Archives for: January 2009
Jan
31
Help the EFF unlock and jailbreak phones!
system, copyright, hacks, open source, berkeley, photos, friends, policy, DRM, legal, development[I did.](http://josephhall.org/papers/20080130-letter-loc.pdf)
Deadline is Tuesday (2/2): more »
Jan
30
(Please forward widely! You can find email-appropriate text, in [Markdown] format, here: http://josephhall.org/tmp/cfp_evt09.text.)
[Markdown]: http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/
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2009 Electronic Voting Technology Workshop / Work… more »
Jan
30
[Gruber](http://daringfireball.net/linked/2009/01/29/drexel-rifle-team) links to an [interesting image](http://www.shorpy.com/node/5392?size=preview) of the girl's rifle team at Drexel Institute in 1925.
As a former riflery instructor, this image ins… more »
Jan
26
CA SoS Bowen sends proposals to EAC
elections, certification/testing, reform, standards, news, problems, friends, policyCalifornia Secretary of State [Debra Bowen] has sent a letter to Chair Gineen Beach of the US [Election Assistance Commission] (EAC) outlining three proposals that she thinks will markedly improve the integrity of voting systems in the country.
I've… more »
Jan
20
> ?Holy shit! Did we just elect Barack Obama President of the United States? I've got to be honest America, I didn't think you had it in you. That is a seven million vote T.K.O. You were not playing around, cause you just put a black man, with a b… more »
Jan
16
If you have a jailbroken iPhone, you've probably availed yourself of [Cycorder], the ad-supported video recorder that records decent video (like [this]).
You probably also followed these instructions, [*"Easily share Cycorder videos off jailbroken… more »
Jan
16
My aunt Catherine's waffle recipe... (note this is the original 3"x5" index card version of this recipe. For a more verbose version of the recipe, [go here](http://josephhall.org/nqb2/index.php/2009/03/15/verbosewaffles).)
**Ingredients:**
*(make… more »
Jan
16
> Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, observers have expressed concern that an attack during the presidential inauguration ceremony might lead to the death or disability of most or all officials in the line of presidential succession. Thi… more »
Jan
09
[Ron Asheton](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Asheton) of the Stooges [has died](http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/arts/08asheton.html). We had just seen them on [8/8/8 in NYC](http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=stooges+nyc+8%2F8%2F08&sea… more »
Jan
09
White rice.
It's an important and yummy food. Contrary to what most people seem to think, it is exceedingly easy to make and only takes 30 minutes (from when rice hits boiling water). Plus, it's cheap and can enhance boring foods like leftovers.… more »
Jan
07
I am the proud user of a [Kinesis Advantage Pro (Mac) keyboard]. I credit it with making sure my hands didn't fall off while writing my [thesis]. Anyway, I had a bit of trouble with it today and found a solution that isn't listed on [Kinesis' troubles… more »
Jan
01
About a year and a half ago, I thought I had the perfect roast potatoes recipe, and I blogged it ([*"Perfect Roast Potatoes"*](http://josephhall.org/nqb2/index.php/2007/05/20/perftatoes)). After some critical feedback, I've improved the recipe consider… more »
Jan
01
> The Judiciary, including the Supreme Court, other federal courts, the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, and the Federal Judicial Center, received a total appropriation in fiscal year 2008 of $6.2 billion. That represents a mere two-te… more »
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