BenBuckman.net (Blog & Tweets)

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ben — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:33:19 +0000

http://twitpic.com/aa1us Chicago!

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ben — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:53:27 +0000

http://twitpic.com/a1z62 Lockport caves tour, Buffalo wings in Buffalo, heading soon to 4 Mile state park to set up camp

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ben — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:21:24 +0000

(I didn't have time to finish the twitpic module, and this trip is computerless, so phone pics will still be links on my blog.)

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ben — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:20:04 +0000

http://twitpic.com/9zoey Leaving on our road trip to Chicago!

Moving to Quincy

ben — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:27:09 +0000

We signed a lease on a new apartment in Quincy yesterday, moving at the end of August. I put some photos up here.

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The leaves are scurrying ...

ben — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:10:43 +0000

The leaves are scurrying down the road like mice

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NYT: stimulus money is ...

ben — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:22:26 +0000

NYT: stimulus money is being divvied up for maximum political gain: rural areas not cities, spread thin not wisely http://bit.ly/14uGts

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Why do debit card reward ...

ben — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:04:57 +0000

Why do debit card reward programs prefer using "credit" to "debit" for tx's? I thought they were the same for debit cards.

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Damn those Iranians are ...

ben — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:01:37 +0000

Damn those Iranians are brave. http://bit.ly/JQpVB

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Henry Kissinger, ...

ben — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:21:23 +0000

Henry Kissinger, "structurally more optimistic than a couple of years ago," in a fascinating interview with Spiegel http://bit.ly/Ms8zz

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HuffPost: "Murdoch ...

ben — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:29:37 +0000

HuffPost: "Murdoch Tabloid Hacked Into Cell Phones Of 'Hundreds Of Celebrities And Politicians": Report" http://bit.ly/31qckg

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ben — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:37:03 +0000

This is awesome: http://lab.andre-michelle.com/tonematrix

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Morgan Stanley set to ...

ben — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:36:19 +0000

Morgan Stanley set to package more subprime loans as AAA CDOs. http://bit.ly/19bbt4

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[retweet] @ezraklein: The ...

ben — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:51:08 +0000

[retweet] @ezraklein: The most consistent finding in polls is that a majority of Americans have not thought very hard about public policy quest ...

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I hate Wordpress. Thank ...

ben — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:44:50 +0000

I hate Wordpress. Thank goodness for Advil.

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YQL is "enabling for ...

ben — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:45:38 +0000

YQL is "enabling for the community as well as good for Yahoo itself." The essence of open-source. What Microsoft never got, or got too late.

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Watching O'Reilly ...

ben — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:23:25 +0000

Watching O'Reilly webcast on Yahoo's YQL language. Allows querying of any structured web data with SQL-like syntax. Very very cool.

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[retweet] @allsongs: Deal ...

ben — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:24:42 +0000

[retweet] @allsongs: Deal reached on internet radio streaming. http://tinyurl.com/nbm8an >> (Keeps Pandora alive, with limits)

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Oh btw, my Kindle2 screen ...

ben — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:23:38 +0000

Oh btw, my Kindle2 screen died over the weekend, Amazon shipped a free replacement in 2 days. I remain a happy Kindle customer.

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Was Google's ...

ben — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:19:26 +0000

Was Google's announcement timed to preempt a Microsoft announcement of progress on Midori (its long-rumored web OS)? http://bit.ly/197yVr

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FTR, I've been running ...

ben — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:10:51 +0000

FTR, I've been running W7 on my home desktop for months. It's perfectly fine. But basic things fail, like duplicate dock icons. As expected.

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The OS hardly matters ...

ben — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:07:15 +0000

The OS hardly matters anymore, it's all on the web. Which is why paying $100 for an OS w/o instant-on is absurd. http://bit.ly/1a0TbL

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Google announces Chrome OS ...

ben — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:24:56 +0000

Google announces Chrome OS for desktops: Linux kernel, web apps, lightweight. Brilliant. Windoze, count your days. http://bit.ly/PUQNv

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[retweet] @ezraklein: OMG, ...

ben — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:01:14 +0000

[retweet] @ezraklein: OMG, I can think of SO MANY blog uses for this comic! http://xkcd.com/605/

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Dark skies and torrential ...

ben — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:56:03 +0000

Dark skies and torrential rain at 4pm, again. Boston you suck.

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not to nitpick, ...

ben — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:30:27 +0000

not to nitpick, @SenJohnMcCain, but doesn't that mean a military coup against George W Bush would have been justified?

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[retweet] @SenJohnMcCain I ...

ben — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:30:00 +0000

[retweet] @SenJohnMcCain I regret the military takeover in Honduras, but it's clear President Zelaya was in violation of his country’s constitution

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LOL you hit the nail on the ...

ben — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:18:32 +0000

LOL you hit the nail on the head...RT @sbma44: @thebuckst0p let me refer you to an excellent online tool I've run across http://bit.ly/fCCzl

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Are there any power ...

ben — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:09:58 +0000

Are there any power monitoring devices like these for US plugs? http://bit.ly/35eZm

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[retweet] @bon_zai: ...

ben — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:03:49 +0000

[retweet] @bon_zai: Current State system Iphone App lets to you control your home energy usage: http://bit.ly/KxMzr

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@MassGovernor Instead of ...

ben — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:52:58 +0000

@MassGovernor Instead of canceling tax-free wknd, why not have 1/2-tax wknd, advertise heavily, gain spike in business and tax revenue?

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[retweet] @TripKrant: ...

ben — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:50:56 +0000

[retweet] @TripKrant: @thebuckst0p You back these liberals, then avoid paying their taxes. Shameless! >> touche.

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Andrew Mitchell says ...

ben — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:10:19 +0000

Andrew Mitchell says Palin's out of politics for good: http://bit.ly/IsV7w (then why did her PAC ask for money 2wks ago?)

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MA sales tax to increase ...

ben — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:54:51 +0000

MA sales tax to increase 8/1 to 6.25%, and tax free weekend is canceled this year. Boo. Heading to NH for appliance shopping!

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My reading of Palin's ...

ben — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:56:12 +0000

My reading of Palin's resignation: she's putting all her time into her PAC for a presidential run. No surprise. Prediction: crash and burn.

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Sarah Palin talks like ...

ben — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:54:39 +0000

Sarah Palin talks like Ahmedinejad: rambling metaphors, simplistic moralism, self-righteousness, incoherent demagoguery. http://bit.ly/bCylQ

Song: Knaan - People Like Me

ben — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:08:53 +0000

People Like Me - K'naan

Lyrics

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@jayrosen_nyu was right, ...

ben — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:41:00 +0000

@jayrosen_nyu was right, the WashPost backed down from the lobbyist "salons" http://tr.im/qDPm

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via @jayrosen_nyu, WashPost ...

ben — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:32:55 +0000

via @jayrosen_nyu, WashPost sells access to "those powerful few" for $25-250,000. Paper as lobbyist facilitator. Wow. http://tr.im/qCzb

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"People like me" ...

ben — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:31:21 +0000

"People like me" and "Bang Bang" by K'Naan are two of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. http://bit.ly/3we7KE

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I agree with Nico Pitney: ...

ben — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:43:45 +0000

I agree with Nico Pitney: there's nothing wrong with reporters "colluding" about presser q's when the q's are serious. http://bit.ly/p69Pv

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(No point looking for GOP ...

ben — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:33:37 +0000

(No point looking for GOP moderates who want a reality-based approach to policy, I guess. Ideological purity above all else.)

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"The real test of ...

ben — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:32:17 +0000

"The real test of ideological purity will come when Congress takes up health care" -GOP "moderates" on the 8 Rs for ACES http://bit.ly/bt0M3

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ben — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:21:50 +0000

[retweet] @gopsolutions: New strategy for Coleman in Minnesota Senate race: Appeal to Iranian Guardian Council.

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MN Supreme Court finally ...

ben — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:38:44 +0000

MN Supreme Court finally declares Franken the winner: http://bit.ly/fCeH8 (Coleman to appeal to Fed court, then to God. Seated by Nov '12?)

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So much written on Am. drug ...

ben — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:38:38 +0000

So much written on Am. drug culture "that it would take weeks to roll all that paper and smoke it" A gem from Ryan Grim http://bit.ly/15H7Ii

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BU has a lot of nerve to ...

ben — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:38:07 +0000

BU has a lot of nerve to keep asking me to donate after charging me $30k/yr in student loans to get their overpriced degree.

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Sandra Tsing Loh's ...

ben — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:49:58 +0000

Sandra Tsing Loh's dissection of her own divorce is one of the most honest social critiques I've read in a while. http://bit.ly/18TgdH

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Observing the hissyfit Dana ...

ben — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:09:53 +0000

Observing the hissyfit Dana Milbank & co are throwing at Nico Pitney & HuffPost and laughing. Waaaaahh. (Background: http://bit.ly/1ahjpT)

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David Sirota goes totally, ...

ben — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:04:55 +0000

David Sirota goes totally, unreachably off the grid in rural China, "an all-too-rare experiment in human life" http://bit.ly/16Ps3u

BenBuckman.net (Blog & Tweets)

[tweet] ben — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:33:19 +0000 http://twitpic.com/aa1us Chicago!

[tweet] ben — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:53:27 +0000 http://twitpic.com/a1z62 Lockport caves tour, Buffalo wings in Buffalo, heading soon to 4 Mile state park to set up camp

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[tweet] ben — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:20:04 +0000 http://twitpic.com/9zoey Leaving on our road trip to Chicago!

Moving to Quincy

[tweet] The leaves are scurrying ...

[tweet] NYT: stimulus money is ...

[tweet] Why do debit card reward ...

[tweet] Damn those Iranians are ...

[tweet] Henry Kissinger, ...

[tweet] HuffPost: "Murdoch ...

[tweet] This is awesome: ben — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:37:03 +0000 This is awesome: http://lab.andre-michelle.com/tonematrix

[tweet] Morgan Stanley set to ...

[tweet] [retweet] @ezraklein: The ...

[tweet] I hate Wordpress. Thank ...

[tweet] YQL is "enabling for ...

[tweet] Watching O'Reilly ...

[tweet] [retweet] @allsongs: Deal ...

[tweet] Oh btw, my Kindle2 screen ...

[tweet] Was Google's ...

[tweet] FTR, I've been running ...

[tweet] The OS hardly matters ...

[tweet] Google announces Chrome OS ...

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[tweet] Dark skies and torrential ...

[tweet] not to nitpick, ...

[tweet] [retweet] @SenJohnMcCain I ...

[tweet] LOL you hit the nail on the ...

[tweet] Are there any power ...

[tweet] [retweet] @bon_zai: ...

[tweet] @MassGovernor Instead of ...

[tweet] [retweet] @TripKrant: ...

[tweet] Andrew Mitchell says ...

[tweet] MA sales tax to increase ...

[tweet] My reading of Palin's ...

[tweet] Sarah Palin talks like ...