http://www.howdoesitknow.com The music and the blathering Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:34:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You would think I'd think a socialist style bailout of an industry where the workers make good wages with good benefits would be a great idea. But I just don't see it helping. And for some reason it makes me mad that these companies set themselves up for this kind ... http://www.howdoesitknow.com/2008/11/28/why-do-i-feel-so-apathetic-about-the-auto-industry-failing/ Just finished this little thing. Sit Up, Sit Down http://www.howdoesitknow.com/2008/11/25/new-song-over-at-pts/ This past Sunday, my friend Chris and I went up to Lansing to record with John, this time so Chris could lay down his saxophone part on one of the songs, and also so he could record some piano on some others. We didn't end up finishing (everything in the ... http://www.howdoesitknow.com/2008/11/25/the-haps/ Quick note to mention this: Worldmapper This site has a ton of world maps with the sizes of the countries adjusted to show various attributes proportionally. The map above is the one for world population. I first found this when I was directed to the site of Mark Newman, a physicist at ... http://www.howdoesitknow.com/2008/11/15/worldmapper/ Check out my new song. Part Time Songs http://www.howdoesitknow.com/2008/11/08/marshmallow-mission-at-part-time-songs/ This map was in the church where I voted today.* Also, there was a pile of "No on Prop 2" pamphlets on a table right next to the line, which I thought wasn't appropriate inside a polling place. There was also a box of Kleenex on the same table, so I ... http://www.howdoesitknow.com/2008/11/04/global-status-of-evangelical-christianity/ That last post was pretty ugly, eh? Those images are way too big for my blog format. I am thinking about switching to a theme that's wider... But I spent so much time customizing this one that that's a time investment that I'm not sure I'm ready for. Well, Friday again. ... http://www.howdoesitknow.com/2008/10/31/ugly/ Hi. Been super busy and a lot has been going on in all aspects of my life. Sorry for the lack of content. Just wanted to make a quick post pointing you to this other blog post that compares the McCain tax plan to the Obama tax plan. It takes ... http://www.howdoesitknow.com/2008/10/24/taxation-without-proper-statistical-representation/ I actually hate to keep harping on Sarah Palin and making all my posts here political lately, but the internets just keeps putting fun stuff to read "in front of me", and of course, I must read "all of them". First sentence diagrams and now a flowchart! The following image (found ... http://www.howdoesitknow.com/2008/10/03/palin-debate-flowchart/ (from Slate) There's been a lot of talk about how many of the statements Sarah Palin has been speaking in her interviews are total gibberish.* It's not hard to hear (and it's very difficult to follow), but I like this article in Slate by Kitty Burns Florey, where she diagrams some ... http://www.howdoesitknow.com/2008/10/02/diagramming-palins-sentences/