February 2009
107 posts
One to thirty-one →
pseudo-pseudoephedrine →
January 2009
75 posts
32nd & Anza →
Twenty-five things →
FAMRI →
The urgent need to fix federal archiving policies. →
Finally—and this is simply stunning—the National Archives’ technology branch is so antiquated that it cannot process some of the most common software programs. Specifically, the study states, the…
man falling on ice →
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here’s a fun way to make it into the paper.
Contours of a Crisis (III) →
Today, we are closing in on the 500K lender mark. Half a million users sounds huge by non-profit standards. However, in the world of e-commerce or social networking, this is a drop in the bucket. …
Family ties →
My father and brother inherited the Ukrainian rapist’s good looks, and I inherited his thirst.
Go ggobi →
Monica, Patron Saint of Disappointing Children →
No school on Wednesday →
The National Weather Service has indicated that the City of Boston could receive up to seven inches of snow starting as early as 5 a.m. and coming down at a rate of one inch per hour during rush hour…
RED →
Change →
And why is it significant to improve energy efficiency of buildings? Because 70% of electricity consumed in the US is consumed by buildings and 39% of the carbon dioxide emissions in the US come from…
Bathing with the Hippos →
Over the few years prior to the present field season, six people were killed and dragged off by a pair of male lions who had taken to eating people. That happens sometimes. The local people often…
baby playing with his toys →
Hack Adds Hi-Def Video to All Canon DSLRs →
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ears perk up.
It appears that an enterprising Russian hacker has figured out a way to get video from Canon DSLRs. And not just the fancy new 5D MkII, either. This…
I don’t want to think about it →
Not quite carcass pickin time yet →
I guess this makes it official. →
Pets are affected by economic downturn →
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I can has!??
Colder yes, but still in bloom. →
I Will Point Out Hypocrisy →
Scrabble is dead →
Little swirls →
La Boca no tiene piernas →
Sky Surfing on a Hawk Above Golden Gate Park →
Ohio Sunrise →
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I want a homestead.
Yellow paths in the sky →
What’cha doin for Mardi Gras? →
Evil Things Happen Here →
Oaf of Office - Steven Pinker →
Among these fetishes is the prohibition against “split verbs,” in which an adverb comes between an infinitive marker like “to,” or an auxiliary like “will,” and the main verb of the sentence.
Just to be sure, Obama takes oath of office again →
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Don’t you people know the real truth. This second oath is the real oath. This is the one history will mark and it will be shown, after the records are released in 75 years,…
Constructing? Deconstructing? Hard to say. →
we may never get over it →
Tax hike would put Chuck over its famed Two Bucks →
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oh noes.
A proposal to raise the state tax on wine to a level more than six times higher to help close California’s giant budget deficit would kill the $1.99 price for Charles Shaw…
On Sacrificing Reproductive Fitness For Career... →
A recent survey of 160,000 Ph.D. recipients that found 70 percent of male tenured professors were married with children while only 44 percent of their female counterparts were. Further, twelve years…
Citizenship & Service →
YWC →
Barack Obama's inaugural address →
We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology’s wonders to raise health care’s quality and lower its cost.
Survival Research Labs →
To this, as seen this morning:
January 20, 2009 →
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not GM though.
A SIMPLE ACT OF FAITH
Obama's Inauguration Online →
Update, 9:38 a.m.: Did Reverend Joseph Lowery really just say may “yellow be mellow”? Did he really just invoke an ode to urine? Ew. And: awesome.
“ As I was walkin’ - I saw a sign there And that sign said - no tress...”
– “This Land Is Your Land” Like Woody Wrote It
superuseless superpowers →
13th Bullet Bulletproof
SUPERUSELESS SUPERPOWER: Eventual Kevlar Skin.Bang. Bang. Bang. Bang. Bang. Bang. Bang. Bang. Bang. Bang. Bang. Bang. Boink.
The Lazy Sunbathers of San Francisco’s Dolores... →
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seriously. it’s this warm.
The lazy (and sometimes slovenly, but things are looking up) sunbathers of San Francisco’s Dolores Park on Martin Luther King Day, 2009.
That…
Vague notion #1 →
Rock Maze →
Monday PM Linkage →
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oh heck yeah!
[That’s one way to save money… Courtesy Curbed SF Flickr photog -nanio-] · “Solar Power Needs a Bailout Too” [Time]
· 826 Valencia writes…
god i really wish you were a beer →
