The Staggering Costs of Sanders, Warren Federal Plans

The costs of the Sanders and Warren Plans are staggering. Sanders and Warren Would Each More than Double the Size of the Federal Government.
Jan 17, 2020

Build a Photo Booth for Your Next Party

Photo booths are expensive to rent. But if you have a camera and an old monitor lying around, you can make a much more versatile photo booth for less than $100!
Dec 2, 2019

Congratulations to Seattle’s New City Council

There’s a new City Council in Seattle. If human beings actually behave as our new City Councilmembers seem to believe, we’re in for some major improvements.
Nov 11, 2019

Alignvote 2019 Wrap-Up

Reflecting on the first phase of the Alignvote project, and issuing the call for volunteers or media partners if they’d like to bring Alignvote to their local election.
Nov 7, 2019

The First Whistleblower Law in the World

Esek Hopkins was the brother of Stephen Hopkins, Governor of Rhode Island and Signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was appointed the first Commander of the Continental Navy in 1775. A few months later, the Continental Congress declared independence, and Commander Hopkins suddenly became the most powerful naval officer […]
Nov 4, 2019

Alignvote Now Displaying Sentiment

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve added a few enhancements to Alignvote. Summary of Sentiment How are end-users answering the survey? Now you can see a summary. From the Voters Guide homepage, see the “Voter Sentiment” section. This shows you a rolled-up summary of how people are answering the […]
Oct 28, 2019

New: Discussion Board for Alignvote

I’ve added a Discussion Board for Alignvote. This will make it easier to share videos, media and links to articles about the issues in the Seattle City election. I’ve added the latest debate videos to the appropriate City Council District topic areas. The one rule: Be Nice, Be Respectful. Visit […]
Oct 9, 2019

Deploying Angular 8+ to Azure

I’m really enjoying Angular and Azure, but getting them to work well together is sometimes a pain. Right now, there’s some real catch-up that Azure App Services needs to do in order to embrace anything beyond Angular 7. That’s because Angular 8 and up (“Angular 8+”) requires Node 12.x, and […]
Aug 17, 2019