May 2011
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April 2011
5 posts
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February 2011
3 posts
Steelers, Packers and communism
The Steelers are a top-down organization. Everything emanates from the Rooneys. Hard-work, consistency, stability, champions. They represent America as we’d like to be viewed.
The Packers, on the other hand, seem to represent communism…
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Egypt
I keep getting emails from my Christian friends to pray for Israel during this time of strife in Egypt. Why is nobody praying for Egyptians? I guess they don’t count.
January 2011
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September 2010
4 posts
“when we got to the convention center, it was no place to be. there were more...”
– bikerMetric | metric bobbers metric choppers metric cruisers metric bobber chopper parts: my katrina story: part 2
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Nice Zodiac Diving Watch
I think a Zodiac Oceanaire looks great with a mesh bracelet since there is very little space between the tip of the watch strap and the case because of the unusually short lugs:
Read more about the Zodiac Oceanaire in this thread over at Watchuseek Forums.
June 2010
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April 2010
2 posts
“In the Randian ethos, called objectivism, the only real morality is...”
– Matt Taibbi (via afghanibanani) (via onefootinthegrave) (via soupsoup)
A good friend of mine plays keyboard for the band...
March 2010
1 post
I'll iPhone You.: TaskPaper for the iPhone →
You may recall that many years ago I bought a todo list application called TaskPaper, because I am some sort of lame philanthropist. I enjoyed using TaskPaper, but ended up giving it up for Things. The lack of an iPhone client was one of the big reasons. (Things is also a very nice …
February 2010
12 posts
“Dissimilar metals rolling together produce considerably less friction than if...”
– An indepth look at the ETA 2892 (a watch movement used in many high grade Swiss watch brands)
Vintage Versus New Swiss Watch Markets
The question on many Swiss manufacturer’s lips is, has the Wall Street fiasco and the resulting collapse of markets around the world been big enough to trigger a fundamental shift in the behaviour of those wealthy enough to consume higher–end Swiss product? It has certainly wiped out many innocent bystanders as well as an army of high-end brand flaunting parasites aligned with high risk banking,...
“That man needs to be beaten with a cane on the floor of the Senate.”
– Carolyn, proposing a solution to Richard Shelby’s antics.
(via squashed)
“During the April 3 edition of Fox News’ America’s Newsroom, on-screen text...”
– Fox News falsely claimed Obama budget “4x bigger than Bush’s costliest plan” | Media Matters for America
We already know Fox can’t do math. This isn’t particularly surprising.
(via robot-heart-politics) (via squashed)
“Often when we think about computing we overlook children and the elderly, and...”
– Wired - What the iPad Means for the Future of Computing
Somali Pirates: Down to Help Haiti Too →
“The humanitarian aid to Haiti can not be controlled by the United States and European countries; they have no moral authority to do so. They are the ones pirating mankind for many years,” said the Somali spokesman.”
Interesting comments too, though I don’t necessarily agree.
iPad: an Apple for Mom →
The most insightful article on the iPad I’ve read so far. Daniel Tenner says Apple isn’t primarily meant to appeal geeks, rather it’s opening up a new market: people who don’t need a traditional computer at all.
U.S. Losing Jobs Due To Sugarcane Price Supports
According to a U.S. Department of Commerce report, for each sugar growing and harvesting job saved through high U.S. sugar prices, nearly three confectionary manufacturing jobs are lost.
Numerous U.S. food manufacturers have relocated to Canada where sugar prices are less than half of U.S. prices and to Mexico where prices are two-thirds of U.S. levels.
The Sugarcane Blog
January 2010
9 posts
“I hear about these wonderful innovations in the financial markets, and they sure...”
– Wall Street Journal
Homicide Rate - Haiti vs US and other Carribean...
Haiti 5.6 / 100,000 United States 5.7 / 100,000 New York >6 / 100,000 Dominican Republic 24 / 100,000 Washington, DC 29 / 100,000 Caribbean average 30 / 100,000 New Orleans 38 / 100,000 Detroit 43 / 100,000 Baltimore 47 / 100,000 Jamaica 49 / 100,000 Miami 74 / 100,000
Source: Family Health Ministries
$100 million aid to Haiti in perspective
All over the internet I find people up in arms over the $100 million dollars that has been pledged by our government to help Haiti. To put this amount in perspective, consider this:
I live in a small town in the rust belt about 20 miles south of Pittsburgh. My town has been in decline for much of the last half century, we have seen a population decrease of about 40% since 1970. Our local school...
“Even in the middle of horrific poverty, the people have not lost their sense of...”
– Timesonline
Note to self: Hatians may be poor and live in squalor but they are not sub-human. They have have intellegence and emotions just like we do.
Roger Ebert is the best
makeyoubald:
To: Rush Limbaugh From: Roger Ebert You should be horse-whipped for the insult you have paid to the highest office of our nation. Having followed President Obama’s suggestion and donated money to the Red Cross for relief in Haiti, I was offended to hear you suggest the President might be a thief capable of stealing money intended for the earthquake victims. Here is a transcript...
“In Haiti, there are superstitions and genuine concerns about blood, and donating...”
– Matt McCormick, Missionary to Haiti
If you are too financially strapped to donate cash why not consider donating blood?
This is a video response to "Lee Dorsey - Working... →
December 2009
1 post
Posterous
Wow, Posterous has it all over Tumblr for ease of use.
Comments included. Don’t have to worry about Discus breaking your Themes.
Video uploads without using a 3rd party host.
Looks good.
Can post anything using any phone with email capability.
No lousy themes with screwed up CSS in the background.
November 2009
4 posts
Markdown now supported via email, mobile
staff:
When sending Tumblr a mobile email post, you can now optionally include Markdown syntax to create rich text formatting.
Simply include !m in any part of an email’s subject or body to enable Markdown for that message. (The !m code will be automatically removed from the final version.)
This is great stuff!
WatchFrench press how-to by 2007 world barista champion James Hoffmann.
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A Glimpse Into The Health Care System Of The...
I could remember the difficulties we had then, trying to keep our doors open…. People brought chickens in and meat to pay their bills. They would paint or do work around the hospital of some kind…. Nurses would come in and beg us to give them a job without pay, for room and board, because they were starving.
- Odon Anderson, hospital executive and future Blue Cross executive.
October 2009
4 posts
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How Did Economists Get It So Wrong - by Paul... →
“Probably the most influential paper in this vein was a 1997 publication by Andrei Shleifer of Harvard and Robert Vishny of Chicago, which amounted to a formalization of the old line that “the market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.” As they pointed out, arbitrageurs — the people who are supposed to buy low and sell high — need capital to do their jobs. And a severe...
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C.P. Cavafy - Candles
heroin-e:
Days yet to come stretch out before us like a row of candles, burning brightly ― vivacious candles, golden and warm. The days that have passed fall behind us, burned-out candles in a dismal row: those closest at hand still smoking; cold candles, melted and deformed. I don’t want to look; their state saddens me; it saddens me to remember their initial glow. I look ahead, instead, to my...
The God Abandons Antony
by Constantine P. Cavafy
When suddenly, at midnight, you hear an invisible procession going by with exquisite music, voices, don’t mourn your luck that’s failing now, work gone wrong, your plans all proving deceptive—don’t mourn them uselessly. As one long prepared, and graced with courage, say goodbye to her, the Alexandria that is leaving. Above all, don’t fool...