September, 2009 archive
Southern California Does Have Four Seasons 0
Mudslide, earthquake, drought, fire:
Californians Gather To Celebrate Annual Wildfire Tradition
Via the Daily Dish.
Opera Developer Tools 0
I’ve been working on a website for a friend of mine and, as I have tried to clean up the last couple of things so I can invoice so it can go live, I haven’t had a lot of luck.
Then I found Opera Developer Tools. They come with Opera. I just never stumbled over them before.
It shows the css, the rendered page code, and the scripts, as well as lists page errors and all sorts of other neat stuff.
Click the image for a larger picture.
Afterthought: I’m hardly a web developer. But I’m a pretty good editor.
Pay for Performance 0
Bryan Gould, writing in the Guardian, skewers the banksters’ bonus culture.
The absurdity of the whole “pay for performance” nonsense is the masters of the universe continued to be get their “bonuses for performance” even as the recipients companies have gone down in flames.
It was never about company performance. It was about accumulation of personal wealth.
To review the evidence, read the whole thing.
Dustbiters 0
A continuing series of mastery of the universe.
And they haven’t even made it to the Mountain Time Zone yet.
(The next morning)
Now they have:
First State Bank, Flagstaff, Arizona
Maxim 0
No, not the magazine.
This little tidbit at Glomarization.
(Come to think of it, has anyone ever seen a big tidbit?)
The Next Steps 0
Bill Shein investigates the upcoming phase of the health care legislation or lack thereof.
There’s Always Room for Jello 0
Well, maybe not so much:
There’s no room for Jell-O downtown (Norfolk, Va.), at least not for female Jell-O wrestling.
(snip)
(Club owner) Reid said the show was canceled Monday, a day before city officials called. The event was to be produced by an outside promoter and was booked six weeks ago, he said, long before the city stripped licenses to serve alcohol from Have a Nice Day Cafe and Bar Norfolk.
Burning question: Cherry or strawberry?
Foamers (Updated) 2
Where were the protests when George W. Bush actually went to a school to read a book?
Oh. I forgot.
There weren’t any.
Addendum:
John Cole at Balloon Juice.
Addendum-dee-dum-dum:
Steve Benen via Noz. (See the comments at Noz’s place.)
“Nobody Could Have Predicted . . .” 0
. . . except for all those folks who did.
The bitee threw the first punch and, according to the story, claims he did so because he felt threatened.
The bitee has health coverage.
Medicare.
Field has commentary.
Anyone Who Has Ever Read . . . 0
. . . The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer knows that Pat Buchanan is a unacquainted with historical truth.
Then, again, anyone who has actually listened to Pat Buchanan knows he is a unacquainted with historical truth.
Jesus H. Christ.
I’m going to bed while something stupid from Court TruTV rocks me to sleep.
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go (Update) 0
Choose your indicator: upsy or downsy.
Still over half a million.
Addendum, the Next Day:
9.7% Unemployment. QOTD from Marketwatch:
Many economists think the unemployment rate will top out near 10%, late this year or early next year. “What really matters is when payrolls and the jobless rate will turn, and we still believe that the timeframe on both is soon, probably sooner than most other forecasters expect,” wrote Stephen Stanley, chief economist for RBS Securities.
“R” Rated, Reprise 2
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