Evidence Based Government Succeeds In West Seattle-Wow. I like actually seeing a decision based on hard data and seeing that there is some sanity (not just revenue lust) that goes into parking designations. We need more governing like this.23 Jul 2009 • 1 min read
President Carter Courageously Quot Sever S Ties With The Southern Baptist Convention Quot Over Women'S RightsPresident Carter is joining onto the new enlightenment that I hope continues. Gay rights awareness, a black president, women in high positions in government, increasing numbers of those unaffiliated with any religion, etc.23 Jul 2009 • 3 min read
My New Concoction The Adele ClaireYou loved her as a baby…Now, from the makers of the Adele Claire baby, comes a refreshing summer drink.19 Jul 2009 • 1 min read
Untrue email indicators (enhanced)I found myself writing an enhanced follow-up to a previous blog posting on the indicators that correlate to the likely falsehood of a chain email. In my experience on the Internet, there are many factors which _negatively correlate_ to the truthfulness of a chain email message (meaning, the presence of one or more of these factors only increases the probability that the content is bunk). I could likely write a program to analyze emails for these factors and identify about 100% of chain emails:6 Jul 2009 • 2 min read
My Favorite Geek Gadgets Part 1I often get asked about recommendations for various things and have been meaning to write up my absolute favorite devices for some time. I finally got this done so enjoy! If I think of other devices, I’ll write follow-up articles.7 Jun 2009 • 7 min read
TVRSS.net down -- some alternativesThis is really unfortunate. I hope it comes back. Was an excellent service.7 Jun 2009 • 1 min read
Variable speed limit signs: Opportunity for evidence Based government?Here’s a challenge to WSDOT: Are you willing to halt and reverse the variable speed limit signage deployment if, after a set amount of time, there has not been a significant reduction in congestion-related collisions? Or, if the new signage actually causes more congestion or more collisions?19 May 2009 • 1 min read
Human Readable Privacy Policies Are Good For EveryoneI can’t believe how many privacy policies are cut from the same tattered cloth and are written by corporate lawyers who are not concerned with people actually understanding them or in actually communicating the information that someone might be looking for in a privacy policy (CYA mode only). I came across one that gets to the meat of the matters that should be important to anyone using an online service:19 May 2009 • 3 min read