May 2008
22 posts
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“When it comes to minimum input and maximum output in the kitchen, beer bread is...”
– Farmgirl Fare: Beyond Easy Beer Bread Recipe: A Warm Crusty Loaf In Under An Hour
May 29th
“Mr. Gibbons’ wife has been his greatest asset. She has worked relentlessly...”
– Excerpts from divorce motion - San Jose Mercury News (Jim Gibbons is the Governor of Nevada and the worst governor in the world. We are not making this up.) 
May 29th
May 29th
“Driving less, walking more, caring about small cars? It’s almost...”
– The good news, the bad news / Gas is $4 a gallon, but bike sales are up. Gay marriage is here, but so is the apocalypse. It’s your choice! Mark Morford in the SF Times 
May 29th
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Stung at the Pumps, More Hop on a Bus -... →
If this means that rising gas prices actually change consumption patterns, this could be pretty much the best news, ever, and a really strong argument for not trying to artificially deflate gas prices.
May 28th
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ScanGauge II car computer: TerraPass →
Adds a real-time MPG indicator to more or less any car with an OBD-II port (i.e. manufactured since 1996). Want!
May 28th
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May 25th
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All Points West →
Oh my god. Oh my god. Tickets are $300, but maybe they’re worth it. Wow. 
May 25th
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Boston Harbor Islands Visitor Guide →
Islands, to explore. This would be a fun Saturday.
May 25th
“If you travel a lot, you’re probably used to visiting airline web sites and...”
– TerraPass has a new per-passenger carbon calculator for flights. There’s more variation than you might expect.  Low carbon flights on the internet | | TerraPass: Fight global warming, promote alternative energy
May 22nd
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Though, to be fair.
I print out an awful lot of PDFs. I wish I didn’t have to, but I can’t bear reading two-column scientific papers on a screen and I haven’t found a way to attractively and readably reflow plain-text views. There’s probably a lot of money to be made in doing this the Right Way.
May 22nd
“Am I badly out of touch, or would other people also consider that even thinking...”
– rooreynolds.com: “Please consider the environment before printing this email”
May 22nd
“The FBI has withdrawn an unconstitutional national security letter (NSL) issued...”
– Old news. Still appalling.  FBI Withdraws Unconstitutional National Security Letter After ACLU and EFF Challenge | Electronic Frontier Foundation
May 22nd
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May 22nd
FBI hamfistedly infiltrating 'vegan potlucks' →
May 21st
“At the end of the day, it just doesn’t matter to the educational mission what...”
– ivan krstić · code culture » Sic Transit Gloria Laptopi
May 16th
May 16th
“By the time I was born more of me had died than survived. It was no wonder I...”
– Lewis Thomas, 1992 From a Wellesley BISC 220 presentation by Dr. Gary Harris. (I have an exam tomorrow.) 
May 16th
Zotero: The Next-Generation Research Tool →
This is potentially what I’ve been looking for all my life. Collates references and pages, right in your browser. Looks like it was a project from a GMU lab — kinda cool.
May 15th
““But Seth,” you interject, as I take a Rubik’s Cube from my...”
– Letter to a young procrastinator. - By Seth Stevenson - Slate Magazine
May 13th
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Teenage Color - Russ Chimes mix →
I left the room in the middle of this song and it was stuck in my head for hours.
May 13th
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SadTrombone.com →
It makes a sad trombone noise. Mission Critical.
May 13th
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