Floyd › Comments

I love this quote: The romantic image of an über-programmer is someone who fires up Emacs, types like a machine gun, and delivers a flawless final product from scratch. A more accurate image would be someone who stares quietly into space for a few minutes and then says “Hmm. I think I’ve seen something like this before.” - Floyd

KindleGen is a command line tool used to build eBooks that can be sold through Amazon's Kindle platform. This tool is best for publishers and individuals who are familiar with HTML and want to convert their HTML, XHTML, XML (OPF/IDPF format), or ePub source into a Kindle Book. - Floyd

My Buttermilk Cluster recipe is featured in Saveur. - Floyd

This is one of the main reasons I didn't move back to the Bay Area after college. Unfortunately Portlanders have become similarly narrow-minded the past few years. Even if I agree with most of the opinions (bikes and organic food: good; sprawl and corporations: bad) it'd be nice if there was a bit less groupthink here. - Floyd

is the world’s first counter-extremism think tank. Located in London, our founders are former leading ideologues of UK-based extremist Islamist organizations. Quilliam stands for religious freedom, human rights, democracy and developing a Muslim identity at home in, and with the West. - Floyd

Situated on the banks of the Nehalem River. This wonderful location provides a spectacular getaway for outdoor lovers and lovers of fine food. We are located just a few miles from the beach and the wonderful towns of Nehalem, Wheeler and Manzanita. The Inn was purchased with the goal of making it a quiet Country Inn with an intimate restaurant serving perfect food. We hope to make the Inn a home where you will not only join us for dinner, but spend the night and enjoy the things we have come to love about this truly special place.   So please join us for a dining experience that is second to none, featuring organic produce along with the finest meats and seafood. Stay the night in our luxurious guest rooms, and enjoy all that the spectacular Oregon Coast has to offer. - Matthew Gifford

We've stayed there in the past and it is quite nice. - Floyd from twhirl

We had dinner there Saturday evening. Very good. - Matthew Gifford

"Yup. Either T-Mobile or Virgin Mobile can cost you next to nothing. I pay between 8-10 bucks a month and have more text messages than I could possibly use." - Floyd

Good bleepy glitch-hop. - Floyd

The MySQL Query Browser and MySQL Administrator applications are both very good. They just don't integrate any of it into the System Prefs. - Floyd from twhirl

I looked into that when they first came out in the UK a year or so ago. They do look like a ton of fun. - Floyd from twhirl

Spam detection for Drupal. - Floyd

"I've waited nearly a year for this. It is the group Cantores in Ecclesia, one of the most extraordinary liturgical vocal ensembles in the United States, with a recorded sung Mass, start to finish, in Latin. The chant is undoubtedly perfect." - Matthew Gifford from Bookmarklet

I love the comment "We're all waiting for the version with printed guitar chords." - Floyd from twhirl

"Text messaging is a wonderful business to be in: about 2.5 trillion messages will have been sent from cellphones worldwide this year. The public assumes that the wireless carriers’ costs are far higher than they actually are, and profit margins are concealed by a heavy curtain." - Matthew Gifford from Bookmarklet

I read this this morning and was not at all surprised. It boggles my mind how many people pay 50-100 bucks a month for services that cost the carriers almost nothing. Cable TV is even more absurd. As much as I like technology, I'm just not willing to get screwed like that. - Floyd from twhirl

Good online fundraising tips. - Floyd

"Although I started taking photos to become a better photographer, I keep taking them because I’ve learned to love the process. And, luckily, at least as far as I can tell, dedication to the process can’t help but make you a better photographer — or a better whatever, for that matter." - Matthew Gifford from Bookmarklet

I enjoyed this piece too. Made me recall my bread baking, which is all about process. And, yes, when I began baking I sucked hard. 4 years on, I'm getting decent, but I've still got a long way to go. - Floyd from twhirl

Oldies but goodies. - Floyd

That's not really ironic at all. Toyota is part of NASCAR now. - Matthew Gifford

Oh snap, you're right. I knew they were a part of NASCAR but I didn't realize it was a souped up Camry they drove. This was mid 90's model though, very staid... not the slightest bit riced out. It was an odd juxtaposition. - Floyd

I hope it ends up being this easy - Floyd

Hate MS - Floyd

"I would suggest that there is a difference between "spinning" and "inciting racial hatred and violence." Drudge and the McCain campaign don't seem to be able to tell the difference. (Waiting for someone to accuse me of playing the race card in 5, 4, 3, 2,...)" - Floyd

"Money quote: "The problem with Gov. Palin is not that she lacks experience. It's that she quite plainly lacks intellectual curiosity. It is not snobbish to harbor grave doubts about somebody who seems uninterested in reading for pleasure or recreation and whose only interest in her local public library is sniffing round its shelves for books that ought to be removed for expressing impure ideas."" - Floyd

Wow. iGoogle just got a *lot* cooler. - Matthew Gifford

Very nice. - Floyd from twhirl

"FTA: "It therefore seems to me that the Republican Party has invited not just defeat but discredit this year, and that both its nominees for the highest offices in the land should be decisively repudiated, along with any senators, congressmen, and governors who endorse them." Beautiful." - Floyd

I should make these in the next couple of days. - Floyd

I just realized these guys are down the block from my work in an old church. Crazy number of old books. - Floyd

A very good piece about how and when McCain jumped the shark. - Floyd

A good piece about the bust. - Floyd

Mentions a Kaplan book I haven't read. - Floyd

"I saw the link on Google News too and got a 404 when I tried to read it. Glad to see Fox is getting called out on their partisan bullshit." - Floyd

The best thing David Brooks has written in a long time. - Floyd from twhirl