December 2009
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A Little More Context
For Americans and other aliens, here’s a couple of places where you can read what most people in England think of when they hear mention of the IRA:
This article on the Birmingham Six (six people wrongfully imprisoned for the crime) has details on what was, at that point, the IRA’s worst bombing to date.
The Manchester bombing in 1996 is one that I narrowly missed— I woke up late,...
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“A terrorist attack cannot possibly destroy a country’s way of life;...”
– Bruce Schneier, CNN.com (hat tip to Wil Shipley)
The IRA was bombing England for many years, and yet day-to-day British society didn’t change nearly as much as when the Labour government of the day decided to ban all sale of beef on the bone for fear of BSE. They’re still in power, and...
“New #TSA rule: Babies no longer permitted to sit on laps. Must fit into overhead...”
– Jeff Jarvis, via Twitter (via nikf)
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X-MAS is how my father used to write “Xmas” on my present when I was a kid, living in a trailer park. So soooorry if that’s how I prefer to write it to honor my childhood.
The X in X-mas is from the Greekletter Chi, which is the first letter of Χριστός, Christ in Greek.
I’d always been told it was a ‘criss-cross’ rather than an X,...
“The worst thing you can do to anybody trying to be creative is to demand...”
– Chuck Klosterman (via marco)
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Pro Objective-C for Mac and iPhone →
I just noticed that my name has been officially added to the details of this forthcoming book from Apress. Very excited by this turn of events— suddenly I feel all legitimate. And on-the-hook.
For those wondering about the book’s history: it was originally started by Mike Ash of Rogue Amoeba, but was handed off to me after he chose to spend more time with his actual life (I don’t...
“There’s TOO MUCH ATTENTION TO CHILDREN in this country! Leave them ALONE!...”
– George Carlin (via marco)
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Today's Immigration Rant
So yesterday I heard back about the educational equivalency evaluation for my H1-B. The line I’m being given is that the letters from my previous employers didn’t give enough technical information on my responsibilities. My reply was that maybe they should have asked for that, instead of giving me a form letter for them to fill out suggesting a brief sentence or two. So now there will...