So Margaret was hovering over my shoulder, and saw me posting here. In typical Margaret fashion, she said "Roblag". So, I changed it. (And here's why it's not spelled "Roblog".)
Author: robla
Electoral theory wonk, activist, software developer, and engineering management nerd.
RedHanded � YAML is JSON
My little world of alternative text structuring formats has been turned on its head. I thought YAML was pretty cool, and wondered why there was no PHP implementation of it. I then found out it's because PHP programmers seem to prefer JSON. It's all explained at RedHanded � YAML is JSON.
The New York Times: CBS News Makeover, by Four Kibitzers
Metafilter pointed out a really good article: CBS News Makeover, by Four Kibitzers. Lizz Winstead, co-creator of "The Daily Show", pointed out a bunch of really cool things that CBS could do, but that they won't do, such as media commentary and podcasting. However, I'm not sure that we need to wait for CBS to… Continue reading The New York Times: CBS News Makeover, by Four Kibitzers
SeattleWiki
I've started a couple of edits to SeattleWiki, which looks like it's starting to gain some good momentum. Given how fast Wikipedia is taking off, it's only a matter of time before wikis become the next "Firefox" in terms of mainstream awareness.
The Slow Crash
Much more imaginative than your typical doomsday prophecy
Hearing set for splitting Washington into two states
Puget Sound Business Journal is reporting that there's a hearing set for splitting Washington into two states. Even though it has a snowball's chance in hell, I've always thought this would be a great way of highlighting just how much Western WA subsidizes Eastern WA.
My new blog
My ASP (Dreamhost) now offers WordPress support, so I've decided to try it out. Not to mention, I've got several places I've posted bloggish things, but always have such a tough time choosing which I'm going to use. So to heck with it. I'll post here. In part, I'm also looking at replacing my PostNuke… Continue reading My new blog
Instant Runoff on KUOW (NPR Seattle)
(update: 9/20/2006 - This is an old post I made to the blog on electorama.com, which I'm shutting down) There was a great show about Instant Runoff on KUOW, the NPR affiliate in Seattle today. The guests were Steven Hill from the Center for Voting and Democracy as well as the Republican Party official who… Continue reading Instant Runoff on KUOW (NPR Seattle)
If Debian used Instant Runoff…
The last Debian Project Leader election was a very close one. Martin Michlmayr won a Condorcet-tallied election in a very close race between him, Bdale Garbee (the incumbent), and Branden Robinson. Doing analysis on these result yields some interesting observations. Among the most surprising is that Branden Robinson would have won had San Francisco's rules… Continue reading If Debian used Instant Runoff…
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