Hew.vc

Integrate Cool Applications with WordPress.com

Hew — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:08:16 +0000

We are happy to announce our new REST Application Programming Interface (API) that lets developers explore, interact, and create great new content with the vast community of sites on the WordPress.com network and, in the near future, Jetpack-enabled sites.

The API gives developers access to posts and comments, as well as the ability to Follow, Like, or…

WordPress.com for Windows 8

Hew — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:05:05 +0000

Reblogged from Matt Thomas:

Today, Microsoft released the Windows 8 Consumer Preview and with it, the Windows Store. If you were following along with the live announcement, you may have noticed that one of the apps they demonstrated on stage was our very own WordPress.com. And now, I’m proud to announce that WordPress.com for Windows 8 is available to download today.

For the last few weeks, I’ve been working on the team at…

The 10 Rules of Central Banking Club

Hew — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:25:56 +0000

1) You do not talk about fractional reserve banking.

2) You do not talk about fractional reserve banking.

3) Gold is a traditional, barbaric relic that you can’t eat, while fiatski BernankBux are a refined modernity that are nutritious and satisfying.

4) You will memorize the secret text Zen & The Art of Printing Press Maintenance.

5) If inflation is surging, tell the media that it’s not, but if it ever does, you’ll mop it up in 15 minutes, guaranteed.

6) Hedonic adjustments & the birth-death model: Know them and learn to love them.

7) If consumption falls due to a shitty economy (that your policies inevitably help create), try to inflate prices through insane policies that distort markets further, so that you can claim that GDP is still growing (or not falling as fast, at least).

8) Never allow anyone to claim that economics is actually fairly simple, and viciously rebut such talk by claiming that economics is one of mankind’s most difficult endeavors, and only a select few are intelligent enough to understand the dangers of sovereign nations printing their own money, interest free, and then add some very confusing and inconclusive studies that purport to show that what you just said is theoretically possible.

9) Always be mindful of who you truly work for in the very odd case that the notion of trying to help the economy ever does begin to seep into your conscience.

10) Talk about transparency often while building even more opaqueness into the already very mysterious fractional reserve banking racketeering syndicate. Every central banker has an inherent duty to leave office with the public and imbecilic politicians even more confused about your role than they were when your predecessor left his post.

h/t TruthInSushine

New Phlog

Hew — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:00:40 +0000

I’ve started up a photo-only blog to publish those pictures that are quirky/weird/interesting but not really a good fit here in my main space. Think of it as a pretty replacement for the ubiquitous Facebook Mobile album.

There’s only a few shots on there at the moment, but I’ll be adding to it frequently.

What’s Mine is Yours

Hew — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:18:28 +0000

Announcing Support for OAuth2 and New Developer Resources (via WordPress.com News)

Hew — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:54:12 +0000

This is super exciting stuff if you’re a dev and interested in working with WordPress.com.

We love developers and the applications they build to help extend WordPress.com in new and meaningful ways. To continue providing support for developers who build applications that integrate with WordPress.com, we're announcing support for OAuth 2, as well as a new developer portal, develop.wordpress.com. Starting today WordPress.com supports a new method of authentication which makes it extremely easy for third party applications to connect with … Read More

via WordPress.com News

Bonnaroo 2011: Woah!

Hew — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 02:03:55 +0000

My wife, son, and I just returned from our first music festival. Bonnaroo 2011 (aka Dustaroo 2011) sported rather oppressive conditions during daylight hours with a thick swirling layer of dust. Once dusk finally arrived however, Bonnaroo was magical. Although the feel of the experience was literally night and day, the music was excellent around the clock.

We (or I) took in the following sets or parts of sets:

Gogol Bordello
My Morning Jacket
Arcade Fire
Portugal. The Man
Buffalo Springfield
Sleigh Bells
Omar Souleyman
Eminem
The Black Keys
The Drums

Arid hope

Hew — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:38:52 +0000

Keynes vs Hayek Rap Battles

Hew — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:59:32 +0000

This sort of videos is one of the best things about the internet. You’d never see this something this funny + informative without the iwebs.

“…prepare to get schooled in my Austrian perspective!”

But wait — there’s more!

“…Which way should we choose? More bottom up or more top down? The fight continues…. Keynes and Hayek second round.”

Six Minutes You Have to Watch

Hew — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 01:03:31 +0000

Excellent summary of the current economic situation:

This isn’t just a US thing. The US Dollar is (soon to be was IMO) the world’s reserve currency. If you think inflationary pressures and impending sovereign defaults around the world are coincidental to the actions being taken by the US Federal Reserve right now, I have some beach front property for you in Nevada.