Barack in Fort Collins

Today 50,000 people packed the Oval at CSU to see Barack Obama speak. The line was two and a half miles long, and the rally got an early start, so the Secret Service stopped screening people in order to get everyone in as quickly as possible. My friends and I got a spot about two … Read more

Meet Joe the Plumber

This last debate had me wondering what all this “Joe the Plumber” fuss was about… So I asked the internets, and they told me to watch this: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFC9jv9jfoA&w=425&h=344] Joe the Plumber on YouTube This is just me talking, but I found this conversation much more informative than the entire debate which kept on throwing Joe’s … Read more

Don’t vote!

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UaRXvRwhOk&w=425&h=344] “Don’t Vote!” on YouTube Colorado has till Monday to register to make your voice heard, and this is one of the closest states in the whole country. Every single person is going to make a difference this time around, and the stakes couldn’t be higher. No matter where you are in the country, you … Read more

MySQL engineer needs $400,000 for son’s bone marrow transplant

I ran into this on BoingBoing, and thought I’d repeat it here for anyone who’s listening: The MySQL community — who create, maintain and support the leading free database — are raising funds for Andrii Nikitin, a MySQL support engineer in Ukraine whose little boy, Ivan, needs a $400,000 bone-barrow transplant. “My family got bad … Read more