Launching the site to the world tomorrow...

reading some good Sam Harris http://ping.fm/QAMW6

suffering from total hard drive crash-itis

code monkey very simple man with big warm fuzzy secret heart

Rowan Latham was brought forth on Friday, April 18 at 12:30 p.m. He was humongous, 9 pounds 13 ounces. Here are some pictures taken at the hospital.

Visualizing data: watch stunning 90-second flash versions of the spread of the major religions, democracy, and the imperial history of the middle east at mapsofwar.com. Also striking - see how little all the air and water in the world is when you roll it into a ball.

A fine Molly Ivins column from 2006. "There are times when regular politics will not do, and this is one of those times." She called 'em like she saw 'em.

Enjoying Seeqpod (and its "I'm Feeling Lucky" cousin Songerize) - yes! I am going to be hanging out there almost as much as last.fm and pandora while it lasts. Now if I can only remember that song's title...

Did anyone else feel the disdain cnn revealed last night toward "online" or "citizen" journalism? The choices made (among what must have been many submissions) seemed purposely chosen to portray youtubers as amateurish and slackjawed. Why were 90% of the aired videos so bad? Like many, I looked forward to actual people questioning the candidates, what I got was beaten over the head with a poor marketing effort from an no-longer-necessary-or-even-relevant institution.

"our Sentiments-how we dream'd of, and were mistaken in, each other, count for at least as much as our poor cold Chronologies." from Mason & Dixon...just had to write that down somewhere

"My heart burns like fire but my eyes are as cold as dead ashes." - 101zenstories.com
My oh my StumbleUpon...what a glorious extension.

Alright, now, somebody's just freaking out here, right? I did not know that Wolverine was Buddhist.