http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org John Joseph Bachir's blog Mon, 12 May 2008 03:20:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ShareThis http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2008/05/11/i-am-going-to-chile/ The coal industry made this site: http://www.americaspower.org/ and the NRDC made this elaborate parody: http://www.americascoalpower.org/ Brilliant.ShareThis http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2008/04/15/hilarious-spoof-of-coal-industry-website/ At my day job, Digital Pulp, we've been working with the Rails CMS framework Radiant. My colleague Josh French and I were recently interviewed by core Radiant developer Sean Cribbs for the first Radiant podcast. We talk about why and how we use Radiant, and how it compares to other ... http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2008/04/15/radiant-podcast-interview/ Quick note: I was pleased to find that the Committee for a Unified Independent Party is endorsing (see update below) Barack Obama, and running advertisements for him in North Carolina. I got a call from them asking me to support their campaign, and I obliged. How great that a "fringe" ... http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2008/04/07/committee-for-a-unified-independent-party-endorses-barack-obama/ Sick of urls like this? http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZxjdcAibnoo Wouldn't it be nicer of they were more like this? http://youtube.com/2008/03/20/david-letterman-battlestar-galactica-top-10-list Well, I've made a new tool to do just that. Introducing: titleurl.com. http://youtube.titleurl.com/2008/03/20/david-letterman-battlestar-galactica-top-10-list Enjoy.ShareThis http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2008/03/23/introducing-titleurlcom/ I just called to cancel my Chase/Amazon credit card. It was extremely easy -- the automated system took my account number and zip code, and then I got to a human in a couple menu layers and just a few seconds of waiting. After telling the customer service representative that ... http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2008/03/17/extremely-pleasant-experience-canceling-my-chase-amazon-credit-card/ ShareThis http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2008/03/13/olbermann-nails-it/ yeswecanhas.com was in the New York Post a couple weeks ago. Unfortunately, it was in the first edition of that day's paper, but not in subsequent editions, so it didn't make it onto the website. But I just found it via a newspaper archiving service, and took the below screenshots. ShareThis http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2008/03/07/yeswecanhascom-in-the-new-york-post/ My friend Josh and his wife went to caucus in Houston, TX. Here are his reports as they come in. He is using instant messenger from his phone. update: audio file from when the wrong numbers were announced In chronological order. Newest updates are at the bottom. Last updated 9:31 pm, eastern -- ... http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2008/03/04/reporting-live-from-caucus-in-houston-tx/ My mom is caucusing for Obama in Frisco, TX, precinct 119 (actually it looks like the polling location is in Little Elm). She said it took her an hour to go 3 miles because the traffic was so heavy in front of the polling location. Here are some (tiny) camera ... http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2008/03/04/my-mom-caucusing-in-frisco-tx/ I rarely feel strong support for one Democratic candidate over another in the primaries. Heck, I can usually barely get myself to vote for the Democrat in the general election. So what makes me feel so strongly about Obama? Well, there are 3 main reasons: His stance against the war Obama ... http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2008/03/03/why-i-like-obama-better-than-clinton/ Obama's campaign says they don't accept money from lobbyists, and Clinton's campaign does. Everyone seems to accept this assertion. Indeed, everyone seems to accept that it is significant and bold for the Obama campaign to have such a policy. But I don't understand what it means to accept money from a ... http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2008/03/03/what-does-it-means-for-a-campaign-to-accept-money-from-lobbyists/ Good stuff. I myself am not aware of how cut and dry that is though (no Al Qaeda in Iraq until after the war began). Anyone know of a report/study/article that demonstrates this?ShareThis http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2008/03/03/obama-on-al-qaeda-in-iraq/ I've been putting together another Obama website the past couple of days: obamasresume.org. ObamasResume.org aims to put together a simple and complete description of Barack Obama's career, which will be useful for Obama supporters to show their Clinton supporter friends. Anyone may edit this wiki. The content is a little sparse right ... http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2008/03/01/announcing-obamasresumeorg/ Only 10 percent of Clinton contributors did not donate the legal maximum $2,300 for her primary campaign. In contrast, only three percent of Obama donors gave the maximum. The rest of the cash came from small sums from many more people. -- The Democratic Take: From Top to Bottom -- ... http://blog.johnjosephbachir.org/2008/03/01/amazing-statistic-regarding-donations-to-the-obama-vs-clinton-campaigns/