http://www.webfoot.com/blog Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:53:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I did a very quick, informal survey on how people use tabs when looking at Web search results. Some people immediately open all the search results that look interesting in new tabs, then explore them one by one ("open-parallel). Others open one result in a new tab, explore ... http://www.webfoot.com/blog/2008/07/21/tabbing-behaviour/ There are a number of stories out right now, like this one from US News, about how Clinton supporters are mad as hell at Obama and the Democratic Party for the sexism that Clinton had to endure during the campaign. The venom in the comments section of the above article ... http://www.webfoot.com/blog/2008/06/09/hillary-ites-for-mccain/ One day, probably twenty years ago, I was in a car with a bunch of friends of mine, and Arthur asked the question, "If you could have lunch with anybody, who would it be?" I immediately answered "Richard Feynman", having just finished one of his highly entertaining books. ... http://www.webfoot.com/blog/2008/06/08/my-almost-lunch-with-steve-wozniak/ There have been reports that peacekeepers have been raping children. This is bad, but unfortunately not surprising.  History seems to show that if you give men weapons, little accountability, and few dating options, they will rape. There is a solution that seems blindingly obvious to me: send women soldiers. I wonder ... http://www.webfoot.com/blog/2008/05/27/rape-by-soldiers/ The people opposing marriage equality have asked the courts to delay allowing same-sex marriages, on the grounds that there will be a proposition on the ballot in November to write marriage discrimination into the state constitution. Um, is my loyal opposition stupid? If there is no delay, then yes, thousands of same-sex ... http://www.webfoot.com/blog/2008/05/23/marriage-equality-is-the-opposition-stupid/ To my gay and lesbian friends, I am absolutely thrilled that you are going to be able to get married starting on June 16th! I wrote some wedding advice for (straight) couples a few years back, and I'd like to give some specific advice to gay and lesbian couples who want ... http://www.webfoot.com/blog/2008/05/18/advice-for-same-sex-couples-getting-married-in-california/ I hear murmuring that American blue-collar white voters think Barack Obama is elitist. On the one hand, since I favor Obama, I'm slightly distressed for practical reasons. But as a liberal American, I am secretly overjoyed at how far we've come that white folks to find a black man too ... http://www.webfoot.com/blog/2008/05/17/barack-obama-elitist/ Today, something that I worked on for five years came to a successful completion today. No, not my thesis: the California Supreme Court ruled that marriage discrimination against same-sex couples was unconstitutional. In 30 days (when the law takes effect), California will join the Netherlands, Belgium, Canada, South Africa, Spain, ... http://www.webfoot.com/blog/2008/05/15/california-supreme-court-words-matter/ Andrew Ko, whose papers I have mentioned before, observed in An exploratory study of how developers seek, relate, and collect relevant information during software maintenance tasks that When investigating [navigations back to previously-seen code fragments], nearly all seemed to be for the purpose of juxtaposing a set of code fragments while ... http://www.webfoot.com/blog/2008/05/14/eclipse-double-source-windows/ It's not just me! Someone else gets frustrated by Web sites that won't allow dashes or spaces in credit card numbers! It is just unfathomable to me why any Web site would not insert the ONE LINE OF CODE to handle spaces and dashes. I am glad to see ... http://www.webfoot.com/blog/2008/05/12/its-not-just-me/