to be? ()
- @ryandjohnson, I'll try to come up with a way to make the resume link more obvious. ()
- @Imagium, @grossberg, it actually does have an H1; try disabling styles to see. Good point re: H2-over-the-about-me-stuff. @inkedmn, thanks! ()
- Went live with new homepage design. What do you think? http://edward.oconnor.cx/ ()
- Welcoming @sdmts to Twitter. Too bad @mbta is just someone name-squatting. ()
- BarCamp San Diego this weekend (LiveJournal) ()
- @mikeschu: sure, @kirinqueen and I would love to. ()
- My website, 2008-11-07 (Flickr) ()
- Enjoyed Green Flash's Double Stout while the ladies knit @RitualTavern last night. ()
- @Adora: Indeed. I'm looking forward to the weekend @barcampsd, but such behavior disappoints. ()
- Holy crap: http://tinyurl.com/5hvrel ()
- my Twitterank is e^(πi)+1! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler's_identity ()
- @ilovemypitbull: Ideally, it would be a term that is particularly good at inducing said feeling. ()
- Went to the FSF's pizza-with-Vernor-Vinge event with @kirinqueen. Finally got around to becoming an FSF member. ()
- Mixed feelings about our first decent look at the new Enterprise. Image: http://tinyurl.com/6y9s43 ()
- Reminder: Enjoy pizza & beer and chat with Vernor Vinge @ the FSF's San Diego event tonight: http://www.fsf.org/events/sandiegoevent2008 ()
- I try to blog each year on 11/11, reminding my ~4 readers of the evils of war. This year's entry: http://edward.oconnor.cx/2008/11/11 ()
- @kirinqueen made herself a knit poppy to wear today. How cool is that? ()
- And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda ()
- @nateritter: yeah, that's what happened when they posted about my personal unit tests. Forgot to tell Gina about it at the geek bonfire. ()
- I wonder if @bryanveloso knows about this @djangopony usage: http://tinyurl.com/5w8zos (via @joebird) ()
- @mikeschu: that would rock! I'm still trying to figure out what to talk about this time @barcampsd. ()
- @slevithan's unicode plugin for his xregexp library: full of win. http://tinyurl.com/5be89b ()
- @t: it'll probably be found to be an ammendment, not a revision; see http://volokh.com/posts/1225923130.shtml ()
- Will be celebrating Guy Fawkes night at http://www.shakespearepub.com/ with @kirinqueen et alii. ()
- Absolutely beautiful piece on the meaning of this election: http://tinyurl.com/58tm7s ()
- @schwarzwald: IIRC space-before-? and space-before-! is the norm in French. ()
- County-by-county red/blue maps&cartograms: http://tinyurl.com/5wdwop ()
- What will happen to the various gay marriages in CA from before Prop 8 passing? http://volokh.com/posts/1225907782.shtml ()
- Demographic breakdown of Prop 8 results, via @flash716: http://tr.im/tyv ()
- Disturbing Prop 8 racial split: whites opposed 53-47, blacks supported 70-30. http://tinyurl.com/5asx3l (via @radleybalko & @ilovemypitbull) ()
- Going to @stoutsd instead of the Wit's End, as it looked crowded in there. ()
- Heading to Mo's for a burger with @kirinqueen, and then to http://witsendpubandcafe.com/ to watch the election returns come in. ()
- @enkrates: the voting part of Election Day is like the Mass part of Christmas—what we throw out when we secularize the holiday. :) ()
- @joebird: also, thanks for bringing something more intellectual to the discussion. Knee-jerk reactions are boring. ()
- @joebird: I'm a consequentialist egoist, so both Kant's deontological stance and his anti-egoism are quite unappealing to me. #metaethics ()
- Patri Friedman, as usual, has some insightful thoughts on voting: http://patrissimo.livejournal.com/ ()
- @TheRealTrevor: they're giving free coffee to everyone. It would be illegal to give it to just voters. Yes, I told the barista I don't vote. ()
- Happily enjoyed my free coffee from @starbucks. ()
- @stpeter on voting: http://stpeter.im/?p=1009 ()
- @joebird: fortunately, I'm not a Kantian. :) ()
- @joshthewebguy: Florida 2000 is a great argument for the importance of the votes of Supreme Court justices. ()
- @joshthewebguy: That sounds like my mother. "Finish your peas, there are people starving in Africa!" ()
- @joshthewebguy, it's not worth exercising power measured with ε. If you'd like, think of me as a conscientious objector. ()
- So sick of "if you don't vote then you have no right to complain." Voting != consent. http://tinyurl.com/5v2uzd ()
- @ilovemypitbull: that's my girl! :) ()
- Food for thought: http://perich.livejournal.com/605590.html http://patrissimo.livejournal.com/891968.html http://www.nber.org/papers/w14302 ()
- @MitchWagner, maybe you mean "hell no?" ()
- I'm not voting—it just encourages them. Think, suppose they gave an election and no one came? #votereport Why not: http://tr.im/snd #novote ()
- @conorwade, @sdgeek: http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/atheists.asp ()