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I hope he means just getting ice cream, ‘cuz last time I looked, she was only sixteen.

The one poet since my college days that has constantly challenged me every time I read his work.

A nice followup from the CSM on “Jill Carroll”:http://www.csmonitor.com/specials/carroll/index.html. I have nothing but respect and admiration for reporters who willingly go into harm’s way (and by all accounts, Iraq will probably go down as one of the most dangerous wars for reporters in a generation) and try to bring home unfettered, unfiltered information to [...]

Experience designer for Windows Vista.

The day “Coretta Scott King dies”:http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5180053 is the same day “Samuel Alito”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Alito is confirmed to the Supreme Court. The sad irony of this juxtaposition would be too much to bear if we did not already suffer from outrage fatigue. This is par for the course.
How would the Civil Rights movement have fared if Alito [...]

Ever wonder what Triumph the comic dog really looked like? “Look no further”:http://www.flickr.com/photos/12481400@N00/89823210/in/set-72057594052294194/. Somehow discovering Triumph resembles Salman Rushdie’s little brother makes the poop jokes seem more poignant. But only a little.

!http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/graphics/vollman_william.jpg(Willam T. Vollman)!
“Vollman’s Violent World”:www.nybooks.com/articles/18560 There is a strange disconnect when you read Vollman’s books and see pictures of the man. I imagine him as a skinny version of the main character in ??A Confederacy of Dunces?? with an AK-47.

“Hanson on Rails”:http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/6170:
bq.:http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/6170 Rails is opinionated software. It eschews placing the old ideals of software in a primary position. One of those ideals is flexibility—the notion that we should try to accommodate as many approaches as possible, that we shouldn’t pass judgement on one form of development over another. Well, Rails does, and I believe [...]

An awesomely great interview with Will Shipley, one of the founders of OmniGroup and Delicious Library. Very long and gives lots of inspiration for developers wanting to switch to Cocoa or buck the dominant zeitgeist.

I _really_ enjoyed reading this “interview with Wil Wheaton”:http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/06/27/0926218&from=rss on Slashdot not only because Wil writes entertaining answers, but also his history as a child actor turned adult geek offers a unique perspective you simply can’t get anywhere else. I remember writing about him in an “old post”:http://www.sotto.org/archives/2002/08/29/life_after_star_trek/ when I had heard he was blogging [...]

Old news, but too fucking cool. The Dude (yes, *The* Dude) visits Lebowskifest West.

What innovation means from the CEO of the only innovative company left in the computer industry.

Q: How do you systematize innovation?
A: The system is that there is no system. That doesn’t mean we don’t have process. Apple is a very disciplined company, and we have great processes. But that’s not what it’s about. Process makes [...]

The first Kerry campaign speech that made me think he might actually win.

I discovered Danny Gregory’s art journal recently and am totally hooked by his gift of clarity. I like his writing so much, I’m buying his book. How’s that for an easy sell.

Hell hath no fury like an erudite baritone from Lake Wobegone throwing down the gloves.

Bloody Hell. Bono actually says something interesting and worthwhile at this year’s Wharton School of Law commencement.

Me, I’m in love with this country called America. I’m a huge fan of America, I’m one of those annoying fans, you know the ones that read the CD notes and follow you into bathrooms and ask you all [...]

Great interview with Jimmy Carter from American Prospect [via theyblinked]. To achieve greater stature as an Elder Statesman for peace many years after your term in the White House is a significant accomplishment. Long may he run.