Minimum wage in the US hasn’t moved much in years. Prices on everything everywhere have been going up for a decade but the workers who serve and clean most of our crap are getting poorer and poorer.
We all know … Read the rest
politics
so much of it is politics
Tea Party Excess Threatens High-Tech Success
Interesting Op-Ed from a prominent Physics professor regarding how the political climate in the Tea Party era makes it very difficult to fund scientific research, and how critical to the past and future growth of the USA scientific research is.… Read the rest
The One Where The Sub-Saharan Nazi Won’t Fistbump
Hahaha that is pretty good television.… Read the rest
Oh My Obamacare, Part 5: Software Is Now Working, Time For Research
Healthcare.gov let me in today, let me make my account, and get through the identity confirmation stage. That identity phase is always interesting – this one used various pieces of government-known data and asked it back to you, with misleading … Read the rest
Bill Moyers Essay: On the Sabotage of Democracy
Nailed. It. The Republican minority is sabotaging this country right now. Congress’s approval rating has moved to 10%, below even W’s worst days. Several services and programs I rely on at work have already shut down and I have a … Read the rest
Better Wait A Bit More – Obamacare website goes down for software fix
If you are waiting to sign up for Obamacare, wait just a bit longer. They are whipping some IT people mercilessly in a windowless server room right about now, and the website should settle down and work properly in … Read the rest
Vote Them Out! Politicians Who Won’t Compromise Will Ruin Us
If they want to hijack our government for their own radical agenda, then I say let the democracy work the way it should and let’s vote all the idiot tea partying republicans out.
The Tea Party exists to RUIN the … Read the rest
Slimdown The Lying Republicans
Those Retarded Republicans are at it again.
Senator Obama ran for president on the promise of bringing universal health coverage to America. Being that America has a for-profit “free market” healthcare system, this means the free market has provided us … Read the rest
Oh My Obamacare, Part 3: Go Live Day For Biggest Software Project Ever
Such crazyness about Obamacare in this country, but I had a moment of clarity the other night….. IT’S JUST A SOFTWARE CHANGE.
Repeat after me, it will make you feel better — Obamacare is just a software upgrade. We all … Read the rest
Oh My Obamacare, Part 2: A Visit From The Navigator
While I was out the other day our household was visited from a friendly fellow explaining The Affordable Care Act, aka The ACA., aka “Obamacare”, (formerly “Romneycare”). He stood on the front porch and explained to my girlfriend that he … Read the rest
ACLU Study Says Police Cameras Create Database of Our Movements
Ah great:
ACLU Study Says Police Cameras Create Database of Our Movements – Slashdot.
The Cops Are Tracking My Car and Yours – Ars Technica.
I always wanted to see someone (else!) do an experiment with the traffic … Read the rest
The Forgotten Art of Repairing Things
BBC News – Restart project: The forgotten art of repairing things.
Awesome concept. I hope these spread and I know I could show up with a few broken gadgets, if not fix a couple of boomboxes myself.
Obamacare requires most insurers to tackle obesity
Obamacare requires most insurers to tackle obesity.
Sounds good to me. If your BMI is high, you will be able to access wellness counselors, health coaches, even Weight Watchers Inc. through Obamacare, perhaps with no co-pay.
Another nice … Read the rest
The Big Payback by Nina Turner
Not Tina Turner, not a James Brown song, but some good old fashioned politics:
Women Fight Back: Ohio Bill Makes Erectile Dysfunction Her Business
State Senator Turner is the real deal, fighting the forces of ridiculousness and hypocrisy. Men in … Read the rest
Streaming For Profits – Online Radio and Royalties
Interesting post from David Lowery from the band Cracker, showing the dirty details of what artists make in royalties these days.
My Song Got Played On Pandora 1 Million Times and All I Got Was $16.89, Less Than What I … Read the rest
The Power of Music Yet Again
… Google Maps Personalization Will Hurt…
… Facebook Wants To Kill Your Apps (and the Free Internet)
Recently Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s first website was discovered in a cache somewhere. It was from the late 90’s and little Mark was in 9th grade and learned how to make a HTML page and post to some defunct blogging … Read the rest