April 2009
7 posts
Tired of (rubyists) arguing? Do something about...
Frustrated; Demoralized; Tired of arguing
I am described by all of these things. A lot of interesting things have been said over the past two weeks. A lot of horrible things have been said too. There is no community consensus. Instead we have what political pundits refer to as a “circular firing squad.” Its not even that the community is divided into separate camps, we...
Technology Review Videos: Fixing Lungs Outside the... →
Totally awesome, and totally freaky. Lungs kept alive for like 12 hrs outside of the human body (massive benefit for lung transplants and the like)
In New Jersey, an Immigrant Detainee Dies, and... →
I can’t find enough pejoratives to describe the ways in which the Bush administration has reinvented the executive branch. They created a shameful, callous, uncaring, soul-eating machine, built to serve their ideology. A device with no regard for the lives it destroyed, any notion of justice, or question of efficacy. Every time i think that i’ve become inured to the rank and...
Fatal Distraction: Forgetting a Child in the... →
This Washington Post piece is extremely well put together. These are tragic stories, evocatively and heart-wrenchingly explained. More importantly though, the piece does an effective job of discussing the cognitive (even momentary distraction can have horrible implications) and sociological (this can happen to anybody from any background, and does happen).
WELL worth the read.