October 2008
32 posts
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“Is Mr Obama any better? Most of the hoopla about him has been about what he is,...”
– Barack Obama should be the next president of America | It’s time | The Economist “must listen to The Economist…” (imagine me saying this in my robot voice)
Oct 30th
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New Stuff...
I introduce you to the “new” henrysztul.info! What’s new? An adjusted theme!  Dark background, bright text… Tags are displayed at the bottom of each post.  Clicking a tag will bring you to all posts with that tag… A search bar is now located in the side bar.  You can now search through all my posts… mostly helpful for me to find stuff… And my...
Oct 30th
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“Don’t listen to anybody. Nobody knows what’s going to happen next … Better to be...”
– Max Levchin
Oct 30th
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“Sushi Azabu is a hidden restaurant, in the manner of Freemans and La Esquina....”
– Restaurants - Sushi as an Everyday Luxury - Review - NYTimes.com
Oct 29th
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Oct 28th
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Terrorism
From wikipedia: “Most common definitions of terrorism include only those acts which are intended to create fear (terror), are perpetrated for an ideological goal (as opposed to a lone attack), and deliberately target or disregard the safety of non-combatants. Some definitions also include acts of unlawful violence and war.” By this definition, or spirit of the word, a serial killer...
Oct 28th
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Uncertain Principles: The Missing Word →
I think this post speaks to the hypocritical way in which the T-word, “Terrorist”, gets thrown around.  A lot of the “bad” things that are done in this country can be thought of as an act of terror yet it is not treated as such.  I am getting just getting revved up in this post… stay tuned for more to come…
Oct 28th
Oct 28th
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A ride.
I am riding the 1 train right now and something special has just happened. For the first time in a while, due to the rain AND cold I am wearing closed toe shoes! Converse actually. Today I updated ny version of ruby on rails and am going to adapt babeleze.com to rails and amazons’ S3 service. Yay! Fun! henrysztul.info
Oct 28th
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Prototype - If No One Sees It, Is It an Invention?... →
Out of fear of being “too political” as one reader put it to me yesterday, I wanted to share this article from todays New York Times.  It is about innovation and invention and an interesting chap (formerly) from MIT and is now at Microsoft.
Oct 26th
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“Mr. McCain, whom we chose as the best Republican nominee in the primaries, has...”
– Editorial - Barack Obama - Editorial Board - Endorsement - NYTimes.com
Oct 24th
Larry David: Waiting for Nov. 4th →
Larry David’s reaction / commentary at this point of this election cycle is priceless.  Why, just last night I found myself yelling at several people (while sitting in the back of a Lincoln Navigator) as we approached the end of a 6 or 7 hour car ride.  Why was I yelling?  Because I was outnumbered by McCain supporters.  This would not bother me if the reasons made sense.  They didn’t...
Oct 23rd
Oct 23rd
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Apple Tutorial: Developing with MacRuby - The... →
This seems like an interesting way to get into mac programming…
Oct 22nd
OSA Galore
I am currently in sunny Rochester NY (read:cloudy) at the OSA annual meeting.  I met some interesting people today, some new, some old.  Kiko Galvez (Colgate), Miles Padgett (Glasgow), Rubinstein-Dunlop (Brisbane, Australia), and more. Tomorrow there are some interesting talks on different aspects of polarization and then I have my poster session… aaaannnddd then back on the road, NYC...
Oct 21st
October Sail to Rock Hall - on Flickr →
The slideshow is below, but hi(er)-res photos are at this link…
Oct 19th
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Your Sail to Rock Hall slideshow on Flickr
Oct 19th
Firefox shortcuts →
Today I am going cold turkey on the Safari browser and am switching to Firefox 3.1 beta, and everyone knows how much I value keyboard shortcuts… (ok, if you didn’t now you do!)
Oct 15th
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PalinAsPresident.com →
Oct 15th
Oct 14th
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Y Combinator: Startup Library →
A good bunch (read: a lot) of articles for tech startups.
Oct 14th
http://babeleze.appspot.com/ →
A “reward” for those that visit this site.  This is my latest idea… in prototype form.  Translate the world, baby!
Oct 13th
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“There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But...”
– Richard Feynman
Oct 10th
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WatchWatch
Pitching to investors presentation
Oct 10th
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Oct 8th
DonorsChoose.org: Teachers Ask. You Choose.... →
A very interesting model of philanthropy!  I will always give more if I know exactly what it’s going towards.
Oct 8th
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Physics Buzz: Blaming 'Physicists' for the Crisis... →
This is an idea I have been trying to explain to people about why pricing all this debt is so tricky…
Oct 8th
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Oct 6th
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Oct 6th
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“Then she uttered yet another sentence that defies diagramming: “It is from...”
– Op-Ed Columnist Maureen Dowd- Sarah’s Pompom Palaver - NYTimes.com A good laugh indeed, this candidate is.
Oct 6th
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“Asked about Israel, Ms. Palin reeled off her support for “a two-state solution,...”
– Editorial - The Vice-Presidential Debate - NYTimes.com
Oct 3rd
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“I don’t know what America’s overall plan is — I just know that 24 hours a day,...”
– Talking about the first active military unit on US soil… thats right… on US soil! Brigade homeland tours start Oct. 1 - Army News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports - Army Times “Help” people at home… riiighhhtt… “Help”…...
Oct 2nd