Reddit client
0 (0.0%)
Bridge game 1 (16.7%)
Mystery option #3 5 (83.3%)
Tag poll (18)
What webOS app to work on next?
Mood: curious
Posted on 2010-09-02 22:51:00
Tags: palm projects proandcon poll
Words: 347
Having finished We the People and done some small changes to earlier apps, I'm raring to work on a new webOS app for my Palm Pre. (partially feeling invigorated by the announced webOS 2.0 features)
So here are my ideas:
A client to easily browse Reddit.
- Pro: I've played around with it a little and gotten some stuff to work, which is promising.
- Pro: There's a real API which looks pretty easy to interact with.
- Pro/Con: There are already a few existing Reddit clients, although none of them are in the full App Catalog (one's in beta, I believe?)
- Con: It would be a lot of work to make pages look attractive, especially since I suck at it.
- Con: I'm not sure how much more useful it is than just going to the Reddit site in the browser.
- Con: I couldn't see charging more than $1.99 for it, and I'm not sure how many people would be interested in buying it.
A bridge game (probably single-player only, at least at first)
- Pro: There are no existing bridge games in the Catalog. Even in Apple's I only see two.
- Con: That's probably because it's a huge pain to write AI that bids well. And if it doesn't bid well, it's almost useless.
- Pro: I could see charging $5-$10 for it if I spent the time to do it well.
- Con: Bidding aside, it's still a lot of work to put in correct play, proper scoring, fancy card graphics, etc. I'm not convinced I won't give up or lose interest before I'm done.
Mystery option #3, which I just thought of
- Pro: Uses some exciting new features in webOS 2.0, like <redacted>!
- Con: It's not a very original idea, and I bet someone can beat me to it.
- Pro: But it would be kinda fun to write and play around with...and I would use it...
- Con: But I can't start working on it until webOS 2.0 releases, whenever that is.
- Pro/Con: Probably a 99 cent app, although a fairly wide audience.
What do you think? (open to other ideas!)
[ Fill out Poll ] [ View Poll Results ] [ Discuss Results ] [ Close Poll ]
Poll #1614363 webOS app plans
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 6
Which app should I work on?
Curious about Roman Polanski
Mood: bouncy
Posted on 2009-10-08 10:50:00
Tags: poll
Words: 90
So, if you haven't heard, Roman Polanski was arrested in Switzerland two weeks ago. In response, some prominent filmmakers including Martin Scorsese and Woody Allen have signed a petition asking for his release. So, I'm curious:
[ Fill out Poll ] [ View Poll Results ] [ Discuss Results ] [ Close Poll ]
Poll #1468178 Roman Polanski
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 13
Should Roman Polanski have been arrested in Switzerland?
Yes 12 (92.3%)
No, although if he had entered the US he should have been arrested 1 (7.7%)
No 0 (0.0%)
browser of choice?
Mood: curious
Posted on 2009-03-21 17:09:00
Tags: poll
Words: 32
So I saw this article about how Chrome is killing Firefox and I thought "Really?" That doesn't seem very likely considering Chrome's still under 1% market share.
But, just out of curiosity...
[ Fill out Poll ] [ View Poll Results ] [ Discuss Results ] [ Close Poll ]
Poll #1369554
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 26
What's your browser of choice?
politics, whereslunch, magazines: an entry in three parts
Mood: awake
Posted on 2008-10-24 10:19:00
Tags: whereslunch projects poll politics links
Words: 410
Politics:
Will Ferrell was on SNL last night as George W. Bush and it was pretty good (although maybe not "one of the best skits ever"). It still looks like Obama is way ahead. It warms my heart that someone who wants to investigate all members of Congress to see whether they're pro-American or not (hello, Joe McCarthy!) can suddenly find that most people won't stand for that crap. Obama makes a good fantasy football partner. Also, politics has always been sleazy - this is not a recent phenomenon.
Where's lunch:
This is my project for a google map of lunch places in Austin. It's kinda stalled out, because I haven't had a lot of free time and I can't decide what to do next. Right now you can view restaurants, rate them, leave comments, color the markers based on rating and some other things, and filter which markers are shown. (if you're interested in trying it out, drop me a line and I'll hook you up) Things I want to add at some point:
- letting people add restaurants themselves. This is kind of a pain to do, and raises some security issues and means I have to police the data to some extent.
- suggesting restaurants you might like based on other people's ratings. This isn't too hard to do but since there are few ratings in the system it won't be interesting for a while.
- add user profiles where you store where you work and you can limit lunch places by their estimated time for lunch (2 * travel time + time it takes to get food).
- putting ads on the site to make $$$
So, how interested would you theoretically be in these features?
[ Fill out Poll ] [ View Poll Results ] [ Discuss Results ] [ Close Poll ]
Poll #1284500 Where's lunch features
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 7
How interested are you in letting people add restaurants themselves?
| 1 | 1 (14.3%) |
| 2 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 3 | 1 (14.3%) |
| 4 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 5 | 1 (14.3%) |
| 6 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 7 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 8 | 2 (28.6%) |
| 9 | 1 (14.3%) |
| 10 | 1 (14.3%) |
How interested are you in suggesting restaurants you might like?
| 1 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 2 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 3 | 1 (14.3%) |
| 4 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 5 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 6 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 7 | 3 (42.9%) |
| 8 | 2 (28.6%) |
| 9 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 10 | 1 (14.3%) |
How interested are you in user profiles?
| 1 | 3 (42.9%) |
| 2 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 3 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 4 | 1 (14.3%) |
| 5 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 6 | 2 (28.6%) |
| 7 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 8 | 1 (14.3%) |
| 9 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 10 | 0 (0.0%) |
How interested are you in ads?
| 1 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 2 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 3 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 4 | 1 (14.3%) |
| 5 | 3 (42.9%) |
| 6 | 1 (14.3%) |
| 7 | 1 (14.3%) |
| 8 | 1 (14.3%) |
| 9 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 10 | 0 (0.0%) |
Poll #1284501 Time or Newsweek?
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 5
Time or Newsweek?
panhandling
Mood: thoughtful
Music: Death Cab For Cutie - "I Will Possess Your Heart"
Posted on 2008-08-26 12:59:00
Tags: essay poll links
Words: 260
I read this article on panhandling and it brought some things to mind.
I've never been quite sure what to do about panhandlers - they're somewhat common in Austin (and Houston) and so it's not infrequent that I'll be stopped at a light and one or two will be on the median. Back when I first started driving, I leaned towards giving them a dollar and feeling good about myself. "After all", I'd tell myself, "even if they are just going to spend it on alcohol or whatever, it's not my place to judge them, and I have the right to spend my money on stuff that isn't great for me, so why shouldn't they?" I thought it was the Christian thing to do.
After a while of that, I got a little jaded, and thought about the fact that economically I was encouraging more panhandling by "rewarding" those who were. (cold-hearted economics strikes again!) My mom tended to have a bag of non-perishable food (cereal and the like) that she would give instead of money, which is actually a pretty good solution.
Now I'm generally torn on the issue. Since we moved further away from downtown I don't see panhandlers as much so it hasn't come up, but reading the article sure makes me less likely to give. I like Denver's solution of converted parking meters where you can drop money and the city will give it to homeless shelters, etc. - that way you can give at the time you're being asked while ensuring it goes to a good cause.
[ Fill out Poll ] [ View Poll Results ] [ Discuss Results ] [ Close Poll ]
Poll #1248617 panhandling
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 22
Do you give to panhandlers when in your car?
Most of the time 0 (0.0%)
Occasionally 4 (18.2%)
Never 17 (77.3%)
Depends on my mood 0 (0.0%)
Depends on their message/approach 1 (4.5%)
Do you give to panhandlers when on foot?
Most of the time 1 (4.5%)
Occasionally 1 (4.5%)
Never 18 (81.8%)
Depends on my mood 0 (0.0%)
Depends on their message/approach 2 (9.1%)
Website redesign
Mood: productive
Music: Goo balls
Posted on 2008-03-01 20:48:00
Tags: homepage poll
Words: 40
After doing some more realish work today, I redesigned my website a bit. Here's the new version, and here's the old one for comparison.
[ Fill out Poll ] [ View Poll Results ] [ Discuss Results ] [ Close Poll ]
Poll #1147373 Redesign(ish) of my website
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 10
Is this an improvement over the previous version?
What about the whole click-on-an-image-to-only-show-projects-that-use-that?
houses houses houses...I made you out of clay...
Mood: creative
Posted on 2007-12-21 10:22:00
Tags: math elevator work house poll
Words: 408
We went house-hunting again yesterday. The first house we looked at is now our current favorite (which is good, as we heard our previous favorite is already under contract. Stop buying houses, people!), with a nice big kitchen (with an island!) that opens up to a living room which is a little on the small side but could probably fit the TV and computers. Master bedroom is plenty big and the bathrooms are nice. Plus it was built in the 90s and is reasonably priced!
Downsides:
- a bit far from freeways, although the neighborhood it's in is nice (it's off of Duval)
- there's a deck in the backyard which would be nice were it not so rundown, presumably by the current owners' (don't yell at me, there's more than one owner so I'm assuming they both own the dogs) dogs.
- living room is a little small
We have another good possibility that we'll see after the holidays, hopefully.
Now for the important stuff: at work my building has 8 floors and elevators. I work on the 8th floor, so I get plenty of time in said elevators. (fun thing to do: walk in a circle as the elevator is moving and realize that you're tracing out a helix!) Often I have to wait for other people to get off on their stupid less important floors before I get to the top, so I was wondering: let's say it's a given that we have to make two floor stops from 1 to 8. Is it better to have the stops be consecutive or spread out? For the sake of concreteness, let's say one way we stop at floors 2 and 3, and the other way we stop at floors 3 and 6.
[ Fill out Poll ] [ View Poll Results ] [ Discuss Results ] [ Close Poll ]
Poll #1109699 Elevator floor distribution - which is faster?
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 12
Starting at floor 1 and going to floor 8, which set of stops will lead to a faster ride?
Stopping at floors 2 and 3 7 (58.3%)
Stopping at floors 3 and 6 2 (16.7%)
They'll be almost exactly the same 3 (25.0%)
iTunes ratings analysis - what looks nicer?
Mood: loved
Posted on 2007-11-05 10:37:00
Tags: pictures itunesanalysis projects poll
Words: 81
quijax and Todd and djedi and I went to Enchanted Rock on Saturday - here are pictures. I am sore and out of shape, but it was a fun hike.
My next project will be smallish - sprucing up my iTunes ratings analysis and letting people do it on their iTunes libraries. I'm starting with the sprucing up part - here's version 1 and version 2 (for reference, here's version 3 which is the same as version 1 except with darker alternating background colors):
[ Fill out Poll ] [ View Poll Results ] [ Discuss Results ] [ Close Poll ]
Poll #1083910 Pimp my iTunes Ratings Analysis!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 8
Version 1 has alternating background colors on tables, while version 2 does not. Thoughts?
Version 1 (alternating colors) looks nicer 5 (62.5%)
Version 2 (no background colors) looks nicer 0 (0.0%)
I like the idea of alternating colors, but not those colors in particular (please explain!) 3 (37.5%)
Version 1 has black table headers while version 2 has more grayish ones - opinions?
Version 1 (black headers) looks nicer 6 (85.7%)
Version 2 (gray headers) looks nicer 1 (14.3%)
They both suck (please explain!) 0 (0.0%)
Will all the constitutional amendments pass today?
nukes, outing
Mood: okay
Posted on 2007-09-06 10:17:00
Tags: poll politics
Words: 191
I'm back at work today, feeling decentish. Took care of canceling utilities and setting up new ones yesterday, which is a load off of my mind. Also, my RFID blocking wallet came so I'm using that now. No more foil in my pants!
Air Force investigates mistaken transport of nuclear materials - yikes.
Per our earlier discussion, here's an article about the guy who's been outing anti-gay politicians. (there was a more biased version of the article in the Washington Post this morning) This isn't exactly the same since Craig was arrested and it seems like Mike Craig just brought that arrest to light, but it brings up the question:
[ Fill out Poll ] [ View Poll Results ] [ Discuss Results ] [ Close Poll ]
Poll #1051068 outing anti-gay politicans
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 12
Should anti-gay politicians be outed?
Absolutely - anything less than full support for marriage rights, etc. is hypocricy 0 (0.0%)
Yes, if they consistently vote for discriminatory policies 6 (50.0%)
Not unless they use gay issues as scare tactics in their campaigns (and vote for discriminatory policies) 4 (33.3%)
No, no matter their behavior or voting record 2 (16.7%)
wallet
Mood: hungry
Posted on 2007-08-27 12:05:00
Tags: poll
Words: 54
I need a new wallet. I feel bad because my nice current wallet was a high school graduation present from my late grandfather, but that was 8 years ago and my credit cards are starting to fall out of it, which is bad.
A geeky one would be nice. Here's one option, here's another.
[ Fill out Poll ] [ View Poll Results ] [ Discuss Results ] [ Close Poll ]
Poll #1045968 Which wallet should I get?
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 12
So, which one?
starcraft, buying stuff
Mood: awake
Posted on 2007-08-08 09:12:00
Tags: starcraft poll
Words: 98
Cracked open Starcraft last night (found my old CD as well so djedi and I can play at the same time!) and played the first 5 or so Terran missions. Good stuff!
Apparently I was allergic to something I ate or touched on Saturday, because I had a ton of red bumps (that looked like mosquito bites but didn't itch) on my chest and back. Thankfully, they're almost gone now.
Here's a question I've been meaning to ask: Let's say you go into a retail store alone with the expressed purpose of buying a birthday gift for someone.
[ Fill out Poll ] [ View Poll Results ] [ Discuss Results ] [ Close Poll ]
Poll #1035587 Buying stuff for yourself
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 18
Under those circumstances, if you see something you want, is it tacky to buy it for yourself?
In general, how often do you buy stuff for yourself? (books, CDs, games, etc.)
Quite often (1+ times a week) 0 (0.0%)
Often (2+ times a month) 8 (44.4%)
Kinda infrequently (almost once a month) 5 (27.8%)
Rarely (once every three months) 5 (27.8%)
what if money were no object?
Mood: calm
Music: Radiohead - "The Bends"
Posted on 2007-06-04 09:27:00
Tags: music poll
Words: 342
(this is by no means an original question) Let's say that you won the lottery today, and you'd be receiving enough money to live on comfortably (maybe a little lower than your current standard of living) for the rest of your life.
[ Fill out Poll ] [ View Poll Results ] [ Discuss Results ] [ Close Poll ]
Poll #996844 Money and jobs
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 14
Would you stay at your current job?
Yes, I like my job and I would want to maintain my current standard of living 1 (7.7%)
No way! I come to work to earn money to live - if I don't need that I'm outta here. 12 (92.3%)
Would you work at any job or not?
What would you do? (i.e. what job, or what else would you do during the day)
Recent local laws...
Mood: hungry
Posted on 2007-02-12 11:51:00
Tags: dodgeball taxes snow poll
Words: 316
I heard about two proposed laws around here that I thought were interesting. One, in New York, would ban using electronic devices (such as iPods) while crossing the street (in response to the death of two such pedestrians) - the penalty would be a $100 fine. The other, in New Jersey (and proposed in Washington DC as well), would ban smoking in a car with children in it.
[ Fill out Poll ] [ View Poll Results ] [ Discuss Results ] [ Close Poll ]
Poll #925788 Recent local laws
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 16
Would you vote for the New York law banning electronic devices while crossing the street?
Would you vote for the New Jersey law banning smoking in a car with kids in it?
back in the cold
Mood: discontent
Posted on 2006-11-27 14:49:00
Tags: ljbackup poll
Words: 172
Thanksgiving was fun. (except for the flight down - it felt like my sinuses had acid in them for about an hour and that my ears were going to explode on the way down! Cold + airplane == bad) It was nice to see David's nephews again, although I didn't really feel like taking pictures so I didn't. Weather was good, too.
I actually got up early Friday morning for my first Black Friday experience. I was trying to get a Wii but came up short. (the gamestop in Victoria didn't get any...) The crowds in Target and Best Buy were amazing - at least a two hour wait to check out, I'd say. Luckily (I guess) I didn't have to :-)
I was in a bit of a mood last night after getting home so I worked on the LJ backup some more, and was able to make it spit out a calendar (which I had been dreading). Thank goodness! Oh, and here's a fake poll for example purposes when I get around to parsing them:
[ Fill out Poll ] [ View Poll Results ] [ Discuss Results ] [ Close Poll ]
Poll #876473 a sample poll
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 15
What do you think about radio buttons?
They seem pretty useful. 3 (20.0%)
Frankly, the word "radio" is so yesterday. 6 (40.0%)
I want to choose every option! Booo! 6 (40.0%)
OK then, how about check boxes?
Now I'm confused; too many choices! 3 (20.0%)
This could work, but I don't like the square shape. Someone could get cut on the edges! 8 (53.3%)
Click1! 9 (60.0%)
Click2! 14 (93.3%)
Click3! 12 (80.0%)
Interesting. And drop-down boxes?
Ooh, this is more compact. 3 (20.0%)
But what's the difference between this and radio buttons? Just that it's harder to see all the choices? 11 (73.3%)
Is this poll done yet? 1 (6.7%)
In 50 characters or less, explain your feeling on free-response polls.
On a scale of 1 to 10, how glad are you that this stupid poll is over?
| 1 | 1 (6.7%) |
| 2 | 1 (6.7%) |
| 3 | 3 (20.0%) |
| 4 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 5 | 3 (20.0%) |
| 6 | 2 (13.3%) |
| 7 | 1 (6.7%) |
| 8 | 2 (13.3%) |
| 9 | 1 (6.7%) |
| 10 | 1 (6.7%) |
whatevs
Mood: grateful for the little things
Posted on 2006-07-27 14:57:00
Tags: asmc poll links
Words: 205
Rehearsal went well last night, except we didn't get a chance to do a runthrough because we had to re-setup the sets (someone used the theater Tuesday night) and lots of other stuff. So we're doing two runthroughs tonight, which we need, but is going to totally exhaust me. On the plus side, I'm not too exhausted since we didn't runthrough last night :-)
There's a part of the show where me and some other guys lift Vixen (a doll) up in the air. Last night it didn't go well, and we sorta half-dropped her, although she ended standing up. I hold her legs and feet, though, so I got kicked in the jaw. Totally not her fault, of course, but it's still bothering me a bit today :-/
Lance Bass (member of NSync) is gay! Neat!
Nerd Attention Deficit Disorder - I have this, most certainly.
Clips from the new Simpsons movie look good so far. Maybe it really will come out next year :-)
Tour de France winner Floyd Landis tests positive for testosterone, although the results aren't final yet. Hope it isn't true, but if so...ouch.
TIOBE ranking of most popular computer languages - wow, didn't realize Java was #1. Ruby's only #17. Also, go LabVIEW! (#34)
[ Fill out Poll ] [ View Poll Results ] [ Discuss Results ] [ Close Poll ]
Poll #779634 Why is my shirt yellow?
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 11
In the musical, I'm a kid named Lance who is afraid of everything. Why is my shirt yellow?
An homage to Lance Armstrong for wearing the yellow jersey in the Tour de France 2 (18.2%)
Because I'm "yellow-bellied" 1 (9.1%)
Both, somehow 8 (72.7%)
"burn baby burn" - poll
Mood: curious
Posted on 2006-05-17 09:07:00
Tags: poll
Words: 117
Iraq's Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani appeared to renounce a fatwa calling for the killing of homosexuals "in the most severe way"...um, yay!
So Austin Police Chief Stan Knee is resigning to work with police in Afghanistan. He's had a good tenure here, although there were a few incidents that reflected poorly on the department. One such incident that happened a year or two ago was that a group of police officers, watching the Midtown Club burn down, text messaged another police officer "burn baby burn". People protested because of the other messages which seemed to celebrate the burning, and this one in particular, because of the racial undertones. That leads us to this week's poll:
*swoosh*
[ Fill out Poll ] [ View Poll Results ] [ Discuss Results ] [ Close Poll ]
Poll #730620 "burn baby burn"
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 12
Is the phrase "burn baby burn" offensive to you?
Yes, it offends me. 1 (8.3%)
No, but I can understand why other people are offended by it. 5 (41.7%)
No, and I don't really understand why others are offended by it. 6 (50.0%)
Quick poll
Mood: busy
Posted on 2006-03-07 10:42:00
Tags: poll
Words: 0
[ Fill out Poll ] [ View Poll Results ] [ Discuss Results ] [ Close Poll ]
Poll #686410 "Best Picture" Oscar
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 18
Which of these have you seen, and which did you think was better?
Neither "Crash" nor "Brokeback Mountain" 6 (33.3%)
"Brokeback Mountain" but not "Crash" 4 (22.2%)
"Crash" but not "Brokeback Mountain" 6 (33.3%)
Both, and I liked "Crash" better 1 (5.6%)
Both, and I liked "Brokeback Mountain" better 1 (5.6%)
quick poll
Mood: pensive
Music: Upscale - "Rockin' Robin"
Posted on 2005-06-21 13:11:00
Tags: death penalty poll
Words: 19
(del.icio.us evangelization will resume after this post)
I was just interested in what people thought, so here's the poll:
[ Fill out Poll ] [ View Poll Results ] [ Discuss Results ] [ Close Poll ]
Poll #517363 Death Penalty
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 9
Should the death penalty be allowed?
Yes, as it is currently done. 0 (0.0%)
Yes, but only in cases of mass casualties (OK city bombing, 9/11, etc.) 0 (0.0%)
Yes, but only in an ideal world if we could be absolutely sure the person is guilty. 3 (33.3%)
No, not under any circumstances. 6 (66.7%)
This backup was done by LJBackup.