Gadgets, web and miscellany
In: Personal
8 Nov 2008Just wanted to put in my 2 cents against the folks overturning gay, lesbian and bisexual rights to marry in California. It seems strange to me that in the excitement of electing Obama, the “No on 8″ group was poorly funded and organized. On the verge of two historic civil rights advances (well, technically speaking, [...]
In: Personal
8 Nov 2008From this cartoonist.
In other news, I heard last night that Howie Mandel, a fellow Canuck, voted in this last election like me.
In: Personal
6 Nov 2008From the New York Times. Bluer indicates shift to Democrats from Republican, red indicates opposite, this is 2008 versus 2004. White indicates no change from 2004. After the break see the bubbles indicating actually vote and size of vote in 2008.
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4 Nov 2008In: Personal
1 Nov 2008Saw this on interstate 25 between the Springs and Boulder:
In: Personal
30 Oct 2008I’ll update this post as I learn more. On October 27, my wife and I returned our mail-in ballots to the Boulder County Clerk and Recorder’s office in Boulder. I had filled out the ballot completely, signed the outside, and placed the ballot within the secrecy envelope.
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24 Oct 2008See more Ron Howard videos at Funny or Die
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24 Oct 2008Jim Wallis, an evangelist preacher (Sojourners, God’s Politics) who I respect very sincerely for his consistency and pragmatism, has written a very interesting piece on this election here. Again he is very consistent in bringing up poverty and war as the dominant issues being ignored by many politicians, and he is very much against “non-negotiable” [...]
David Kabal writes random bits about life, gadgets and computers. David is an engineer living in Boulder, Colorado, up in the mountains, where he's also a firefighter.