wolog.netwolog.net - LiveJournal.comPost-Mukasey at the Commonwealth Club.- March 27, 2008 When i arrived at the Intercontinental Hotel i was pleasantly surprised to run into tongodeon, who was there with a plan of his own. He brought the Attorney General a nice present a Casio F91W wristwatch, with a polite and gracious note.Indeed, my question was too long much too long. I shortened it by half to write it onto an index card, which i brought with me to hand over. Then i had to shorten it drastically again to re-write it onto the special Official Commonwealth Club...http://zestyping.livejournal.com/238949.html Mukasey at the Commonwealth Club.- March 27, 2008 I found out that Attorney General Michael Mukasey is speaking at the Commonwealth Club tomorrow. I decided to buy a ticket and attend, figuring i might not get a chance like this again. I hope to ask him:Title 2, Section 192 of the U. S. Code says that refusing to testify or produce documents in response to being summoned by Congress is a misdemeanor punishable by fine and imprisonment. It does not equivocate. It doesn't say it's a misdemeanor unless the President prefers someone not to...http://zestyping.livejournal.com/238623.html Factville: a new project.- March 25, 2008 I'm starting a new open source project. It's something i've been thinking about for quite a while now, and have mentioned to people here and there. Let me tell you a bit about it.Exhibit A: a book on gender differencesA little while ago, i wrote about a newspaper article in the SF Chronicle. The subject of the article was a new book by Louann Brizendine called The Female Brain. On the cover of the book is a brain-shaped mass of white plastic telephone cord, the old kind that comes in a long.http://zestyping.livejournal.com/238421.html PyCon 2008.- March 25, 2008 Last week i went to the Python Conference in Chicago. It was good to be among that crowd of familiar faces again. I've been feeling somewhat anxious and lonely lately in anticipation of the shift from school to Real Work and my imminent move out of the co-ops (yes, that's still months away but it makes me sad), so it's nice to be reminded of a community i can continue to be a part of. Quite a few Python hackers are at Google (including Guido himself), so i may be seeing more of them soon.As..http://zestyping.livejournal.com/238081.html What's next for me.- March 12, 2008 I did finally make a decision about what to do next with my life. I'm going to be joining Google.org in San Francisco. The work they're doing is very exciting they're taking on some of the really big problems in our world, and i'm thrilled to be joining them. I think two of the biggest factors for me are (a) the huge learning opportunity of working with experts in international health and development, and (b) the openness of the "dot-org" side of the company. Google's culture of intense...http://zestyping.livejournal.com/238061.html Another world diagram, and an invitation.- March 3, 2008 Here's my picture now: Forces for good: Randi, MythBusters, etc. PLoS, open access movement Galileo, Harris, Dawkins, etc. campaign finance laws truth in advertising laws responsible bloggers, Wikipedia FactCheck, NewsTrust, etc. Change Congress electoral system reform voting system reliability OpenCongress, TheyWorkForYou Americans United, etc. I realize that everyone probably has different ideas about what should go on this picture, and what arrows should connect them. I think...http://zestyping.livejournal.com/237294.html |