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
Jan 26th
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.
Jan 22nd
The Evolution of Apple Design Between 1977-2008 |... →
Great collection of images of Apple products over the years.
Jan 22nd
ListenInterview with Madeleine, age 3. I was trying an...
Jan 18th
WatchWatch
Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn’t seen it) on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
Jan 17th
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…
Jan 16th
“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...
Jan 13th
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…
Jan 12th
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...
Jan 11th
Book Review: The Case Against Adolescence  →
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.
Jan 11th
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...
Jan 10th
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.
Jan 9th
Jan 9th
“There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and...”
– Phil Karlton
Jan 7th
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.
Jan 6th
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.
Jan 2nd
Jan 2nd