I know quite a few folks who make it a thing to go out to Karaoke more than a few times a year. My good friend Howard Hall (whose birthday is today – Happy Birthday Howard!), posted some thoughts on Karaoke on a lesson it has for all of us.
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Erik Taubeneck’s Unpythonic Python
Check out his solutions to FizzBuzz, a programming puzzle that has become common to ask interviewees, applying idioms from many programming languages, all in Python.
Bret Victor’s Highly Recommended Things
Check out Bret Victor’s “Highly Recommended Things”, his five star list of favorite things in the world, a mixture of fun, thought provokers and horizon expanders, and much, much more. There’s a lot here that would be on my list were I to compile one someday. Check it out.
Jim Benson: “You Are a Role Model”
Jim Benson, in his recent post, “You Are a Role Model”, gets to a core belief I carry about the shadows we cast in this world and our effects on each other, whether we choose to believe it, or not. A good read to start a week.
Happy 40th Richelle!
It’s a shame that the world has no idea who Ludwig van Beethoven wrote this letter of love letter to. 
But it did give a perfect expression of the kind of love we share. One that has endured much, so many stormy and calm days in the great sea, and one focused on the truly important, in the here and now, expanding my heart at the awesomeness of it all. Emma and me are so blessed to be part of the family we are part of. She loves you as deeply as I do, and her bond is even more powerful. You wonder why we sometimes get these cocky grins on our faces? It’s because we know something that the rest of the world doesn’t get. Maybe like old Ludwig did. But we want the world to know. I love you Richelle.
My ever thine. May you ever be mine. And the life we live ever ours.
(Note, this was originally posted to my private Facebook account and upon reflection, realize it really should be here)
For more on the letter, check out Letters of Note’s post on “Immortal Beloved“.
A hosted blog at Philly.com to subscribe to: One Step Away
One Step Away is a monthly ‘street newspaper’ produced by people experiencing homelessness in the Philadelphia region. I always make sure to pick up a copy once or twice a month from its many vendors in across Center City, some of which are authors in the paper.
Philly.com has been hosting a number of blogs on their site over the past few years, some of which have brought it much controversy, but this one should not, it helps raise the voice of those whose voice needs to be heard. Check out the One Step Away blog at Philly.com.
What is a Data Journalism Organization?
Yesterday, Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight launched, making a bet that you want news stories backed by data to help find the signal in the noise. Like Garret said, succinctly, it’s exciting.
In addition to this, Ezra Klein’s effort and others, are giving me hope we’re entering a phase of investment and innovation again in the news space, and by extension, how we tell stories in media. The Nieman Journalism Lab is a great place to follow what’s going on.
Kickstarter for ScratchJr!
Mitchel Resnick and much of the team behind Scratch are working on a version for children under 8.
Check out the project’s Kickstarter page for more information.
Profile of Mark Horvath, creating an online home for the stories of the homeless
Philantropy.com: “After Living on the Streets, a Nonprofit Leader Seeks to Give the Homeless a Voice”.
Check out Mark Horvath’s Invisible People.
Philadelphia is about to lose its last movie palace
Check out Rob’s fantastic pictures of Boyd Theater. For more information see Friends of the Boyd.