February 2011
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-2-27) →
Radiohead (129)
Jack’s Mannequin (63)
Kanye West (54)
The Bird and The Bee (5)
Discovery (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“After careful consideration, including a review of my recommendation, the...”
– Statement of the Attorney General on Litigation Involving the Defense of Marriage Act
“President Obama has decided that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional...”
– NationalJournal.com
““David Koch”: We’ll back you any way we can. What we were thinking about the...”
– Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker answers his master’s call
CTA Tattler: What the mayoral candidates say about... →
If you take public transportation regularly, as most people I know in Chicago do, you should check out the candidates’ positions on the issue:
When Chicago votes go to the polls Tuesday, for the first time in more than 20 years they won’t say Richard Daley’s name on the ballot. That fact makes this a very important election for the future of Chicago. And with funding for public...
“Feedback is an essential part of software user interface design. It’s especially...”
– Great advice for mobile web developers from 37signals, using their awesome new Mobile Basecamp site as an example.
Providing great user experience with feedback
Visualizing WebKit’s hardware acceleration →
Awesome tip from Thomas Fuchs for showing which parts of your page are hardware accelerated in both Safari and the iOS Simulator.
“Across the country, local governments, nonprofit groups and scores of farmers,...”
– After Earmarks Ban, Many Local Projects Are on Hold - NYTimes.com
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-2-6) →
Ke$ha (22)
The Go! Team (14)
Kanye West (11)
Akron/Family (5)
Kanye West, Beyoncé, Charlie Wilson & Big Sean (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“Dibs” is beyond idiotic, but I kind of like... →
While snowfall can be a magical thing, snow doesn’t magically turn public spaces into private property. It’s a very un-Chicagolike tradition: When snow falls, all of a sudden neighbors become vehement and territorial.
Ronald Reagan Myth Doesn't Square with Reality →
And while Reagan somewhat slowed the marginal rate of growth in the budget, it continued to increase during his time in office. So did the debt, skyrocketing from $700 billion to $3 trillion. Then there’s the fact that after first pushing to cut Social Security benefits - and being stymied by Congress - Reagan in 1983 agreed to a $165 billion bailout of the program. He also massively...
