Aughr’s Blog

• Noodlings » Numbers and the Next Big Thing
  I need to come back and watch these flash presentations.
  (tags: apple programming numbers spreadsheet multidimensional to.read)
• The C.I.A.’s Open Secrets - New York Times
  “What ends up classified may seem a bit perverse at times, such as when information in the public domain is ruled off limits for publication. But that’s troubling only if you make the mistake of thinking that classified information is supposed to be sec
  (tags: cia government usa security classification secrecy nytimes)
• Congressman wants ISPs to be Copyright Police | TorrentFreak
  I don’t like Howard Berman very much. Unfortunately, he’s my representative.
  (tags: legal copyright piracy)
• A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection
  Verdict: Suicidal.
  (tags: vista windows drm microsoft security ip essay)

• Holding a Program in One’s Head
  Paul Graham writes about how to approach a programming project in terms of how you work.
  (tags: programming paulgraham productivity development)
• The Broad view of L.A. - Los Angeles Times
  Jim Newton, the Editorial Page editor of the LA Times, writes about billionaire Eli Broad’s influence on the city of Los Angeles.
  (tags: latimes los.angeles)
• We’re ‘Pasadena-izing’ - Los Angeles Times
  William Fulton writes a great piece about how LA’s growth patterns are following former city planner Calvin Hamiltion’s poly-nuclear vision.
  (tags: cool los.angeles transportation growth)
• The Fed’s Subprime Solution - New York Times
  James Grant: “THE subprime mortgage crisis of 2007 is, in fact, a credit crisis — a worldwide disruption in lending and borrowing. It is only the latest in a long succession of such disturbances. Who’s to blame? The human race, first and foremost. Wel
  (tags: finance government mortgage)
• Zero Sum Mind: 1337 Katz0rz
  (tags: linguistics lolcats language culture internet geek fun)

• Heading over to the Montage with my sister, her friend, and my grandparents to meet up with my mom at the pool #

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• Ugh, I slept in until noon today. #

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• Safe from the Losing Fight » How to implement a basic bitmap brush
  Cool.
  (tags: mac cocoa programming tutorial graphics to.read)
• One Bridge Doesn’t Fit All - New York Times
  “Maintenance is not the only problem. We also need to design and build better bridges.”
  (tags: engineering government transportation)
• Bradford Plumer: Why The Prison State?
  “We have a corrections sector that employs more Americans than the combined work forces of General Motors, Ford, and Wal-Mart.” We imprison far too many people, at disproportionate rates by race and other classifications.
  (tags: crime prison usa california)
• Brad’s Thoughts on the Social Graph
  On creating a universal social graph: “More important is that any one of these sites shouldn’t own it; nobody/everybody should. It should just exist.”
  (tags: social social.networking api cool internet openid graph)
• ~stevenf: Getting Started with Cocoa
  Steven Frank’s answer to, “How do I get started in Cocoa programming?”
  (tags: cocoa howto mac development programming osx to.read)

• At the Caltrans public hearing on the 405 widening. Their presentation has ended, the electeds have spoken, so now I’m listening to the … #

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• I’ve got "Crown of Love" stuck in my head: "they say it fades, if you let it" #
• Driving into LA from Laguna to attend the Caltrans public hearing on the 405 widening in the Sepulveda pass. Hopefully traffic won’t be bad #

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• Drove down to the St. Regis Monarch Beach. Goddamn the 5 is wide in Orange County - 7 lanes per side at points. #

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• Dad and Zayda just got married! #

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• Stopped by school this morning to select my locker and then chat with my dean about my scheduling problems #

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