My good friend Martin Casas is running for the Missouri House of Representatives in the 59th district. On Monday, December 20th, he’s hosting a campaign fundraiser/kickoff at Riley’s Pub on Arsenal. Please come and support Martin and his campaign!
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange arrested in London
December 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
As I’m sure you can imagine, Reddit will be a lot of fun to visit these next few days, as people who probably never once visited WikiLeaks are now banging the drum of internets freedomz.
Let it snow!
December 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Beautiful photos of snow from the Boston Globe’s The Big Picture blog. Personally, I can’t wait for St. Louis to get whitewashed with snow. Bring it on!
Good luck in Qatar, FIFA
December 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Great find from Matt Yglesias:
To obtain an alcohol permit you need a letter from your employer written in English. (An Arabic letter accompanied by a stamped translation is usually also acceptable). This must be signed and stamped by an authorised person in your company and be addressed to the Qatar Distribution Company. It must state the applicant’s position, basic salary (must be above 4000 riyals or 1100 dollars, and the letter must use the word basic), state if an accommodation entitlement is received or if the applicant receives free accommodation and whether the applicant is married. It does not usually have to state that the applicant has permission for an alcohol permit.
The applicant must also provide their ID/passport and residence permit (photocopies are acceptable) and a 1000 riyal (275 dollar) returnable deposit. You also have to complete an application form, and state your religion.
Sounds lovely. I bet soccer fans and football hooligans from around the globe are thrilled to be taking a step back in time.
Ben the Bodyguard: a lovely use of new web standards
December 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
This is a perfect example of how CSS and HTML can work together to create a beautiful experience. No flash required here.
Can we all just agree that James Harrison is a dirty player?
December 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I may be biased because I’m a Ravens fan, but James Harrison – he of bodyslamming Vince Young on his head and not getting flagged/fined fame – is currently sitting on $125,000 in fines to the NFL for late or dirty hits this season. But hey – it’s the Steelers way, right?
TSA Freedom Fondle check-in
November 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I’m adding these venues to Foursquare and leaving tips (woah, pun intended) at every airport I traverse.
I urge you to do the same.
Epic American geezer escapes from Iran via horse
November 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I love these Wikileaks cables.
When Hossein Ghanbarzadeh Vahedi, a 75-year-old American of Iranian descent, decided to visit relatives in Tehran in May 2008, he took a flight from Los Angeles in the normal way. When he returned home, his means of transport was somewhat less orthodox.
After seven months in which he was prevented from leaving Iran, had his passport confiscated and saw his appeals ignored by the revolutionary courts, Vahedi took matters into his own hands. In a daring escape, he mounted a horse, hired two guides, and began a perilous 14-hour overnight climb across the freezing mountains of north-western Iran into eastern Turkey. After that he took a bus.
A bully finds his pulpit on the web
November 27, 2010 By 1 Comment
Awesome read.
tl;dr – a douchebag, scum-of-the-Earth type treats customers like shit in order to drive up his organic search rankings for designer eyeglasses when people take their complaints to the Internet.
It’s actually pretty shrewd SEO, except for the whole threatening violence and harassing customers part.
Still, though… A good, albeit long, read.
