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Monthly Archives December 2009

We will not rest [once our vacation is over]

From “Al Qaeda Takes Credit for Plot” in today’s Wall Street Journal (emphasis added):
“We will not rest until we find all who were involved and hold them accountable,” Mr. Obama said in remarks broadcast on television from Hawaii, where he is on vacation.
OK, I know, the President of the United States is never really on [...]

Posted 29 December 2009 § Liberty ‡ Comments (0)

Bureaucracy’s insatiable appetite: The Federal Register

From the essay Computer Productivity: Why it is Important that Software Projects Fail by Dr. Anthony Berglas:
The boundless creativity of politicians and bureaucrats to develop new and more complex regulation is bounded only by the bureaucracy’s inability to implement them.

Considering the 2008 Federal Register is 80,700 pages, and that it grows every year, it’s safe [...]

Posted 14 December 2009 § Liberty ‡ Comments (1)

A brief history of an amateur musician, Part III: Assorted Recordings and Dirt Man’s King

This is the third in a series of posts about my past life as an amateur musician. Other posts include A brief history of an amateur musician, Part I: The Early Years, and A brief history of an amateur musician, Part II: The Hardcore Years and Kulturkampf.
Both during and after my time with the hardcore [...]

Posted 10 December 2009 § Personal ‡ Comments (3)

Quote: Work less, accomplish more

From Productivity501.com:
Personally, I am not interested in working more.  I am very interested in accomplishing more.  Trying to accomplish more just by working more is the brute force “assembly line” method. It doesn’t scale.  Eventually, you will reach a point where you can’t do any more without having harmful side effects.
Honorable mention to Mark Shead’s [...]

Posted 09 December 2009 § Personal ‡ Comments (1)