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brayden.RandomThe brayden.org online notebook WebStatistics WebStatistics : Do not edit this topic, it is updated automatically. You can also force an update TWiki.TWikiDocumentation tells you how to enable the automatic updates of the statistics. Suggestion: You could archive this topic once a year and delete the previous year's statistics from the table. WebHome WebHome :

This twiki web has become my replacement for the paper notebooks I used to carry with me everywhere.

Here you can find:

TodaysLinks - links and copy-pasted notes, updated often. Occasional writings, such as NoodleNotes. MonthlyDigest - a summary of items that have caught my interest recently. Some reflections on living in Minnesota

You can see a complete list of topics at WebTopicList.

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Recent Links

BusNotes BusNotes : 2012/02/05 05:26:23 GMT

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Bridge 1st/Holgate Fauntleroy/35th Fauntleroy/Alaska Chelan/Marginal Delridge exit

Route 22 from 1st and Jackson Route 22 from Alaska Junction Route 22 from 41st and Thistle Google Transit

AM : leave from Ida / California 6:09, 6:37, 7:06, 7:30, 8:04, 8:36, 9:07, 9:38 PM : leave from 1st / Jackson 5:07, 5:37, 6:06, 6:36, 7:06

DaleBraydenResume DaleBraydenResume :

I offer : Commitment to high quality and respect for schedule. Persistence and dedication in completing large projects. The ability to work well with customers during all project phases. Strong technical leadership experience. The ability and desire to mentor others.

I can be reached by email at dale@brayden.org .

A printable version of this rsum is here . A plain text version of this rsum is here .

The online version of this rsum can be found on my website at :

http://www.brayden.org/twiki/bin/view/Random/DaleBraydenResume .

I am presently employed at Amazon.com as a senior software development engineer on the infrastructure automation team. My responsibility is to develop tools to simplify and automate the management and configuration of network devices in Amazon's datacenters.

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Private equity leveraged buyouts explained .

WishList WishList :

Bob Altemeyer , Anton Arrufat , Georges Batailles , Simon Blackburn , Andrea Camilleri , Ruben Dario , Louis De Bernieres , Andrea Echeverri , Robert Fisk , Gardiner / "Truth from these Podia" , Bartholomew Gill , Alan Gordon , John Hankiewicz , Jaime Hernandez , Hintikka / "On Godel" , Crockett Johnson / "Barnaby" , Ben Katchor , Philip Larkin / "Collected Poems" , Magdalen Nabb , Azar Nafisi , Nagel and Newman / "Godel's Proof" , Michael Oakeshott / "On Human Conduct" , Anthony Powell / "Afternoon Men" , Steven Pressfield , Francine Prose , Jeremy Scahill , Andre Schifrin , Georges Simenon , Gilbert Sorrentino , Studs Terkel , Bruno Traven , Edward Tufte , Anne Tyler , Craig Unger , David Wishart , Jean-Claude Izzo , Carlo Lucarelli

MonthlyArchive200301 MonthlyArchive200301 : Items archived from MonthlyDigest for January 2003. Includes TWiki RSS, DVD X Copy, REXML, and RSS.

Main.PaulPetterson pointed out to me today that TWiki now supports RSS Rich Site Summary feeds by a combination of the formatted search feature plus a skin . The result is an RSS feed that can be viewed from a headline viewer and distributed via a syndicator like http://www.syndic8.com .

I've added RSS feeds for the two of the webs here, at The Random Web , and The Software Web .

The skin is very simple : it just adds the RSS xml header:

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TodaysLinks TodaysLinks :

Recent Links

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... received in an email newsletter from moveon.org

For all the coverage this week of Senator John McCain's background, there are some important things you won't learn about him from the TV networks. His carefully crafted positive image relies on people not knowing this stuff—and you might be surprised by some of it.

Please check out the list below, and then forward it to your friends, family, and coworkers. We can't rely on the media to tell folks about the real John McCain—but if we all pass this along, we can reach as many people as CNN Headline News does on a good night.

Click here to tell us how many people you can pass it on to—and to see our progress nationally:

DigestPage0803 DigestPage0803 :

Until yesterday I had planned to vote for the Democratic candidate for President, based on the premise that either Clinton or Obama would be better for our country than McCain. I wasn't excited by the prospect, and never believed that either candidate would do more than strengthen the status quo in ways that are marginally less harmful than the disastrous policies of the Bush administration. But after reading Obama's speech I've changed my mind: I am voting for Obama. Full stop. If I have to write his name on my ballot, then that's what I will do.

For the first time in my life a viable candidate for high office has spoken honestly about race in America. For the first time a candidate had the courage to say what we should all know by now: racism is a tool used by the wealthy and powerful to divide working people and the poor. Finally there is a candidate who says that white resentment against affirmative action would be better aimed at the corporations that are shipping our decent jobs overseas for 'nothing more than profit.' Finally a candidate who acknowledges that the gains we have made toward greater equality, better working conditions, and greater liberty have been made only after great struggle by large numbers of ordinary people.

AtheistsCreed AtheistsCreed :

From Pharyngula :

I believe in time, matter, and energy, which make up the whole of the world.

I believe in reason, evidence and the human mind, the only tools we have; they are the product of natural forces in a majestic but impersonal universe, grander and richer than we can imagine, a source of endless opportunities for discovery.

I believe in the power of doubt; I do not seek out reassurances, but embrace the question, and strive to challenge my own beliefs.

I accept human mortality.

We have but one life, brief and full of struggle, leavened with love and community, learning and exploration, beauty and the creation of new life, new art, and new ideas.

HowToFlushWaterHeater HowToFlushWaterHeater :

Turn off the heater
Connect a garden hose to drain valve at bottom of tank
Close the cold-water inlet valve at top of tank
Open the pressure relief valve neart the top of the tank by raising the lever
Open the drain valve, letting water drain out
close drain valve
Close pressure relief valve
Open the cold-water inlet valve, wait for tank to fill
Open the hot tap in your bathtub and run it until no air bubbles come out
Turn on the heater

The drain valve may be or become clogged with chunks of sediment. If so, try to flush the sediment out by:

Close the pressure relief valve
Open the cold-water inlet valve
Wait for sediment to be stirred up enough to flow out the hose
Close cold-water inlet valve
Open pressure-relief valve
Continue with the original step # 5 above

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