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Default Is Coming, So You Might As Well Get Used To It!

JFP — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:48:46 +0000

In an interview posted at Real Clear Politics, Ron Paul states what everyone knows, but won’t acknowledge:

“Default is coming. The only argument that’s going on now is how to default, not send the checks out or just print the money. In all countries our size, they always print the money,” … They’re going to raise the debt limit, and then they’re going to print the money, and then they’ll default by inflation, and that’s much more dangerous than facing up to the facts of what’s happening today.”

See the video here.

You Can’t Beat Genetics

JFP — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:41:41 +0000

It’s been about 9 months since I started weightlifting again after a long, long layoff. Since I’ve started, my weights on “pull” exercises have doubled, while my weight increase on “push” exercises has been far less. This difference has nothing to do with how hard I work on each kind of exercise. It’s totally a result of my genetics. As a (relatively) skinny guy with long, skinny arms and legs, I find “pull” exercises like rows a lot easier than “push” exercises like bench presses. I’m just built better for them. Similarly, I find deadlifts a lot easier than squats. When I was in college, I had a roommate who had short, massive arms. Not surprisingly, he could bench huge amounts that I couldn’t even touch, because he was built for it. When it comes to exercise, you should always start by looking at what your body is built to do, and then working to maximize your potential. In the end, you can’t beat genetics.

Two Poems By Issa

JFP — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:58:25 +0000

In my opinion, the greatest haiku poet ever was Kobayashi Issa. Here are two of my favorite poems by him:

This world of Dew
Is but a world of Dew
And yet …

And

Writing shit
about new snow for the rich
is not art

You can learn more about Issa at the Kobayashi Issa Museum.

Microsoft Needs To Buy RIM Now

JFP — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:45:18 +0000

There’s been a lot of buzz this morning about a possible link-up between Nokia and Microsoft, a combination that Om Malik likens to a “desperate hookup.” I agree completely. It’s clear that Microsoft has blown any reasonable chance it had of gaining significant market share in smartphones. An agreement with Nokia won’t change that, and it won’t help Nokia, either. There is simply no room for another significant player in the smartphone space beyond Apple, Google (Android) and RIM. That’s why, instead of pouring more money into Windows Phone, Microsoft should just buy RIM. RIM’s Blackberry is so closely linked to the enterprise, and so integrated with Microsoft’s Exchange, that it is already the default Microsoft phone, anyway. By buying RIM, Microsoft could leverage that integration, and reinforce their grip on the enterprise space which is already under assault by Google. However much it costs to buy RIM, it’s still better than pouring billions down the rathole that is Windows Phone.

UPDATE: Microsoft has revealed the sales figures for Windows Phone 7 so far. They just emphasize that Windows Phone 7 is toast!

Cloudstock Hackathon

JFP — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 20:40:38 +0000

I was a judge at the recent Cloudstock Hackathon. Cloudstock was an event held as part of Dreamforce, and the hackathon required entries to use two apis from the sponsors of Cloudstock. I had a great time, and I was really impressed by the imaginative entries.

The Assassination of Yogi Bear by that Coward Boo-Boo

JFP — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 20:28:16 +0000

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Amazon Threatens To Drop Me From Kindle

JFP — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 23:50:23 +0000

Today I received the following email from Amazon:

Dear Publisher,

We noticed your blog (listed below) has not updated for more than 60 days. Kindle customers expect to receive frequent updates for blogs and news feeds to which they subscribe. Because blogs should update at least once per month, we are cancelling blogs that have not updated in more than 60 days. Accordingly, if you do not publish new updates within 7 days, we will remove your publication from the Kindle Store.

Blog Title: MobKool | Blog ASIN: B002IKLLRG

Sincerely,
Amazon Kindle Team

Of course, by publishing their email, i dodge the bullet.

You Are Not Your Khakis

JFP — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:17:30 +0000

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ShinJu

JFP — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:01:37 +0000

False Spring 1

Too close to my end

You awoke feelings long dead

Best we never met

False Spring 2

A single branch

blooms amidst the frost

Then, freezes

SemTech 2010

JFP — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:49:33 +0000

I’ve been attending the Semantic Technology 2010 conference this week. My attendance has only solidified my belief that RDF is the data format of the future for the web. There is a constantly increasing amount of unstructured data available on the web, and RDF provides the easiest way to pull it all together and relate it. For more on SemTech, go to the SemTech website.