June 2009
144 posts
May 2009
131 posts
Last Day Dream →
HMC FAIL →
My advice to my fellow alumni would be: Don’t.
If you want to give money to an educational institution, do some research and find a charter school in your metropolitan area that’s obtaining good results with a demographically unfavorable group of kids. Or find help our a regional public college of little repute that provides valuable educational services and could really use the money. Sure, if...
The Milky Way →
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Time lapse video of night sky as it passes over the 2009 Texas Star Party in Fort Davis, Texas. The galactic core of Milky Way is brightly displayed. Images…
Hartford, Connecticut →
Lies, warmth →
A quick note of advice for people who might be coming to “warm” “summertime” San Francisco for either HBM or the marathon. Bring a friggin coat. A hat. Some extra layers. Tall wool…
Update on the Swimming Cities of Serenissima →
Everyday I simultainiously fall in love and a few hours later I feel like I’m wasting my time. I’m totally confused. It happens when you spend too much time with vegans. The crew are 30 art-types who are all totally great on their own but as a collective they are impossible and the logistics are maddning. The boats aren’t even done, really. We are building as we go. We were underway and Steve was...
Spain’s High-Speed Rail →
In a backhanded tribute, the train is perceived as such an effective tool of political cohesion that the Basque militant group ETA has effectively declared war on a project that would link the Basque region to Madrid.
Boston T Party →
Machadaynu (Remix) →
U is for Ugnaught on Flickr →
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Don't go to war over Sotomayor →
In 1981 when Sandra Day O’Connor was nominated by President Reagan to be the first woman on the court, she was confirmed unanimously. When Antonin Scalia was nominated, also by President Reagan, he was confirmed 98-0. He was the first American of Italian descent appointed to the court.
All about the new iPhone →
Many signs — including the spot shortages of current-generation iPhones that appeared this week — point to June 8 as the day of the unveiling and mid-July as the launch window, although nothing about the timing is certain.
Hot or Not, Spambot? →
Schizo spammers can’t even decide if they like a pre-memorial day beer or not. We got these from the same source, same time, same bat-channel…
I love the picture. You memorial day is…
Oh Canada →
“The Representative of Her Majesty the Queen has raised the profile of the Monarchy in Canada by grabbing the beating heart out of a baby seal and eating live on camera.”
Department of Analogies →
I Don't Have to Show You Any Stinkin' Comments!. →
Something like nearly half of papers in the ISI citation database are only never cited at all. Numbers from within the domain of Physical Review are better, but still 30 percent of the publications receive one or fewer citations and 80 percent of the publications receive less than five citations.
Too much. →
Happiest People Ever ! →
Effects of Transience →
1. Relationships. For most of us, job security is a thing of the past, so we have invested in relationship security instead. We thought this was easy to do because of our technology. In the past five years I have lived in three countries and six cities. I have close friends in each place and stay in touch with all of them. However, now I am getting tired of having surface-level relationships...
How Gay Marriage Causes Earthquakes →
Under normal conditions, these Love waves would also dissipate harmlessly in the crust. However, due to California’s unique geographic and geological conditions, the pulses emitted from state offices in Sacramento combine with the Love waves coming from the Castro in a phenomenon known as constructive interference. This interaction creates a pattern of standing Love waves in the soft...
Twitter This →
My old people →
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My old…
Back to Hell for Sam Raimi →
Mr. Tolmach recalled that halfway through their first meeting Mr. Raimi, who is famous for his formal manners and for sometimes wearing a coat and tie on the set, looked at his watch, got up and started to leave. “He said: ‘I was given an hour, but now I’ve used up my time, and I should leave. Thanks very much.’ I said, ‘Why don’t you sit down again?’ ”
FamFriSwarm →
I’m on Muni Diaries! - Old peoples hyar! - Phototrop! - the white rabbits - Plug1 in Paris - George Will called out - Pulitzer in Afghanistan - Fehrenback - on…
The lights, how they shine →
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My F-Market shot! Sweet.
The high road to San Francisco →
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indeed had lunch with them.
Jon and I are about to take a long journey. Tomorrow morning we fly to San Francisco to visit our son. Our flight leaves Boston at 6 am, and we’ll be in…
Phototropism →
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I miss my plants.
Lily-day →
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White Rabbits →
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makes me want to drum…
Sight-Ems →
Droles De Mecs de types devant La Tour Eiffel
Congressman to George Will: Let’s Debate →
Rather than pontificate about practicality from afar, I challenge Mr. Will to come experience Portland, and then debate thefacts, the future and the visions we offer,” continued Blumenauer. “I am…
Pinned Down, a Sprint to Escape Taliban Zone →
Lt. Colonel Victor Fehrenbach →
Shop Class as Soul Craft. →
“I was always tired,” he writes, “and honestly could not see the rationale for my being paid at all.”
British Official Says He Will Quit in Scandal Over... →
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things could always be worse.
Before the mid-16th century, several office-holders were beheaded for perceived transgressions.
Million Meter March →
A proposal has been made that a small group of former lightweights should attempt to erg 1,000,000 meters (collectively) over the next 20 weeks. This was not my idea but it’s an…
Atomic Disruptor Raygun →
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This’ll get you arrested.
