Government debt, GDP growth, and taxes, oh my!
Government debt sounds scary! If debt is bad on an individual basis, shouldn’t we seek to eliminate debt? And “you can’t spend your way out of debt!” Except all of this is a pretty simplistic...
Author: Shane Connelly
Mini Public Transit Board
First World Problems I live in San Francisco where our coffee is strong, our alcohol is stronger, and our public transit system (Muni) is weak. OK, that’s not entirely fair, but Muni is slow and unreliable:...
Ad-blocking and extra privacy for your devices
The back-story: As one of my friends has stated… The Internet is a scary place without Adblock It’s true. And while I think he was largely referring to the ubiquity and annoying nature of many...
Feel free to “like” this post
Recently, I’ve read a few articles published about the “Like” button on Facebook. These have been done after some “research” conducted by the author using their own Facebook page as a source of data....
Copenhagen wrap-up
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek On day 3, the final day we had in Copenhagen, we decided to head to Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. This is an art museum housing many of the private collections of Carlsberg of beer...
Copenhagen day 2
Walking Tour Our first real touristy event was to take a walking tour. It was given to us by a guy who dressed as Hans Christian Andersen, who is something of a national hero...
Copenhagen day 1
Arrival and Strøget After our major snafu with Norwegian Air, we took a train down to the city center and found our hotel. It was a great walk from the train station, as it...
Norwegian Air: The Worst Thing to Come Out of Europe Since the Black Plague
So to kick off our European travel experience, it’s worth going through our planned itinerary first. We found a flight on Norwegian Air one way to Copenhagen from Oakland with a layover in Stockholm for...
Populating users in Active Directory using Perl with OLE
Occasionally, I’ve had the need to populate sample users into an Active Directory for projects. There are, no doubt, other ways to do this that are simpler/more direct. For example, it’s likely incredibly easy...