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Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse - via gizmodo

Why the Drudge Report is one of the best designed sites on the web - Jason Fried

Simple. Simple is good. Simple is much harder than it looks. It requires discipline.

The Drudge Report reminds me of a "gallery wall" - a style of hanging work close together instead of the more 'modern' method of hanging works with a lot of empty space between them. The latter method wastes space and is often just pretentious.

See, but it's an open club.

‘We're Using Compatibility as a Club to Make Them Do Things We Want.' - Daring Fireball

P050111PS-0210 - The (Obama) White House

UPADTE 2025: You can tell this isn't the Trump White House because the stench of McDonald's isn't stinking up the place.

Apple: "Bend over for our IAP rules in the Kindle app."
Amazon: "No. Pull it from the Store, we dare you."

And it would explain why Amazon's seemingly ignoring the in-app-purchase requirement for the iOS Kindle app. I bet they're in a real or implied game of chicken with Apple.

In the past decade, Republicans slashed taxes, started two wars, approved a big unfunded entitlement, and presided over an economic collapse that cratered tax revenues and required massive government spending to counteract. That's pretty much 100% of our existing deficit problem right there. All we're doing now is trying to clean up the mess the GOP has left us.

Just the Simple Truth - Mother Jones

Fernando Ponce: tricycle electrique - le Journal Du Design

How To Steal Like An Artist (And 9 Other Things Nobody Told Me) – Austin Kleon

UPDATE 2025: Original blog post has been deleted and replaced with a cheap ad for 'the book'. I found, and have reposted here, a PDF that looks like a copy of the original blog post. Call me old fashioned, but the open web should stay open.

Also, over the years, I've really come to hate the idea of "Fake 'til you make it", no matter how you cut it, it is lying. The rest of blog post is pretty solid.

I highly recommend using PkgBackup (with the Dropbox method) to backup your Cydia apps and settings. It works very well and is worth the price. Just back up your stuff to Dropbox. Update your iPhone. Jailbreak with RedSn0w. Download PkgBackup from Cydia (you won't have to pay again), and tell it to restore from Dropbox. Your iPhone will immediately be back to the jailbroken awesomeness it was before, with all your settings and apps and icon placements.

Redsn0w Untethered Jailbreak Release Addresses iOS 4.3.1, But iPad 2 Owners Must Wait - Gizmodo

That sounds like a delightful way to spend... six or seven hours.

What is interesting in the U.S. is the more Republican a state is the more that state takes from the federal government. So, essentially Republicans are the people that rely on the federal government more than Democrats. Basically, on balance Democratic taxpayers largely subsidize the lifestyle of Republican taxpayers in the U.S.

FEDERAL SPENDING RECEIVED PER DOLLAR OF TAX PAID (if greater than $1.00 you are taking out more tax dollars out of the federal government than you are putting in and therefore you are very dependent on the federal government and others to subsidize your lifestyle.)

Republican States:

• Alabama $1.66
• Alaska $1.84
• Arizona $1.19
• Arkansas $1.41
• Georgia $1.01
• Idaho $1.21
• Indiana $1.05
• Iowa $1.10
• Kansas $1.12
• Kentucky $1.51
• Louisiana $1.78
• Mississippi $2.02
• Missouri $1.32
• Montana $1.47
• Nebraska $1.10
• New Mexico $2.03
• North Dakota $1.68
• Oklahoma $1.36
• South Carolina $1.35
• South Dakota $1.53
• Tennesee $1.27
• Texas $0.94
• Utah $1.07
• Virgina $1.51
• West Virgina $1.76
• Wyoming $1.11

Democratic States:

• California $0.78
• Colorado $0.81
• Connecticut $0.69
• Delaware $0.77
• Florida $0.97
• Illinois $0.75
• Massachusetts $0.82
• Michigan $0.92
• Minnesota $0.72
• New Hampshire $0.71
• New Jersey $0.61
• New York $0.79
• Ohio $1.05
• Oregon $0.93
• Pennsylvania $1.07
• Rhode Island $1.00
• Vermont $1.08
• Washinton $0.88
• Wisconsin $0.86

Basically, big Democratic states like California and New York pay for the lifestyle of all those Republicans states.

If the Teabaggers want to be fair, then I suggest all these Democratic states cut off the transfers of tax dollars to these Republican states and let them fend for themselves.

Out of all the Republican states only Texas does not take-out more than they put in and that is just barely. It seems ironic that all the Republicans and Republican states who shout the most for small government are the most reliant on the federal government.

Basically, Republicans do not want to pay their taxes and want the Democrats to use their taxes to subsidize their lifestyles. Complete bullshit and the usual conservative/Republican hypocracy.

If I was a Republican and I lived in one of these heavily subsidizes states, the last thing I would be doing is calling for smaller govenment, as it is going to proportionally hurt you much much more.

Rich State Vs. Poor State - FrumForum