Res ipsa loquitor
March 13, 2008• (0) Comments
Bwaahaahaha!
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May 22, 2007• (0) Comments
Okay, so “manifesto” may be a bit hyperbolic. Anyway, here are ten lessons I’ve discovered the hard way.
- The canvas is your friend. In choosing horizontal placement, be considerate of it without being constrained. You do not know how large a viewer’s window will be and dictating its size is impolite. Vertical placement should understand what belongs “above the fold”.
- Make pages that honor recognizable emotional forms. Employ the Golden Proportion as your guide. Typography should be eye-friendly. Choose kerning and line-lengths deliberately.
- Color palettes should amplify rather than confuse the site’s message.
Hypocrisy on Parade
April 28, 2007• (0) Comments
Future historians will invariably speak of the American Left’s near-universal opposition to our invasion to eliminate Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction. But how will they reconcile these remarks?
“One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line.”
President Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998
“If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction program.”
President Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998
“Iraq is a long way from [here], but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face.”
Madeline Albright, Feb 18, 1998
The Tao of Beer
January 25, 2007• (0) Comments
A little parable about beer has been making its way around the internet via email circulation for a few years, but a fresh copy came my way recently just when I needed to explain to my sons why welfare states don’t work.
While the purported author, David R. Kamerschen, PhD, denies on his own webpage that he wrote it (thereby raising a huge red flag that the fable is more agitprop than scholarship), it frames redistributive economics in terms anybody can understand.
I thought I’d share it here for your amusement.
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Pishwaugh and the Prizefighter
March 30, 2005
In a little while, O’Malley came back into the bar and took a stool. “It’s all fixed,” the little man said.
“What’s fixed?” Pish replied, regarding him carefully.
“The match. I’ve got it all worked out. ”
The barkeep caught Pish’s eye and, with a nod, set two fresh glasses on the bar. Pish raised his and in a movement, emptied it, eyes damp. O’Malley made a small noise above his whisky, cupping the glass with two hands in the manner of someone warding off chill. The extra exertion seemed to work, as in a moment he brightened visibly and said “Farth round. He’ll take a knee.”
Pish considered this news for a moment and thought that the odds were only slightly better. “Will he come out punching?” he asked.
The little man appeared perplexed. “He’s his father’s son, now isn’t he?”
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