Month: March 2013

  • Fox News Contributors Say Marriage Equality Would Criminalize Christianity

    You still get to have your close-minded beliefs. You just don't get to exert them on other people. http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/03/26/1776861/fox-news-contributors-say-marriage-equality-would-criminalize-christianity/ Fox News Contributors Say Marriage Equality Would Criminalize Christianity As the Supreme Court weighs the merits of allowing gay and lesbian Americans the freedom to marry- right-wing anti-equality advocates are cranking the fearmongering up to 11- […]

  • Menu of today's coverage of the Proposition 8 argument : SCOTUSblog

    Audio and transcript of today's SCOTUS hearing re: Prop 8 is up. http://www.scotusblog.com/2013/03/menu-of-todays-coverage-of-the-proposition-8-argument/ Menu of today's coverage of the Proposition 8 argument : SCOTUSblog Recommended Citation: Kali Borkoski- Menu of today's coverage of the Proposition 8 argument- SCOTUSblog (Mar. 26- 2013- 12:06 PM)- http://www.scotusblog.com/2013/03/menu-of-todays-coverage-of-the-proposition-8-argument/

  • The Fresh Ten Commandments

    Erika updates the ten commandments: The Fresh Ten Commandments New times. New rules.

  • Can we all agree that The Addams Family Values is a hilarious movie? : funny

    Meet your other soulmates that think Addams Family Values is the funniest movie ever made. http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1arhx4/can_we_all_agree_that_the_addams_family_values_is/ Can we all agree that The Addams Family Values is a hilarious movie? : funny reddit: the front page of the internet

  • Exclusive: a behind-the-scenes look at Facebook release engineering

    Facebook compiles the entire PHP codebase into executable C++ and then distributes it cross the data centers with BitTorrent. They update the entire network serving hundreds of millions of concurrent users in abot 30 minutes. http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/04/exclusive-a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-facebook-release-engineering/ Exclusive: a behind-the-scenes look at Facebook release engineering An inside look at how changes are made to one of […]

  • www.reddit.com

    An inventory of invasions of Afghanistan from Persia's Darius the Great to the Soviets summing up: (plus counterpoint from commenters) 'Why have large- modern/organized forces continually failed throughout history? IT'S THE TERRAIN! THE TERRAIN! If we have this much trouble penetrating and managing it in modern times- I can't fathom what it was like back […]

  • Linkmarklet

    Totally re-found the WordPress plugin I'd started hacking back in June. Added some updates https://github.com/andymatic/Linkmarklet Linkmarklet Hacking on a WordPress quick post bookmarklet. Contribute to Linkmarklet development by creating an account on GitHub.

  • Andy's Recommended Listening

    Just added a Peter Rauhofer mix to my recommended listening folder on Dropbox – grab it http://db.tt/XsS6ASgH Andy's Recommended Listening Shared with Dropbox

  • Nothing personal: The questionable Myers-Briggs test

    I think the MBTI remains a good model for starting to investigate why we are the way we are – but it's scientific foundations remain shaky at best. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/brain-flapping/2013/mar/19/myers-briggs-test-unscientific Nothing personal: The questionable Myers-Briggs test Dean Burnett: The Myers-Briggs personality test is a popular tool- but may not be scientifically valid

  • Hubris: Selling The Iraq War — MSNBC

    Reminder that Rachel Maddow's documentary about the selling of the Iraq war is on MSNBC tonight again – along with a post-show disucssion with Chris Hayes. http://tv.msnbc.com/shows/hubris-selling-the-iraq-war/ Hubris: Selling The Iraq War — MSNBC In the new MSNBC documentary- declassified documents–and insiders talking on camera for the first time–reveal details on how President Bush and […]