July 2008
32 posts
“Public services are publicly funded because they serve a public interest....”
– Eoghan McCabe
Letter to Boston Department of Public Works
Just sent this to the Boston DPW via their web form.
Yesterday, I was at the corner of Causeway and Merrimac. The pedestrian signal turned to the walking man, yet traffic coming from both Merrimac and Lomasney had a green, almost hitting pedestrians in the crosswalk. Please tune the lights at that intersection.
Open Source Cloud Computing →
“The second guy into a market sets the standard, by ratifying the API designed...”
– Dave Winer
A Thinking Man's Sphinx →
Moving from UltraSphinx to ThinkingSphinx.
Easier Capistrano deployments from GitHub →
Terrorist Watch List Hits One Million Names →
Not cool.
Why do developers ignore alignment and padding? →
Need to re-read when I have more time to digest.
Senator Kennedy returns to Senate to cast vote on...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, battling a brain tumor, walked through a wall of applause into the Senate on Wednesday and cast a stunningly unexpected vote on long-stalled Medicare legislation. “Aye,” the 76-year-old Kennedy said in a loud voice, and he made a thumbs-up gesture as he registered his vote. Spectators in the galleries that overhang the chamber burst into...
REST Anti-Patterns →
Letter to Congressman Michael Capuano (D-MA)
Just sent to the office of the 8th District:
I read Congressmen Capuano’s June 24 letter here: http://mashable.com/2008/07/08/congress-censor-twitter-qik/ I’ve lived in the 8th District for years and met Congressman Capuano once at a finance committee event for Deval Patrick in the summer of 2006 at a law office in Rowes Wharf. I’m also a technologist and web developer....
Idealist volunteer listings for Boston tech...
Looking for a part-time volunteering position in the Boston area where I can contribute my technology expertise, I did some research on Idealist. These are the three most promising I could find:
Help build the Citizens Market PHP web app - Citizens Market is a nonprofit developing a user-generated database to gather reliable information on the social and environmental performance of companies....
