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!
Year 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.
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.
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,…
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…
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…
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…
Seattle Primary: Preliminary Cost/Vote
On average, campaigns directly spent $21.96 per vote in the August 6th Seattle City Council Primary Election. Which Seattle City Council Primary candidates spent the most/least per vote? Based on preliminary numbers of direct expenditures and votes counted as of…
New: Funds Raised, All Seven Districts
Alignvote now provides a single rollup page showing funds raised, district-by-district, for the Seattle City Council race. Data is as reported to, and by, the Seattle Election Commission. You can find the link to the rollup page on the home…
Alignvote: Now with Campaign Financial Data
Alignvote now displays the most recently available Campaign Financial Data for each campaign, as reported by the Seattle Election Commission. Campaign financial data is displayed for all campaigns, and includes Expenditures, Cash on Hand and Balance, as well as a…