August 2009
9 posts
A Quick Greasemonkey Script To Add A Link To...
I’ve been using Bing a lot recently. It’s really quite good. There are a few places it falls down SO HARD, though, and one of those places is with programming queries. This really hurts a developer like me. But, I wanted to keep testing it, just without having to do all the typing to get into a new search engine.
So I went ahead and spent 20min creating a Greasemonkey script that...
My Idea of Health Care Reform
It’s entirely clear to me now that healthcare reform will not happen in any real way via the current system. With too many cooks in the kitchen — all having a vested interest in the dish being served to customers — we’ll never get anything done. I fully believe Obama will get some version of reform passed, but it’s mostly a matter of how watered-down it is and how...
How To Wirelessly Set Up A Lexmark X4550 Printer...
(This goes down as one of those posts you’re saving for your future-self and hope somebody finds it via Google and makes use of it.)
The better part of this weekend was spent unplugged from the grid and unpacking from boxes after our move into our new place. I ended up spending over an hour trying to re-set up our printer, a Lexmark X4550. This printer works wirelessly, which is how...
America's Best Colleges | forbes.com →
caterpillarcowboy:
needtherapy:
bowlsby: whatthehale: christinefriar
Innnnnnteresting … I lose the sibling war for sure, though we Hale kids chill together in the 400’s:
BROTHER: Augustana (in SD) - 411
SISTER (& both parents): University of Nebraska at Lincoln - 463
SELF: Bradley University - 466
Wah, wahhh.
Pretty suspect list…. how is the US Military academy...
The Future of Your Web Traffic
At AppStoreHQ, Chris has taught me a lot about the virtuous cycle we think will drive our business: Content <-> Distribution <-> Monetization. Focus on one of those three and you’ll help drive the other two.
Before we started, my idea of distribution was much simpler: build the content and let them come. Turns out, that doesn’t work. Distribution is hard work and is very...
Netflix Culture
One of many amazing(ly aweful) stories about First...
Me: So, for the fifth time, you haven't called when you said you would - at noon today. Do you remember saying you would give an update at noon today?
Guy (that's his name): Yes, I do.
Me: ... but you didn't call.
Guy: No.
*silence*
Me: Sooo..... do you have anything to say about that?
Guy: No.
Me: Soooooooooo, you're not a man of your word?
Guy: [Completely seriously] That'd be appropriate.