Ken Kennedy

"we offer an updated chart showing the real, monthly unemployment figures plotted in red dots on the Obama advisers’ own chart depicting their projections. This chart was created by “Geoff” at the Web site Innocent Bystanders, and we’ve checked it for accuracy." -- relevant, and scary. - Ken Kennedy via Bookmarklet

Good article. I honestly had no idea GitHub was a proprietary service. Makes my choice of source repos MUCH easier...git.kenzoid.com is now on the task list. Why on earth would I stick proprietary centralized server on top of a distributed version control system?? I'll run my own, stick a copy in S3 or something as well, and maybe talk someone into holding a copy of my source, while I hold a copy of theirs! - Ken Kennedy

Ken, because GitHub layers useful functionality on top of Git, it doesn't remove any, nor disturbs the distributed nature of the SCM. You can treat GitHub simply as a node of your distributed graph. GitHub also isn't completely closed source, things such as our service hooks, rubygem builder, and the Grit (Ruby Git) library that powers the entire site are all open source. At the end of... more... - PJ Hyett

Point taken, PJ. I added git to my revision control toolkit fairly recently (coming from cvs, svn, a short stop at arch, and mercurial (which I still use as well)); I haven't paid that close attention to GitHub other than to note it exists and gets a lot of buzz. I will dig in more deeply and review your offerings (I certainly grok the fact that it's only a node in the graph, but good... more... - Ken Kennedy

"I agree 100%, Felix. I putter about with EC2 a bit, and I really like it conceptually. But w/o having a reason to consider a $72/month option vs. my $20/month Linode hosting, I really haven't spent that much time with it. I use it for testing work stuff occasionally, as I can spin up a SQL Server instance and test things out w/o worrying about breaking anything. But otherwise, Linode (or Slicehost...whatever) definitely wins out. A "tiny" EC2 option would be great!" - Ken Kennedy

FTA: "We must make Obama do the right things. Email, write, and phone the White House. Do the same with your members of Congress. Round up others to do so." -- I certainly fall in the cynic camp, but I do have a little bit of hope. - Ken Kennedy via Bookmarklet

One positive thing in the past week...some time ago, I signed the Change-Congress.org "no contribution pledge"...no contributions to lawmakers who haven't supported the "Fair Elections Now Act." Change-Congress encourages you to forward a link to their page on the subject to campaigns that email you, which I did last week when Chris Dodd asked me for support. When Sen. Dodd's campaign... more... - Ken Kennedy

Oh...HELL yes. My policy wonk is showing. - Ken Kennedy

Stock in Krugman up even more after listening to his debate w/ Taylor on CNN http://twurl.nl/lzktzc Well worth a listen for anyone interested in the direction of the economy. (PS. Started following you after that fab quote you left re: mobs ) - Meryl Steinberg

Wow...thanks! That book (Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, for those not on the other thread) is a fantastic read, I highly recommend it. I have the Krugman-Taylor piece bookmarked to read (edit: er...watch). I REALLY need to start recording "Fareed Zakaria GPS"; every time I review anything on it, I'm struck by the great stories. I've heard/watched Zakaria a few times before, and it's always well worth it. - Ken Kennedy

Nice interview with a singer/songwriter using new media (YouTube, MySpace) to promote and share her work. - Ken Kennedy

Join the fun with jwz...this is hilarious. - Ken Kennedy