Jerry Stratton's Blog, page 79
October 27, 2014
Letters to a Young Journalist
This pocket hardcover is ostensibly a series of letters to a young, but unnamed, journalist. Sort of an anonymous anti-source. Which makes sense, because Freedman is a very conflicted journalist.
October 24, 2014
Inside the Beltway: A Guide to Washington Reporting
Don Campbell’s guide to the craft that is reporting in Washington, DC.
October 20, 2014
Retry SSH connections after transient error
The timeout class set up the concept of retrying after a specified timeout period, but why not retry on other transient errors?
October 17, 2014
Evil and religion in the modern media
The press betrays its religion in its choice of news sources.
October 14, 2014
Most Open and Transparent Lies Ever
When we were promised a transparent administration, we didn’t realize it was transparently self-serving.
October 13, 2014
ia Writer for iOS and Mac OS
You have to enjoy using asterisks and/or underscores for emphasis, and hashes for headlines, but if you do, ia Writer is a great app for writing and note-taking on Mac OS and iOS.
October 9, 2014
GU24: Government-enforced energy-wasting lamps
Government is trying to force us not to buy incandescents—and in the process, is forcing us to buy power-wasting bulbs.
