Dylan Schiemann

I recently picked up Ron Paul’s “The Revolution: A Manifesto”. I’ve made my way through the first two chapters which do a great job of simply explaining the problems with our government. A few of the highlights include, for example, the 1996 election won by the Republican party:
The Contract with America was typical […]

I love redundant typos in news headlines: “Inventor of McDonald’s Egg McMuffin inventor has died (at CNNMoney.com)”

A while ago I mused about the rising price of gas. In the wake of the recent, dramatic 1.25% interest rate cuts, and the awesome campaign of Ron Paul, I started to wonder if there was a correlation between the devaluation of the dollar, inflation, the price of gold, and the price of oil.
It’s […]

Just as most great software comes with an undo command, so should government. The closest thing we have currently in the US is Ron Paul. I’m voting for Ron Paul to undo the major problems caused by the current administration, and much of the governmental policies of the 20th and 21st centuries.
After his […]

The successes of Ron Paul include $20 million in funds raised last quarter solely from individual contributions by more than 100,000 people. Ron Paul is basically becoming successful for many of the same reasons that open source software and social software have become so effective and popular.
The campaign is truly driven my its active, […]

I had the opportunity to attend my first NFL game ever on December 30th thanks to Torrey. We had amazing seats… first row, 45 yard line, and the Cardinals won easily against the Rams, with their highest scoring performance in 30 years.

The interesting thing about sitting this close to the players is that […]

Lost in the Christmas rush was the announcement on Christmas Eve that MaxJet has shut down operations and declared bankruptcy. MaxJet was my new favorite airline, providing amazing all-business class service from Los Angeles, Las Vegas, or New York to London Stansted. On our trip to Italy in October, we had such a […]

JavaScript appeared in Thursday’s Dilbert… so bizarre.

After years of loving Linkin Park’s music, in part because I love their sound, and in part because they had a good local following when I lived in Santa Monica, I’m saddened to learn that yes, all Linkin Park songs do sound the same. Yes Dylan, you do like listening to the same thing […]

Most of my posts about customer service remark about how poor it is, and how annoyed I get when incompetence wastes my time. So I’m pleased to write a post about the great service I received recently from Photojojo, an online photo site and store.
I was recently looking for the new Eye-fi Card, and […]