July 2010
Terrapin 5k completed
Ran this last night with Jacqui and Chris. It was at 6:30pm on July 30. It was humid and roughly ~80°F. So it was pretty tough, I generally head to the gym when it gets too humid or much hotter than 80.
That being said, I pushed and I did respectable, but my slowest 5k race time to date. My final numbers:
Total time: 29:46
Pace: 9:35
Placing:
Overall: 1336/2414 - 55%
Sex: 785/1116 -...
Short URL 1.0.3
Just a quick note that I’d updated my short URL Safari 5 extension (still the best one, IMO) to 1.0.3. It now has a real toolbar icon and extension icon (courtesy of Mr. Aurich Lawson).
I also whipped up a nice little webpage for it and submitted it to Apple.
Lady Gaga Kidnaps Commissioner Gordon →
Supervillain Lady Gaga brazenly abducted Commissioner James Gordon from a charity fundraiser Tuesday, leaving police baffled and the citizens of Gotham fearing for their safety. Known for her outlandish costumes and geometric polygon hair, the criminal madwoman made a daring escape from Arkham Asylum last week and has been taunting authorities by interrupting television broadcasts ever since.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-25) →
All Time Low (75)
DJ X-Rated and DJ Esco (47)
Katy Perry (35)
School of Seven Bells (23)
M83 (19)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“With a creeping rise in secularists and nonbelievers today, some American...”
– The dangers of seeing America as a ‘Christian nation’ — Christian Science Monitor
“I remember when I used to write for All Things Considered… [T]here were an...”
– Real Editors Ship
OpenStack Nova and Swift PDF Documentation
I couldn’t find these on the OpenStack site, but here are the Swift and Nova documentation in PDF:
Nova (197 KB)
Swift (246 KB)
If you are seeing this page much further beyond July 19, 2010, this documentation is likely very out of date.
I generated these by compiling the RST docs into LaTeX using Sphinx and then compiling them to PDF using pdflatex (from MacTeX).
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-18) →
School of Seven Bells (93)
Lady Gaga (68)
The Starting Line (16)
Taking Back Sunday (9)
There For Tomorrow (9)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
An addendum
The media ships their work every day, sometimes multiple times a day. They stick it right in front of thousands if not millions of people for instant inspection and criticism. It’s right up there, front and center, and more often than not, these days the journalist is expected to engage directly with that mob and back up every decision they made during the production of that work.
If you...
“Tom’s assessment is that these people (let’s call them critics) have never...”
– Bobbie Johnson dot org : Shipping news
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-11) →
Lady Gaga (65)
The Audition (38)
Boards of Canada (22)
M83 (14)
Air (13)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“Your right-wing types often go on and on and on about “keeping the gummint out...”
– Masshole Judge Overturns DOMA, Uses Teabaggers’ Favorite Amendment For Gayness
“I can appreciate why a lot of designers like Helvetica compared to Univers –...”
– Creative Review - The Helvetica killer
“At the height of the Cold War in the late 1950s, all international...”
– Earth’s Artificial Ring: Project West Ford
Illinois Senate Bill: SB2951 →
Passed yesterday:
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person commits crowding or threatening a bicyclist when a person driving a motor vehicle recklessly drives the motor vehicle unnecessarily close to, toward, or near a bicyclist. Provides that every person convicted of crowding or threatening a bicyclist shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor if the violation does not result in...
WatchNew Apple Friend Bar Gives Customers Someone To Talk At About Mac Products
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-4) →
Uffie (61)
Marina and the Diamonds (29)
Katy Perry (17)
Cash Cash (15)
Panda Riot (15)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
