Archive for March 2009

The monthlies.

• TPM Criticism

  Josh Marshall asked his readers to fill out a survey to help hone ads and increase revenue for his website that continues to grow in importance, and I added some constructive criticism… Please redesign the website; it is disorienting. Also, the permalink structure is muddled and confusing.

• Marching

  I’m biased, what can I say. I’m predicting — boldly — a rematch of Syracuse and UConn in the final for this year’s tournament… Click for complete bracket. For you long-time readers, these picks may seem familiar, and they should. Two years ago, I predicted an all Big East Final Four (it didn’t happen), and [...]

• Geoengineering

  My graduate degree is in geoengineering. I work in the field of geoengineering. A colleague of mine runs the successful (but ugly) geoengineer.org. Needless to say, I am familiar with the term. So I was surprised to see Josh Marshall using it derogatorily this afternoon. However, it seems that he is talking about another “geoengineering,” [...]

• The George W. Bush Institute Of Foreign Policy

  Imagine this scenario: You are at a cocktail party, or with friends watching a baseball game, or whatever; you get the point, you are at some sort of gathering. The discussion turns to public infrastructure, and a self-proclaimed expert (even without saying that he is an expert, he exudes expertise through demeanor, use of terminology, [...]

• Voice, finally.

  Maybe I’ll finally actually get some use out of the service… Image: Google Voice

• Syracuse vs. UConn

  I don’t have ESPN anymore, so I listened to the last four overtimes on the radio (over the internet)… Image: ESPN A pretty good birthday gift. UPDATE — And the highlights…

• Combat Pay for Teachers

  I am not an altruist; I am not one of those people. I probably wouldn’t make a great teacher because of it. And that is pretty much what we are asking young people to be when they take up the field of education: altruists. Now — don’t get me wrong — I don’t feel sorry [...]

• Obama Heeds to the Two Percent Solution

  Wow. At first glance, I am in love with the president’s education plan — expanding charter schools, merit pay for teachers, and extending the school year — a lot of which comes from the Two Percent Solution (of which Obama is a student). Additionally, hazard pay for teachers (inner-City schools) should be included. I am [...]

• Obama At 50 Days

  I like Barack Obama. I think he’s been a pretty good president so far. If asked, I would certainly say that I “approve” of his job performance. If asked to clarify that further, on a scale of 1 to 100 — with 1 being very poor and 100 being outstanding — I would say that, [...]

• Behavior

  When did doing nothing — and on top of that, posing a significant hindrance and cost to society — become something to do? I would like to blame Generation X on all of this — from Facebook and Twitter to flash mobs — and I plan on ranting on that in detail in the future. [...]

• The Difference Maker

  I agree with the notion that the mounting number of foreclosures is partially at root of our current economic crisis. It is by no means the only reason. Equally culpable for the dire straits that we navigate was the need for a market correction, the house of cards that became of the banking industry, and [...]

• CNBC

  I like this…

• Busted

  Think Dr. Melfi, only much younger, like 24 or 25 years old. This was my therapy apparently. I could barely remember how I had gotten in trouble (and sentenced to therapy), but I was now glad that I had. I tried avoiding the punishment. I let the answering machine pick-up, although I always did, no [...]

• Twitter

  A couple weeks ago, I finally caved in to pressure I am not sure is even there. I created a Twitter account. I’m not sure if that is even how you say it. I created a Twitter. And then I tweeted. I have alternately set it as private and public, but that is not the [...]

• .xlsx

  Thanks to the wonderful engineering minds at Microsoft (who pleasantly thought that changing their omnipresent file extensions were (1) a good thing, and (2) in desperate need of an additional ‘x’), I get to have these types of work-related IMs… reyonthehill: are you using xls or xlsx co-worker: xlsx reyonthehill: me too co-worker: cool reyonthehill: [...]

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