The personal home page of Ryan Park of San Francisco, California, USA.

I’ve started to publish my calendar on my website so that everyone can see when I’m busy or free. It may not be terribly useful, but it was pretty easy to do, and a fun little programming exercise. Read on to learn how I did it.
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Megan McArdle, a.k.a. Jane Galt, suggested a very interesting and smart tax reform plan about five years ago. I don’t agree with everything she’s suggesting, but I agree with most of it, and her rationale is quite sound. It’s a much more nuanced and smarter approach than the “tax simplification” plans proposed by our politicians.

… played on a Theremin?!

Entrepreneur Marc Andreessen, the founder of Netscape, sat down with Barack Obama last spring for an hour and a half. He’s finally published his impressions from that meeting. This is a great read — very interesting and inspirational.

Are you in Texas, Ohio, Vermont or Rhode Island? Then be sure to vote in tomorrow’s primary!

Carl was an amazing singer and the star of Jesus Christ Superstar on stage and screen. Check out this rendition of “Superstar” from The Tonight Show in 1994. (If nothing else, check out Young Jay Leno!)

From the New York Times.

Hilarious video from Sarah Silverman, from the Jimmy Kimmel Show last week:

(There’s profanity, although it’s bleeped.)

This is a great (hilarious) a cappella rendition of “The 12 Days of Christmas”…

My grandfather passed away last week after a long, drawn-out illness. Eariler today, my cousin found this blog post about him. We’re all incredibly proud to learn about the lives he touched.