January 2012
1 post
“Florensky was one of the speakers in a series of debates between religious...”
– From Sergei Demidov and Charles Ford, “On the Road to a Unified World View: Priest Pavel Florensky — Theologian, Philosopher and Scientist”, citing Pospielovksy
August 2011
1 post
Test Tumblr Post
This is a test post from Elements on the iPad to my Tumblr Blog.
March 2011
1 post
Let's Make Fun of the Fed!
You’ve got to see this “slide show” on CNNMoney: Famous Fed flubs. I’m not claiming that it is like an Austrian wrote it, but a lot of it is pretty good. Don’t miss the main thing that is interesting though.
At one time we had to suffer through the head of the Fed being called “Maestro” and other such nonsense. Coming from there, this kind of laughing at...
February 2011
3 posts
ACSLogo for Mac OS X →
Logo is a popular language used to teach simple programming by guiding the progress of a âturtleâ which moves around a graphics screen.
The Two Essential Libertarian Podcasts
For the present:
The Lew Rockwell Show (iTunes)
Short, weekly interviews by Lew Rockwell usually related to current events.
For the past:
The Libertarian Tradition (iTunes)
20-25 minutes weekly on a writer, thinker or activist from the libertarian tradition by Jeff Riggenbach.
The United Kingdom Explained on Devour.com →
“Take five minutes of your time to learn the difference between Great Britain, the United Kingdom, and England.”
January 2011
1 post
J.R.R. Tolkien: Truth and Myth →
Myths, Lewis told Tolkien, were “lies and therefore worthless, even though breathed through silver.”
“No,” Tolkien replied. “They are not lies.”
December 2010
1 post
August 2010
2 posts
Autotune?
I’m considering leaving the isolation of my cave and rejoining society. Is the autotune fad over yet?
St. Patrick's Breastplate →
Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ at my right, Christ at my left, Christ in the fort, [i.e., at home] Christ in the…
October 2009
2 posts
The Pmarca Guide to Personal Productivity - pmarca... →
Don’t keep a schedule. Keep three and only three lists: a Todo List, a Watch List, and a Later List. Each night before you go to bed, prepare a 3x5 index card with a short list of 3 to 5 things that…
TDD Derangement Syndrome →
From the article: In the George-William study teams that practiced TDD took 16% longer to claim that they were done than the teams that did not practice TDD. Apparently tests are more accurate than…
September 2009
1 post
Mac OS X Automation →
Apple’s official site for automation in Mac OS X. Great library of scripts, though they require Snow Leopard.
June 2009
3 posts
Dan Lyons: Why We Need Steve Jobs | Newsweek... →
“Cook is a great manager, a whiz when it comes to managing supply chains and keeping the trains running on time. He is vital to Apple. Jobs cannot do what he does. But neither can Cook do what Jobs…
Top 10 Ways to Provoke a Geek Argument →
Geeks, as a general rule, are pretty easy-going. We like to think things through, so passionate confrontations aren’t commonplace for us. When we get well and
Code Collector Pro →
“Code Collector Pro provides the best solution for organising, using and sharing your code snippets.” Heard about this .on the MDN show.
May 2009
4 posts
“As the trend in technology moves further towards “open source,”...”
– S.M. Oliva, The Fall of Old Media, Continued - Mises Economics Blog
“Legalism is as much a danger to the Church as [theological] liberalism.”
– Rev. Wayne Carson (my Dad)
Level & Tap →
Beautiful photos with easy printing and optional framing.
“The best camera is the one that’s with you.”
– Chase Jarvis
April 2009
1 post
Cultural Literacy: A Reading List for Beginners →
Austro-libertarians often rightly complain about the economic illiteracy of traditional conservatives and most mainstream political commentators. I am no exception. In my own classes I have to spend…
March 2009
3 posts
Kent Beck: Meeting commitments vs. testing and... →
Kent Beck responds to an attack from Andrew Binstock:
Removing the inflammatory emotional words from the above, I get: “Kent Beck [Bob can answer for himself] supports testing and refactoring in ways that don’t advance the project.” What?
Untitled Document Syndrome by John Gruber →
If you want to understand why they call him “Chairman Gruber” read this great example of his writing. I’m not sure exactly how to explain what he does that is so important for the Mac community, but it has something to do with making ultimately simple points that seem obvious to everyone once he makes them but were not at all obvious before he makes them:
Everything on your...
G. K. Chesterton →
Many GK Chesterton resources, including whole books.
The Pragmatic Bookshelf | Becoming Productive in... →
2 $5 screencasts that give tips on how to use XCode more efficiently.
February 2009
5 posts
Speed Kills →
Robert “Uncle Bob” Martin:
If you want to be a craftsman. If you want to be someone who builds software quickly, accurately, and repeatably. If you want to be someone that your employer respects and values. If you want to respect yourself. Then remember this simple fact. Speed Kills.
Interview With Ward Cunningham, Inventor of the... →
This interview on FLOSS Weekly of Ward Cunningham by Leo Laporte and Randal Schwartz is really remarkable. I did not know that the wiki and extreme programming (now usually known as Agile programming) were invented by the same guy. Even more enlightening was to hear him describe what the two have in common… Both allow for “incompleteness” while still being useful. Wikis allow for...
The Joy of Multiple Children
Holding my fourth child, and second son, Ransom, I’m thinking about how my experience of him is different from my first child. With our first child we noticed a lot of things that weren’t specific to her. Things that had more to do with the novelty of having a baby and seeing a little person develop from the very beginning. But with subsequent children, we have focused less on this...
What It Feels Like To Be A Libertarian →
How does it feel to be a libertarian? Imagine what the internal life of Cassandra must have been and you will have a pretty good idea.
January 2009
17 posts
“It really all comes down to the attitude one takes toward one’s influence...”
– Jeffrey Tucker, What is Your Attitude Toward IP? - Mises Economics Blog
Libertarian Papers →
Stephen Kinsella has master-minded a new kind of journal… Online, minimal copyright restrictions and quick time to publish. Outstanding! My new goal: Have an article published in Libertarian Papers.
The Evolution of Apple Design Between 1977-2008 |... →
Great collection of images of Apple products over the years.
Interview with Madeleine, age 3.
I was trying an...
WatchStar Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn’t seen it) on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
The Big Redesign In The Sky →
“The first rule of holes: If you are in one, stop digging. “Many software developers take this to mean that if you have a huge legacy mess in your software you should stop working on it and rewrite…
“These developments in the economic realm have continued the shift in the major...”
– Capitalism and the Family by Steven Horwitz.
Not sure what I think of his thoughts on marriage, (he only seems to see upside to more divorce for example), but his point about the rise of “extended adolescence” seems right. Children are no longer needed (or allowed) to do something...
Liberty - Skepticism, and Beyond →
Stephen Cox: “Yet it was in Christendom that the founding documents of a religious regime announced that God’s kingdom is not, in fact, a franchise of this world. It was in Christendom that the…
Ransom
Elwin Ransom (typically just referred to as Ransom) is a character in three books by C.S. Lewis sometimes known as the Space Trilogy. He is the main character in Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra. He is an important character in That Hideous Strength.
The word ransom appears several times in the Greek Scriptures, in all cases as a reference to the Messiah. This is the particular passage I...
Book Review: The Case Against Adolescence
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Starting a hundred years ago, Americans gradually increased the age of adulthood to what many Americans now believe to be 26. You’ve heard, “30 is the new 20,” and “50 is the new 30.” Soon we will all be kids again.
The Lew Rockwell Show →
This relatively new podcast has been a real pleasure for me. Lew typically keeps the episodes to 15 minutes or less. But don’t let the short length fool you. Each episode overturns some modern superstition.
After reading LewRockwell.com for years (and contributing the occasional article) you would think there would be little to surprise me. But even I have learned quite a bit listening to...
Tumblrette
Trying out an iPhone app for posting to this blog. Tumblrette allows me to post here as well as on another Tumblr blog I have.
I love these iPhone apps. I almost feel ready to stop carrying my laptop around and rely entirely on my iPhone.
“There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and...”
– Phil Karlton
After Credentials →
The course of people’s lives in the US now seems to be determined less by credentials and more by performance than it was 25 years ago. Where you go to college still matters, but not like it used to.
A Field Guide to Developers - Joel on Software →
The ideal workplace for developers has: private offices, toys, social life (e.g. smart colleagues), exciting work, company they can identify with.
December 2008
2 posts
Digg: New Twitter feeds! →
Digg announces new Twitter feeds across several Digg topics, so you can get popular stories delivered right to Twitter. This provides another way to customize the types of stories you receive from…
“A strange obsession, mine. But better to be addicted to smartphones and gismos...”
– The New Adventures of Mr Stephen Fry
November 2008
3 posts
“Steve Jobs’s famous maxim “artists ship” works both ways....”
– The Other Half of “Artists Ship” by Paul Graham.
Dan Benjamin - How To Prepare a Mac For Sale →
1. Back It Upâ¨2. Deauthorize Itâ¨3. Reformat and Reinstallâ¨4. Recreate That “Factory Fresh” Feelingâ¨5. Pack It