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Monthly Archive for June, 2008

GlobMe.com, learn English!

I can usually restrain myself from kvetching about bad English. I will admit it’s a thing with me. I see red when people make plurals with apostrophes. I wince when my friends online insist on using your when you’re is called for, their when they’re is needed or write then when they mean than.
Even though [...]

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Adults Only airline flights. Not that some adults can’t act like babies, but wouldn’t it be nice to get on an airplane and not have to play toddler tantrum roulette with your seating assignment?
Adults Only restaurants. I’m paying $200 or more for my wife and I to enjoy an exquisite dining experience. Can I please [...]

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This Sunday, June 29, 2008, I will be attending DevHouseBoston. I’ve proposed a project called Distributed Microblogging. My primary goal for the day is to get a UI defined. If we can prototype something, so much the better, but I think the discussions going on in the online community really need to have some attention [...]

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Thank you, Rep. Rangel

I sent the following letter to the editor at the New London Day this morning.
The Democratic Party and indeed the nation owe Rep. Charles Rangel of NY (Dem 15th) a well-deserved “Thank you, sir!” According to accounts released yesterday, it was Rep. Rangel who delivered a much-needed dose of cold reality to Sen. Hillary Clinton [...]

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