eugene gordin

Although the convenience of hindsight may have rendered the Van Jones resignation a buried story, the public is slowly becoming aware of the types of people that surround the president. From Jeremiah Wright to Bill Ayres to Van Jones, the old adage once again rings true: show me who your friends are, and I'll show you who you are.

And now for something completely different - Scanwiches is a website which, in the most simplest of terms, takes sandwiches, cuts them in half, scans them as if they were this month's TPS report, and posts them online. They sometimes list the ingredients. Food for thought.

Just a quick look at how the über-left looks at history. My favorite quote is "it’s not so much that presidential economic advisers have been wrong — in fact, Medicare is well on its way to bankrupting the nation — but that they are typically in the business of thinking small and trying to minimize risk, while the herculean task of expanding health coverage entails great vision and large risk." Risk bankrupting the nation to cover less than 5% of people who can't afford health insurance? Sure. Why not.

Pretty much sums up my day to day struggles, with the iPhone trumping everything else. Push notifications, along with Instapaper, Google Reader, and Twitter have pretty much rendered the world inefficient at best.

This is a letter written to an architect by a client detailing what he wants from the architect. A funny and well written read for anyone, including those of us who have tried to work for finicky clients, constantly changing their mind due to a fundamental lack of understanding of what they want.