Waldo Jaquith

Archive for October 2009

Limiting *nix program runtime.

In Geek on 1 October 2009 with 2 comments

I posted a question to the Neon Guild mailing list a few days ago about a vexing little problem. For Richmond Sunlight I’m taking regular snapshots of the websites of every member of the General Assembly, as an archive for folks to browse months or years from now, to see what sort of promises legislators [...]

links for 2009-10-01

In ShortLinks on 1 October 2009 with 9 comments

Google Maps: Jaquith, Mississippi There's a town of Jaquith in Mississippi, apparently. "Town" is kind of a strong word. Let's go with "intersection." (tags: jaquith mississippi geography) New York Times: Fossil Skeleton From Africa Predates Lucy Lucy is 3.2M years old. Meet Ardi. She's 4.4M years old, also from Ethiopia, but much taller (four feet, [...]