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Baltimore thoughts
by ben at 27 November, 2006 - 6:44 AM
Pardon me while I get serious for a moment. Baltimore has a problem, I think, and I also think that it's something we need to talk about. Racism in this city is something that everyone knows is there, but no one does anything about. We couch it by saying there are dangerous neighborhoods, safe neighborhoods, but really that's not what we mean. There are mixed areas (Patterson park, for one), and mixed schools (City, where I went, was 85% black, and about 6 or 7% White, with the remainder being Latino, Asian, and Other - i don't even know what that meant), but not many; the debate on why, and how to fix it just doesn't seem to be happening. I love this town, and I think I want to stay here, and I think this shouldn't continue to be a problem. So my shower thought today was about starting a weekly (or so) web cast to talk it out, and actually come up with ideas on how to fix the problem. It would be a simple format, I talk, read and respond to emails... unless my brother hooks me up with equipment, i probably couldn't take phone calls, but that would be something to think about. So I'm tossing this out to the crowd... what do you think? Am I cracked? Has Ben finally lost it, or do you think it's a worthwhile endeavor? Dream of dreams, people actually listen, and changes actually happen, but I'd just like people to question their own viewpoints, and maybe actually make Baltimore the "greatest city in America" like all of our bus stops tell us it is.

Today's shower thought brought to you by: Speed Racer
Latest comment: 08 December 06, 2:32 AM

Best. Email. Ever.
by elfie at 22 November, 2006 - 1:02 AM
Kevin, Jamie,

Just curious, but can you tell me which development methodology you guys follow?

Thanks,
-[Name Removed]


I want to write back and be like, "We use number 12."
Latest comment: 22 November 06, 2:30 AM

Nokia 770 Tip
by ben at 21 November, 2006 - 6:43 AM
for getting your desired RSS feeds to your tablet - if you want to read RSS feeds on your tablet:
Go to your current aggregator of choice (google home page, netvibes, my yahoo, whatever).
Copy the URLs of the feeds you want to read to a new notepad file.
Connect your tablet, copy the notepad file over, open it in your tablet.
Open your rss reader, and copy the URLs one by one into the reader.

Saves a lot of time vs. finding them online through the tablet...
Latest comment: 21 November 06, 6:43 AM

Spamalot!
by ben at 21 November, 2006 - 2:14 AM
who's in? it's coming to the Hippodrome in Baltimore in March... tickets are on sale now. Who wants to go?

Does anyone know if you're supposed to catch the show early in the run or later?
Latest comment: 21 November 06, 9:27 AM

Working From Home
by elfie at 21 November, 2006 - 1:03 AM
I can't even begin to tell you how much I'm looking forward to NOT having a commute twice a day.
Latest comment: 01 December 06, 7:36 AM

Do you like Alton Brown?
by ben at 17 November, 2006 - 2:29 AM
If you're anything like me, you do. Via 100 Cookbooks, via GMail's RSS feeds at the top, I found the curious cook, who does food science at the next level. it's very cool, i highly recommend it if you like to cook, are interested in what you eat for nutrition's sake, or are just a little bored in the office today...
Latest comment: 21 November 06, 7:51 AM

What kind of point is this article trying to make?
by ben at 16 November, 2006 - 11:55 PM
check out this article from the CBC:
Montreal police defend guidelines for Hasidic Jews

What do its tone, and content (specifically percentage of the article given to certain aspects of it) suggest? Do you think the article is defending the police, or suggesting that they are wrong with their policy? Is the article biased, or unbiased, in your opinion?
Latest comment: 16 November 06, 11:55 PM

Vote Early, Vote Often!
by elfie at 15 November, 2006 - 9:41 AM
I'm sure many of you remember the fine piece of cinema in which Ben, Pie, and I recently made our big screen debut. And don't forget about Stu's car, which met its demise in the film!

Well, the writer and director of that film is in a competition presented by the Sundance Channel and the Sci-Fi Channel with his short film, titled "The Sitter" (which actually stars much of the cast of Ghostwatcher II). You can view the film here:

http://www.sundancechannel.com/exposure/

You can cast one vote per day for the rest of the week. Please cast your vote for The Sitter!
Latest comment: 17 November 06, 4:29 AM

Close your Bank of America Account?
by ben at 15 November, 2006 - 7:07 AM
via boingboing, BofA falsely has someone arrested and charged. My AAA card company was just bought by them... I'm considering closing it out and moving on. Those of you with BofA accounts... time to move to a credit union?
Latest comment: 16 November 06, 3:27 AM

A mission for you, my pretties!
by ben at 15 November, 2006 - 12:55 AM
I found aboutus.org today - a wiki site about websites. guess who they have? that's right! us!... so, they're obviously lacking in data... whoever comes up with the most entertaining, most amusing, or simply wildest stuff... gets a... well, cafepress has taken down most of my shirts, but i'll try to put a new one up and order it and send it to you!

so, write away! (heh... if you laughed at that, you're as dorky as i am) also, someone needs to update that picture... a little old...
Latest comment: 21 November 06, 9:29 AM

Gay-Hating Barber Shop Near San Francisco's Russian Hill Neighborhood
by muhgcee at 14 November, 2006 - 5:33 AM
Here is my experience at Lombardo's Barber Shop on Friday November 10:
1508 Union Street (at Van Ness)
San Francisco, CA 94123
(415) 441-0356
Latest comment: 15 November 06, 3:51 AM

The Emergency Extended Early Thanksgiving at Maison de Stiefel - 2.0
by ben at 13 November, 2006 - 6:13 AM
Who: You! And Yours!
What: Pre-Thanksgiving Feastanallia (or Dinner, for the plebeian among you)
Where: The Baltimore estate of Senõr Benjamin La Tavola Mestizo Paraguayan De Stiefel
When: Saturday, November 18, 2006
Why: Because it will be a fun get together, you will be wined, and quite assuredly dined, and you haven't seen the redecorated version of my casa.
How: By plane, train, automobile, crook, hook, staff or skateboard, foot, really, this part is up to you, i can't think of everything!
Latest comment: 15 November 06, 2:57 AM

Wablet?
by ben at 13 November, 2006 - 5:33 AM
i got this invite to Wablet alpha. It seems like a chat client that is all web based and has some API features... anyone that wants to check it out, let me know. ATM i have 2... i'll try this for a few days probably...

Latest comment: 13 November 06, 1:47 PM

whew
by typhoid at 12 November, 2006 - 4:49 AM
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Latest comment: 13 November 06, 1:46 AM

and another thing...
by ben at 10 November, 2006 - 1:53 AM
I had a thought on the way in to work today. Really, it's only a mile and a half, i don't have time for more than one...

apparently (and, you know, at the time, i was 15... not so much aware), 12 years ago, when the redder (or bluer? i can't remember) side took Congress, part of it was due to scandals involving the Democrats... there were apparently several (this is all i could find in 5 minutes, but NPR produced more)... and it makes me wonder...

i know there's a cycle to these things, we swing one way, we swing back the other way in this country... there are also those who say that the pendulum isn't actually swinging, too. but i'm wondering here - what is the cause of these changes... is there a pattern to what shapes the changes in American public interest? some people say that it's the loudest voices - i don't think that's correct, but it's entertaining.

to quote Steve, the comment board is open...
Listen to this articleListen to this article
Latest comment: 10 November 06, 1:53 AM

Drowning your children: two+ years in an asylum.
by ben at 10 November, 2006 - 1:43 AM
Lisa Diaz is all better now

this is just bizarre... I mean, she killed her own children. in the big scale of things, i put that under mass murder, but, you know, slightly higher than blogging while angry.

in other news, logic surrendered.
Latest comment: 10 November 06, 1:43 AM

Ben Stiefel Ben Stiefel Ben Stiefel
by ben at 10 November, 2006 - 1:30 AM
Apparently I'm no longer number 1 for my name in google, so... we should fix that... time to google bomb for my name!

In case anyone missed the joke, that wasn't narcissistic furor, that was amusement and irony. If anyone's wondering who's number one, it's this guy. And, I have to say, I like his philosophy, hehehe
Latest comment: 10 November 06, 1:30 AM

Perl problems
by Dan at 09 November, 2006 - 3:38 PM
Thought I might post this here to see if anyone has some bright solutions <br/> <br/>Just did a fresh install of RHEL 4 and I'm trying to load some Perl modules from CPAN. For some reason it appears to lock up and CPU utilization spikes to 100% and stays there. Anyone see this before and have a solution?
Latest comment: 09 November 06, 3:38 PM

Ze on Web Developers
by muhgcee at 09 November, 2006 - 8:51 AM
I found this funny, but you web developers will find it funnier:

Ze on Web Developers
Latest comment: 09 November 06, 9:14 AM

Flock
by mffree at 08 November, 2006 - 7:59 AM
Has anyone started using with Flock? Flickr has adverted it since yahoo's exec was named it's new CEO.
Latest comment: 08 November 06, 8:38 AM

Holy Crap
by muhgcee at 08 November, 2006 - 5:12 AM
Latest comment: 12 November 06, 6:48 AM

Now you can keep track.
by ben at 08 November, 2006 - 2:43 AM
Ed got me to thinking that, now that I'm getting more and gigs, it would be nice to have a centralized location for people to find out where I'll be spinning. While I am working out building my own, I figured I'd keep it on google calendar for you all... I'll keep this (pretty easily) as up to date as possible, hehe

Latest comment: 08 November 06, 5:31 AM

Mostly for Ben
by jmcd303 at 07 November, 2006 - 4:54 PM
Latest comment: 08 November 06, 2:41 AM

Cell phone games suck!
by n0manarmy at 07 November, 2006 - 1:13 AM
So is it me or are most of the games you can get on your verizon phone absolute crap? I'm quite upset by the fact that it's nothing but graphics intensive games with very little plot and depth.
Latest comment: 07 November 06, 1:58 PM

I'VE GOT GIGGED!
by ben at 07 November, 2006 - 12:54 AM
Sunday, November 12, 2006, I officially start my recurring gig at Joe^2 in Baltimore! Come out and see me, if you can, I really, really could use the support! If this one goes well, I'll be spinning there every other Sunday, so please, come out and show them how we like to party! At 7 pm. On a Sunday. but hey! there's pizza there! you all like pizza, right! and there's... beer! and wine! and I spied a book of "the big book of bad ass shots!", so you can have... that... too?

Anyways, it's my first (possibly paying) recurring gig, so, come on down.

Joe^2 (pronounced Joe Squared) is at the corner of North Ave. & Howard St. in Baltimore, just a few blocks from the Charles Cinema. There's safe and free parking just a couple of doors down in the Korean Church/Farmer's Association(?) building's parking lot, and again, i'll be starting at 7 PM! hope to see you there!

Thanks again, so much to the people that came to my first ever spinning out, I wouldn't have been able to do this without you guys!

I know I've already emailed this to some of you that will be reading this, however, tough nuts, it's my site... hehehe
Latest comment: 08 November 06, 1:41 AM

Damnit Ben
by elfie at 06 November, 2006 - 12:27 PM
Why are you not on the intarwebs when I want to talk shop?
Latest comment: 07 November 06, 5:44 AM

Election Prediction
by rich at 06 November, 2006 - 8:37 AM
House...

220 Dems, 215 Republicans

Senate...

52 Republicans, 48 Democrats


Election Process FUD in 10 - 15 critical races.
Latest comment: 10 November 06, 7:44 AM

Well Isn't That Convenient
by muhgcee at 06 November, 2006 - 5:00 AM
Latest comment: 07 November 06, 5:44 AM

Following up on Switching to Ubuntu
by ben at 06 November, 2006 - 2:10 AM
via Digg - the continuing saga of a guy who made the switch (mostly - still dual booting) a while back, and he seems very happy.
Latest comment: 06 November 06, 6:08 AM

Ian Wright gets my vote for Guest Author I Most Want To Post On Here
by ben at 01 November, 2006 - 7:52 AM
who gets yours?

Ian Wright can talk about having the best job in the world...
Latest comment: 02 November 06, 7:19 AM

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