Monthly Archives: December 2006

media matters has a list of memorable quotes from the year. ann coulter was really busy this year. sample: Right-wing pundit Ann Coulter on The New York Times’ decision to report on the Bush administration’s warrantless domestic wiretapping program and … Continue reading →

(i just posted this to a mailing list type thing that i belong to, and i’m reposting it here because…well because so much of my writing seems to be occurring on forums and mailing lists these days, and not enough … Continue reading →

interesting, i did not know this. The Census Bureau does not make adjustments to the new home sales figures to account for cancellations of sales contracts. The Survey of Construction (SOC) is the instrument used to collect all data on … Continue reading →

phil just sent me a piece in the NYT about the marketing of superpremium booze. i have a fair amount of firsthand experience with liquor salespeople and their aggressive techniques, and the bottom line is they play to peoples’ vulnerabilities … Continue reading →

the u.s. mint has made it streng verboten to melt coins. maybe they should try minting them out of plastic or go back to the days of clay or rivermud. i’m not convinced these rules are going to deter a … Continue reading →

i went up to mendocino a couple of days ago with hamburger. his friends jaques and denise have a stunning place on 40 acres of redwood trees. it felt really good to get out of berkeley and drive. we also … Continue reading →

i just watched the movie laurel canyon. phil was over. we agreed that the movie pretty much captured the whole vibe of the place. i really miss the canyon. the lifestyle. the band. the insanity. the recording studio in the … Continue reading →

after reinstalling the system, it turns out that the problem was that Online Certificate Status Protocol was turned on in the keychain preferences. i don’t remember turning that on, but i guess it just stopped working and caused anything requiring … Continue reading →

this was on boingboing, but it is so awesome i am linking it here.