Monthly Archives: June 2010

Partnership

Posted on June 7, 2010 by MXH

Alinsky (indirectly) quotes John L. Lewis, a C.I.O. labor organizer of the 1930s, as saying: [L]abor and capital may be partners in theory, but they are enemies in fact. There are a lot of destructive notions afoot in the world, … Continue reading →

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Terminator 2

Posted on June 6, 2010 by MXH

I recently re-watched my “Extreme Edition” of Terminator 2. This is an interesting DVD, in that it’s more instructive than entertaining. The default presentation of the film includes all sorts of extra footage that pretty much ruins the movie, but … Continue reading →

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Six Word Stories: Virgins

Posted on June 5, 2010 by MXH

D.C.’s virgin sacrifices appeased the sun.

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Twitter, OAuth, and Custom URL Schemes

Posted on June 4, 2010 by MXH

If you want to access the Twitter API from your iPhone app, you’re going to have to use OAuth. (Twitter is turning off Basic Authentication support at the end of June.) To use OAuth, you need to follow these basic … Continue reading →

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Hagler vs. Antuofermo I

Posted on June 3, 2010 by MXH

East Side Boxing had an interesting article up the other day: a “retrospective fight report” on the first fight between Marvin Hagler and Vito Antuofermo. The best part of the article was that the author provided YouTube links to all … Continue reading →

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Six Word Stories: Famous

Posted on June 1, 2010 by MXH

Steve was famous for being unknown.

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