Ryan Moats getting pulled over video
I just saw the video of Ryan Moats getting pulled over at Deadspin. Here’s the search result over at YouTube. That is insane. I have friends and nieghbors that are police officers but that is really over the line. Can you imagine someone in your family in a hospital on the verge of death and he wants to talk about…insurance identification. Insane.
I don’t usually say things like this but that guy should lose his job. You have to have some sort of judgement in that type of situation. It sounds like he even had a partner that could have escorted him to the room in the hospital while one of them stayed by the car. Sad really.
Here’s the first part of the video. Follow the YouTube search link for the full series.
I knew I was old but…
Wow. This article is really kind of depressing.
From the article:
Apparently our mental abilities begin to decline from the age of 27 after reaching a peak at 22.
The research at the University of Virginia, reported in the academic journal Neurobiology Of Aging, found that in nine out of 12 tests the average age at which the top performance was achieved was 22.
The first age at which performance was significantly lower than the peak scores was 27 – for three tests of reasoning, speed of thought and spatial visualisation. Memory was shown to decline from the average age of 37. In the other tests, poorer results were shown by the age of 42.
A silver lining though. the story ends saying the report states that abilities based on accumulated knowledge, such as performance on tests of vocabulary or general information, increase until at least the age of 60. So I got that going for me [Bill Murray, Caddy Shack voice].
Well, to combat your brain turning to mush, here’s a great link to 100 Fabulous Social Networks and Communities for Lifelong Learners.
The National Security Agency uses WordPress?
I was raised in the old school of coding. My primary “editor” is still a text editor called Editpad Lite. When I’m designing a site for a client I still do the occassional straight code site. Believe it or not, some people still just want a static brochure. It works for them for a variety of reasons, mainly time.
I do a little with Joomla! and Drupal as well. I think I’m more on the Drupal side of the fence now. Still, my main rapper snapper is definitely WordPress.
I’m a big fan of WordPress. I’ve been using it for several years. That might not seem like that long but in web years that’s an eternity. Almost since the beginning when Matt & company created it from b2.
I don’t just use it for blogs anymore either. I use it for entire sites. With all the plugins available, and the ability to build and customize themes, I’ve found I can do just about anything I need to do in WordPress. It works out great for the client too because they get varying levels of CMS ability.
The other great component is security. there is this huge community that is constantly improving and securing WordPress. I still get the occassional IT person that has questions about what is WordPress, who is using it, is it secure, etc?
Well, there are a ton of sites using WordPress. [Will Ferrel voice]Work the google machine on the internets and you might be surprised. The New York Times comes to mind as does, the National Football League and another favorite site of mine Techcrunch. Here’s a link to the stats page for some more.
My new favorite one though. This link to government agencies using WordPress. And now, the tie-in to the title of this post…the National Security Agency. Yes, the NSA. Can anyone fill me in on this…without having to hurt me after of course 
I want to build my own computer
I came across this guide at makeuseof.com on how to build your own computer. Have any of you done that? Now, don’t get me wrong. I’ve cracked my box before. I’ve added components galore. New hard drives, soundcards, ram, etc. But I’ve never actually bought an empty box and mixed and maxed components to put it together.
I think it would be fun but I gotta be honest. I’m a little intimidated by the prospect. Anyone have any words of advice?
