Abulsme.com: January 2014

Curmudgeon’s Corner: 2014 Predictions Show

In the latest Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan talk about:

Introduction
2014 Politics
2014 Politics Continued
2014 Economics
2014 Tech
2014 International
2014 Hodgepodge / Wrapup

Recorded on 8 Jan 2014

Length this week – 1:45:24


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@abulsme tweets from 2014-01-09 (UTC)

Reading – CES 2014 Impressions: Samsung's Pro Tablets
Tested (Norman Chan) http://t.co/HWDGNJELsm 00:54:07
RT @ryan: .@Gruber nails it: "If Gates is going to be вЂњmuch more involvedвЂќ, [he] should just take the jobвЂ¦ Otherwise let the new CEO run thвЂ¦ 00:56:20
Reading – On Secrecy, Oaths, and Edward Snowden (Daniel Ellsberg) https://t.co/03YKqzx08G 00:59:41
My fitbit #Fitstats for 1/08/2014: 11,081 steps and 8.2 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:01:15
Reading – Photos (xkcd) http://t.co/1gaz3uQmtN 01:02:19
RT @AkyolinEnglish: вЂњ@olivertearle: Ha! Perhaps the best footnote in an academic textbook ever… http://t.co/NsycS9yUzgвЂќ 08:04:59
Reading – A Bunch Of Pple Threw Boiling Water To Watch It Freeze & Burned Themselves (Adrian Carrasquillo) http://t.co/0ypuTFK0Rf 08:45:08
RT @TheFix: Christie faced with bad options: 1) Say he didn't know anything and seem out of loop 2) Admit he knew and watch 2016 go bye bye. 16:33:26
Reading – Disney appoints a group to determine a new, official Star Wars canon (Rob Bricken) http://t.co/7fYeRpqV1K 17:09:39
I was in a meeting earlier, but now turning on CNN on my Slingbox for however much is left of the marathon Christie press conference. :-) 17:24:17
That was fun. :-) 17:56:03
Reading – When Did Christie Know? (The Dish) http://t.co/LG5vA2RSXo 18:03:37
Reading – First as Fake, Then As Reality: When the Polar Vortex Froze Niagara Falls (Alexis C. Madrigal) http://t.co/GuxikhD795 18:09:15
RT @AmyNotAmy: #Hottip for Winter: break your freezer and use coolers w/dry ice instead. Leave them outside for extra coolness. http://t.cвЂ¦ 18:51:02
RT @AmyNotAmy: Follow for more #saddog pics http://t.co/fXKMayGnG2 18:56:00
RT @AmyNotAmy: If you ever feel like being really creeped out by the weather every day from 6pm-10am, move to #everett. #pnw http://t.co/aTвЂ¦ 18:56:11
RT @AmyNotAmy: #Hipster kid always ready for an adventure. http://t.co/zhtBrsqwoW 19:02:09
Daughter @AmyNotAmy is on a twitter spree at the moment it seems. :-) 19:02:51
Reading – He Hasn’t Gotten Around To Anger Yet (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/XGmHhteloP 19:37:52
Heads up @imbou MT @davabel: Finally starting to look his age: Fidel Castro, 87, makes 1st public appearance in 9 mo http://t.co/sHPoYCZzrS 20:06:12
RT @BrendanNyhan: Betting odds of Christie winning GOP nomination @PredictWise before bridge scandal: 19.3%. Now 15.9% http://t.co/XaMin7czвЂ¦ 22:15:59
Reading – How and when the iMac and Mac Pro can go Retina (Marco Arment) http://t.co/JhCwFN9VcK 22:28:09

@abulsme tweets from 2014-01-08 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 1/07/2014: 9,935 steps and 7.3 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:01:59
Reading – Google hires ferry service to yacht in workers (Rob Beschizza) http://t.co/MQlTIUoBNd 02:44:08
Reading – Why I Love Hiring Working Mothers (Jenn Steele) http://t.co/f58KZ5lZSF 13:46:30
Exactly -> Reading – The NSA Leaks Are About Democracy, Not Just Privacy (Conor Friedersdorf) http://t.co/O00BXwJ3Su 14:03:59
Reading – Amazon Confirms That the Giant Amazon Box From Reddit Is Real (Jason Del Rey) http://t.co/E2E6iZRkxu 14:06:38
Reading – Thorium-Fueled Automobile Engine Needs Refueling Once a Century (David Russell Schilling) http://t.co/0ygDEykX2m 14:10:35
Reading – I May Be 50, but Don’t Call Me a Boomer (Richard PГ©rez-PeГ±a) http://t.co/TAFYi2IxPL 18:52:28
Reading – The Character Of Chris Christie (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/Lc6thiYxUk 19:16:10
Reading – What The Heck Were Chris Christie's People Thinking With This Bridge Nonsense? (Josh Barro) http://t.co/w5rI7cS3tT 20:22:33
RT @imbou: @abulsme compassionate conservatives!: Republicans Move to Reclaim Poverty-Fighting Mantle http://t.co/Y4Ve4fLMff 21:30:07
Yeah YeahвЂ¦ (Context in next Curmudgeon’s Corner) MT @imbou: @abulsme compassionate conservatives! http://t.co/bwi3TH1PIF 21:30:56

@abulsme tweets from 2014-01-07 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 1/06/2014: 11,781 steps and 8.7 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:02:18
Reading – Cop shoots dead a tased, restrained, 100lb teen: "we don't have time for this" (Rob Beschizza) http://t.co/fsknQuouds 02:36:52
Reading – Effort To Shut Off The NSA’s Water Supply Goes Bipartisan In California (Eric Lach) http://t.co/BikKdg8k8s 02:47:43
I just got up to 2,117 in #DoodleJump!!! Beat that! http://t.co/7D3IL1h5j7 http://t.co/1p8bjavPDX 04:30:23
Uh… That was Alex. :-) RT @abulsme: I just got up to 2,117 in #DoodleJump!!! Beat that! http://t.co/7D3IL1h5j7 http://t.co/1p8bjavPDX 04:33:42
I just got up to 530 in #DoodleJump!!! Beat that! http://t.co/7D3IL1h5j7 http://t.co/p18zvwpE8J 04:35:00
Reading – Star Trek North Carolina Councilman Resigns… in Klingon ( http://t.co/bLUbyehc33 Staff ) http://t.co/8t8MQK925h 04:59:47
Guess he is on a roll. RT @abulsme: I just got up to 530 in #DoodleJump!!! Beat that! http://t.co/7D3IL1h5j7 http://t.co/p18zvwpE8J 05:29:45
RT @marcoarment: I love watching the religious-Republican extremists try to distance themselves from the Pope because he’s reminding them wвЂ¦ 05:42:34
Reading – Pastafarian Wins Election to Town Board and Takes Oath with a Colander on His Head (Hemant Mehta) http://t.co/mJyY3OZ4RR 06:10:25
Reading – Facebook self-censorship: What happens to the posts you don’t publish? (Jennifer Golbeck) http://t.co/MEgrtF6NtZ 08:10:01
RT @indygadgetguy: Snarky Jupiter. http://t.co/csYbcwKlsW 08:26:31
Reading – How Chris Christie Can Win in 2016 (Lloyd Green) http://t.co/XqV4cJ2lyS 16:07:19
Reading – Exciting Changes for 2014 (Tom Jensen) http://t.co/BJzG9ubN8O 16:10:02
RT @MacFarlaneNews: EPIC FAILURE- U.S. Navy accidentally sends reporter its strategy memo for dodging his FOIA request cc: @gregorykorte htвЂ¦ 16:12:06
I have been on vacation or working from home for almost 3 wks. Today is my first day back in the office. Not sure how I feel about that. 18:53:08

@abulsme tweets from 2014-01-06 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 1/05/2014: 4,436 steps and 3.3 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:03:23
Been working on new graphs for the 2016 polls. Have the average, but not individual data points. http://t.co/EFNMhqcP7z 07:08:13
I want to have the individual polls on there too with tooltips with the detailed poll data. 07:08:57
At this point though I suspect the method I used to get the average line won’t work to add the individual polls, and I will need to rework. 07:09:45
But I think I need to be done for the day, and probably for the week. I’ll pick it up again next time I have unexpected free time. 07:10:25
And of course, all that is just for the state graphs. After that is settled, I will start on the two national summary graphs I have in mind. 07:52:34
And somewhere along there, more data entry. And then maybe a map! :-) 07:53:31
Then a lot of clean up to tidy things up and move it to my main website. (Or more accurately, move my main website to it.) 07:54:22
Reading – Problems with the FISC’s Declassified Opinion on Bulk Collection of Internet Metadata (Orin Kerr) http://t.co/KVi86LRVmy 15:36:40
Reading – The Policy Question About Legal Weed Nobody Is Asking (Matthew Yglesias) http://t.co/1ZoapUNT6U 15:39:17
Reading – Supreme Court Puts Gay Marriage On Hold In Utah (Caitlin MacNeal) http://t.co/teev7I2FcK 15:40:57

@abulsme tweets from 2014-01-05 (UTC)

Reading – Bezos floored by kidney stones on vacation (Thomas Heath) http://t.co/Y3SwPC44Ir 00:04:22
My fitbit #Fitstats for 1/04/2014: 5,910 steps and 4.4 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:03:35
Reading – Corvette's Performance Data Recorder turns your drive into a video game (Chris Ziegler) http://t.co/Lmt29v27U7 05:46:22
Reading – Why the Tea Party Can’t Govern (Daniel McCarthy) http://t.co/Nd1iYCQnPG 07:30:55
Reading – Spirit Retrospective: Top Shots on 10th Year Since Mars Touchdown (Ken Kremer) http://t.co/9UiaPZdELm 07:39:29
Reading – The NSA refuses to deny spying on members of Congress (Brian Fung) http://t.co/aC6EtU7185 07:42:45
Reading – U.S. Customs Destroys Musician's Handmade Instruments (Hunter Stuart) http://t.co/zL0ZvibQjX 07:49:18
Reading – John McCain and Lindsey Graham Want to invade Falluja Yet Again (Juan Cole) http://t.co/orwd1nxwSC 10:04:16
RT @TheSpaceImages: There are selfies, and then, well there are selfies.. http://t.co/Yg4kAi9tOr 10:28:01
Reading – вЂSenior Law Enforcement Sources’ Claim US Govt Wouldn’t Arrest Assange Today (Kevin Gosztola) http://t.co/rnlN7vr2QR 18:12:19
Reading – The Case Against Clemency for Snowden Involves Prioritizing вЂOaths’ Over Truth-Telling (Gosztola) http://t.co/45B7YKbDAd 18:22:47
Watching – Doctor Who: Every Story 1963-2013 – A 50th Anniversary Update (BabelColour) http://t.co/UAT37Qi9qr 18:38:01

@abulsme tweets from 2014-01-04 (UTC)

Reading – Dogs align their bodies along a North-South axis when they poop (Lauren Davis) http://t.co/OVfvMeSdx8 00:31:34
RT @DripTorcher26: вЂњ@SnoCo_Scanner : Mia Palmer #Missing from #Bothell WA Age 16 Last seen 12/31, call 911 – Case#SO13-22217 http://t.co/VUвЂ¦ 00:34:49
From 2009! MT @conor64: вЂњIn previously undisclosed episode, NSA tried to wiretap a member of Congress w/o a warrant.вЂќ http://t.co/yc3BDmpkhX 00:44:43
My fitbit #Fitstats for 1/03/2014: 2,871 steps and 2.1 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:02:16
Reading – No, Kim Jong Un probably didn’t feed his uncle to 120 hungry dogs (Max Fisher) http://t.co/Ybsykp1XX2 02:23:17
RT @FernRiddell: This is my favourite moment of Wikipedia Vandalism http://t.co/M5wMRvZChg #spot #hemmingway http://t.co/Qtv5JZMfk6 02:24:22
Reading – 'Big Bertha' Mystery: Steel Pipe in the Way of Seattle Tunnel Machine (Gene Johnson) http://t.co/ntc5ghPOKO 07:57:39
Reading – And now, a story from the big book of вЂњAwkward Moments with AnneвЂќ (Anne Wheaton) http://t.co/5xA6xmXdEM 08:05:07
Reading – Isaac Asimov Predicts in 1964 What the World Will Look Like Today вЂ” in 2014 (Open Culture) http://t.co/VZtwePnU1s 09:01:28
Reading – Sherlock For All (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/e138lgaXsM 19:14:48
Reading – Typo iPhone keyboard maker says BlackBerry lawsuit 'lacks merit' (Peter Cohen) http://t.co/1l631o65AR 19:19:23
Reading – XKCD Is Amazing, but Its Latest Comic Is Wrong (Robinson Meyer) http://t.co/v5qZ3HztAv 19:36:17
Reading – Ben Bernanke Admits To One Huge Mistake (Matthew Yglesias) http://t.co/MmTKkcMx4r 19:49:26
RT @sethdmichaels: if you don't keep this chart in mind it's very difficult to accurately understand U.S. politics: http://t.co/0dv4Wp5lw8 вЂ¦ 19:53:52
Reading – Cherishing childhood (Saruskabeth, Raising Mama) http://t.co/2Jw5yYRPn2 19:57:06
Alex left the front door open and Roscoe took himself for a walk. I went out normal route and found him about 1/4 of the way. 21:44:48
As soon as he saw me he stopped what he was doing and jogged to me to get his leash attached. Good dog. 21:46:09
!! MT @laurenweinstein: Jeff Bezos Airlifted From Galapagos Islands by Ecuadorian Navy (flown back to US for surgery) http://t.co/zd67ycaC1n 23:52:23
вЂњGalapagos: five stars. Kidney stones: zero stars,вЂќ Bezos said through a spokesman. http://t.co/Y3SwPC44Ir 23:54:30

@abulsme tweets from 2014-01-03 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 1/02/2014: 3,732 steps and 2.8 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:03:08
Reading – The Late Adopters (Sarah Perez) http://t.co/Ax0Hiq61X6 05:24:53
Reading – Steven Moffat on The Night Of The Doctor (The Doctor Who Team, BBC) http://t.co/e5wvVNLOZX 05:45:16
Reading – Hezbollah Moving Long-Range Missiles From Syria to Lebanon, an Analyst Says (Barnard/Schmitt) http://t.co/Ajr35FERht 05:49:07
RT @ObsoleteDogma: So this can't be true, can it? Kim Jong Un supposedly had his uncle killed by a pack of 120 dogs. http://t.co/SNojEv7zU5 06:00:13
RT @Max_Fisher: Guys, if a vague three-paragraph story in a little-known outlet reports something crazy happening thousands of miles away? вЂ¦ 08:25:40
Reading – NASA Just Cancelled its Advanced Spacecraft Power Program (Casey Dreier) http://t.co/Oo4FqjNmQM 18:51:40
Reading – How Hollywood De-fanged Potter's Radical Politics (Megan, MuggleNet) http://t.co/Fdjpe2Y9ch 18:59:36
Reading – Right Facing New Unskewing Crisis? (Josh Marshall) http://t.co/0ZgZGtitys 19:03:59
Reading – 14 Fucks I Refuse to Give in 2014 (Chantielle MacFarlane) https://t.co/kH2oxWkEcu 19:11:55

@abulsme tweets from 2014-01-02 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 1/01/2014: 7,206 steps and 5.3 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:01:30
RT @SciencePorn: Andromeda Galaxy's actual size if it was brighter http://t.co/PotGdg7a3E 04:47:12
Reading – What’s Missing in my Byline? (Nicholas Kristof) http://t.co/7GvSjMxuue 05:03:52
[Abulpost] Curmudgeon's Corner: 2013 Retrospective Show http://t.co/d2ac7253Rs 08:16:50
Started playing with @highcharts graphing 4 my poll tracking stuff. Wanted to stay up all night with itвЂ¦ But I have work in the morning. :-( 10:25:11
Reading – On Sanctions and Regime Change (Daniel Larison) http://t.co/lvKItUUhz3 18:16:38
Reading – Is Tribalism Skyrocketing in American Politics? (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/8ls7usO9C3 18:29:22
Reading – Netanyahu casts pall over peace overtures (Julian Pecquet) http://t.co/tgb0k3FlwO 18:31:56
Reading – The Pope Speaks; The GOP Flails (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/3XsgPXYpQN 18:36:58

Curmudgeon’s Corner: 2013 Retrospective Show

In the latest Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan talk about:

2013 Politics
2013 Econ
2013 Tech
2013 International
2013 Hodgepodge
2013 Results

Recorded on 31 Dec 2013

Length this week – 1:10:41


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