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I haven't gotten through it yet, but I'm excited to be able to read Bruce Sterling's take on the whole wikileaks drama.
howd they plow these streets?
Claim of superconductivity above 32 degrees.
Weather Report Suite: About 1/2 inch of snow here in CT., heading towards possibly 2 feet. Looks pretty ominous out there. What's happening where you are?
Why, yes, I did get a camera for Christmas. How could you tell?
Calling homeland security in 3,2,1...
Hey, Rhode Island, GTFO. Who wants an America's Cup three miles out at sea when you can have it right in the freakin SF Bay. Do us right, RI, and CA will send some money your way. We'll buy some fine RI ... uh ... what do you guys make? Costume jewelry? Really? Okay. Um, we'll buy a bunch of costume jewelry. And let you keep buying computers. K? Thx. Bye.
RIP roaring
about.me just got some funding, and already has several hundred thousand users. The idea is just to be a place for short personal biographies and links to all your other sites / facebook / twitter / etc... Sort of a business card for the web. Super simple idea, but I think they are doing it right and might succeed. So I'm mentioning it because it's free to sign up and you can probably still get your own name at this point (like http://about.me/yourname). If it turns out to be a bust you won't have lost anything. (I was always mad I was too late to get jimbassett@gmail.com)
Dyker Heights Christmas Lights 2010
The huge flight of 407 eagles smashed the old record of 245 set two years ago at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, which has kept an annual tally of migrating hawks, eagles and falcons since its founding 76 years ago as the world's first refuge for birds of prey.
via adman
pretty sure everything thats wrong with the world can be summed up by this.
JimB: Ever played with dd-wrt? I'm planning to get my feet wet soon.
the quaids whack-o stars
Every space mission for the last 50 years map.
Complete map of optimal tic- tac-toe moves. (Click on the map for full size version.) Felix Salmon calls it "a funny, perfect, free, nerdy, gorgeous Sol Lewitt".
